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Palau slams U.N. for blocking Taiwan delegates from attending Ocean Conference

A representative from the tiny Pacific nation of Palau hit out at the United Nations on Friday for not allowing Taiwanese nationals to be part of its delegation list at the Ocean Conference in Lisbon.

Reuters

Tesla braces for delivery slump on China plant shutdown

Tesla Inc. is expected to announce quarterly production and delivery figures this weekend that will likely be among the worst of the year — and break its multi-quarter streak of record-setting results — due largely to an extended shutdown of its factory in Shanghai.

Tribune News Service

Blizzard Entertainment Acquires This Boston-Based Studio For Undisclosed Terms

Activision Blizzard, Inc's (NASDAQ:ATVI) Blizzard Entertainment closed the acquisition of the Boston-based studio Proletariat. The financial terms of the transaction remain undisclosed. The acquisition will help better serve players in the multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft. "Over the next two years, we plan to hire hundreds of the best developers to…

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China Cracks Down On Counterfeit Investment Platforms

China's cyberspace regulator has cracked down on counterfeit investment platforms, Reuters reports.

Benzinga

Between Laos and China, a thriving border (4/4)

In Laos, the only country in Southeast Asia without a coastline, it's hoped a high-speed train line will help open up the country and usher in an economic boom. The 420-kilometre-long rail link takes only three hours to connect Laos's capital Vientiane with China. On the Laotian side of the…

France 24

Overseas flights in high demand as Shanghai resumes international travel

HONG KONG: Students and expatriates in China are rushing to fly abroad after Shanghai's largest airport opened to a handful of international flights this week, as the city gradually recovers from a two-month lockdown and the country eases inbound quarantine rules.

Bangkok Post

The Hong Kong handover turns 25. So does an entire generation.

Two teenagers bonded over high school Model United Nations. A decade later, one is in self-exile. The other waits for her and their other friends to return to the Hong Kong they once knew.

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Attention Biotech Investors: Mark Your Calendar For These July PDUFA Dates

The biotech sector is poised to end June on a positive note, despite largely disappointing regulatory decisions scheduled during the month, thanks to a reversal in broader market sentiment.

Benzinga

China urges U.S. to fulfill climate duties after Supreme Court ruling

The United States must meet its international obligations on climate change and do more than "shout slogans", China's foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting Washington's ability to cut power sector emissions.

Reuters

Xi Jinping hails China’s rule over Hong Kong on 25th anniversary of handover

Chinese president says ‘one country, two systems’ will endure and democracy flourishes after unprecedented unpicking of freedoms

The Guardian - UK

Brickbat: Code Red

Hundreds of people in China's Henan province had planned to protest their banks, which have been refusing to allow them to withdraw money for the past two months. But shortly after they made their plans, their smart phone health code apps turned red, which under China's travel regulations barred them…

Reason

Hong Kong fishermen keep old ways, 25 years after handover

The Ng brothers, fishermen living in the remote Hong Kong village of Tai O, have carried on with their lives since moving from the Chinese mainland in the 1950s, untouched by political campaigns and even Britain's handover of the city to Chinese control in 1997

The Independent UK

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.32% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.28%

Caixin Global

Russia arrests scientist for alleged collaboration with Chinese secret services

Russia has detained a scientist in Siberia on suspicion of state treason for allegedly collaborating with China's security services, the state news agency TASS reported on Friday, citing regional authorities and the man's family.

Reuters

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Evening Standard

Xi Jinping defends China’s rule of Hong Kong in 25th handover anniversary

Xi Jinping has defended China against accusations that it is undermining freedoms promised to Hong Kong since its handover 25 years ago.

The Independent UK

Timeline: Hong Kong under 25 years of Chinese rule

Hong Kong has marked the 25th anniversary of its handover from British to Chinese rule

Axios

China's Xi defends Hong Kong clampdown during visit marking 25th anniversary of handover

"It is a universal rule in the world that political power must be in the hands of patriots," Xi said.

WEKU

Xi defends vision of Hong Kong while marking 25-year anniversary of handover

China's president says the "one country, two systems" framework is working — even as recent changes have all but eliminated dissenting voices in the territory.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Hong Kong's Blurring Border with China a Sign of Things to Come

From the hill in northernmost Hong Kong where Jasper Law stood, the border with China was obvious -- a narrow river dividing farmlands and fishponds from the gleaming skyscrapers of megacity Shenzhen. Friday is the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's transition from British to Chinese rule, AFP said. While the…

Radio France Internationale

As NATO beefs up, France and Australia bury the hatchet

France and Australia are mending their differences following what some regard as their deepest diplomatic rift since the two countries established ties. A common history and a mutual enemy has helped the allies overcome a submarine deal gone wrong.

The Conversation

China, Russia and climate change: why Australia's place at the NATO Summit was so important

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admitted at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Public Forum that some Australians may not understand why he’s at a NATO meeting in Spain. But that since COVID and the invasion of Ukraine, more Australians understood how connected nations are to each other and we can…

ABC News

China Daily editorial slams Anthony Albanese over Ukraine war comments hinting at Taiwan

Chinese state media hits back at the the Prime Minister's comments, declaring the chances of Australian-Chinese ties being reset are rapidly diminishing.

Daily Mirror

North Korea blames 'alien things' and balloons from south for severe Covid outbreak

North Korea has bizarrely told people in the country that Covid patients had touched "alien things coming by wind" as it attempted to blame the South for the virus

Reuters

Enforcer of Hong Kong security law sworn in as city's new leader

China's president Xi Jinping on Friday swore in John Lee, 64, as the city's next chief executive - the first security policy expert to run the China-ruled international financial hub since its handover from Britain in 1997.

Caixin Global

Weekly Must-Read: How Bad Is China’s Manufacturing Exodus?

While disruptions from pandemic controls threaten to add impetus to the outflow, China retains tremendous advantages over India and Southeast Asia

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