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Australian wool price plummets as China COVID lockdowns, Ukraine war, floods, inflation take toll

It's a grim week for woolgrowers as prices tumble to their lowest on the world market in 12 years. And that may not be the last of the bad news.

ABC News

Guangzhou Pushes Life Toward Normalcy After Easing Covid Curbs

Southern China metropolis reopens shops and restaurants, resumes public transit and dismantles barriers around communities

Caixin Global

Lawsuit blames Fauci and federal agencies for Kansas City musician’s COVID-19 death

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The widow of a popular Kansas City-area musician has filed a lawsuit accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci and the National Institutes of Health of indirectly causing her husband’s death from COVID-19 by funding coronavirus experimentation at a lab in China.

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Thai Vietjet set to expand overseas routes

Thai Vietjet (TVJ) is preparing an aggressive plan for international expansion next year with the aim of increasing the portion of international flights to 67% from 41% this year, with new routes to destinations in China, India, Japan and Vietnam.

Bangkok Post

SET rides Asian market upswell

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) joined an Asian rally yesterday, a day after Thailand lifted its key interest rate, as investors took heart from the Federal Reserve chairman's remarks on US rate hikes and signs China is easing its Covid-19 measures.

Bangkok Post

Tourism making gradual recovery

The recovery rate of Thai tourism was slower than in neighbouring countries because of a shortage of flights and the absence of key markets such as China, according to leading regional travel tech companies.

Bangkok Post

US and French Presidents pledge 'unwavering' alliance, but trade dispute looms

President Joe Biden greeted President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on Thursday with full military honors and a pledge to maintain "unwavering" US-French friendship ahead of talks on Ukraine, China and a looming trade dispute.

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Fifty years ago, the new Whitlam government removed the luxury sales tax on the pill. It changed Australian women's lives

Amid the scale and sweep of the list of decisions made by the Whitlam government in their first week in office, most people remember the big changes: freeing all draft resisters from prison, or official recognition of Communist China.

The Conversation

The cost of zero Covid: Protests highlight economic toll of China's restrictions

As widespread protests break out across China, we take a closer look at the impact of the zero-Covid policy on workers, businesses and the economy, by speaking to Professor Chang-Tai Hsieh of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. "There is no question that this has been an unmitigated…

France 24

Canada issues ‘cease and desist’ warning to China over ‘police stations’ in Ottawa

China accused of illegal activities but Beijing embassy says locations are merely ‘service stations’ to renew driver’s licenses

The Guardian - US

China accuses UK of ‘gross interference’ over Taiwan visit

China calls lawmakers’ trip to deepen ties with self-ruled Taiwan a ‘flagrant violation’ of its one-China policy.

Al Jazeera

Daily Dose Ep 1214: Gujarat polling, e-rupee launch, China lifts curbs

Aban Usmani brings you the news from Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, and China.

Newslaundry

After China's loudest protests in decades, Xi Jinping will be treading extremely carefully as the nation mourns Jiang Zemin

The death of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who has been remembered for his affable public persona, is posing a fresh challenge to President Xi Jinping's efforts to quell anger over his COVID-zero drive.

ABC News

Tesla Recalls 435K Model 3 And Model Y In China, Software Update Fix

Over 400,000 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y in China are due for a free over-the-air software update to fix position lights that may not illuminate.

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The Conversation

Jiang Zemin propelled China's economic rise in the world, leaving his successors to deal with the massive inequality that followed

By the summer of 1989, a series of problems were threatening China’s stability. Soaring inflation was undermining the economy at home while the violent suppression of Tiananmen Square demonstrations had left it largely a pariah state abroad. Yet within a few years the nation rebounded – beginning two decades of…

Axios

China entering "new stage" of COVID response, senior official says

A number of cities in China have eased some testing requirements and movement restrictions this week.

Daily Mirror

China bows to demands of angry protesters after riots break out over Covid lockdowns

At the weekend, crowds in some Chinese cities made the politically-explosive and dangerous demand that autocrat Xi Jinping resign from office over human losses due to the country's "no-Covid" policy

Reuters

China accuses UK lawmakers visiting Taiwan of 'gross interference'

China on Thursday accused a committee of British lawmakers visiting Taiwan of "gross interference" in China's internal affairs and threatened a forceful response to anything that undermines Chinese interests.

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Caixin Global

China Targets Seniors in Renewed Covid Vaccination Drive

Authorities aim for 90% of people over 80 years old to have at least one dose by the end of next month, Caixin has learned

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Jiang relied on patriotism for China's stability

The late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's visit to Japan in November 1998 left bitter memories for the Japanese.

The Conversation

Why the G20 should defer debt from emerging economies like Indonesia and India – or risk an even worse global recession

When the pandemic hit the world in 2020, global debts reached US$226 trillion in 2020, the highest since the second world war. Meanwhile, government, household and private-sector debt in 31 emerging economies reached $98.8 trillion as of June this year, or 2.5 times their collective gross domestic product (GDP), according…

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: US House moves to block rail strike, mandate paid sick leave

Lawmakers vote to impose contract deal on dozen unions despite majority of workers rejecting deal. Plus, China altering Covid line

The New Daily

International freight finally moves on from pandemic blockages

The pandemic was among many reasons why the the price of shipping containers increased - that's now slowly changing.

Radio France Internationale

Macron welcomed as 'vital ally' on first day of state visit to US

French President Emmanuel Macron underlined Franco-American cooperation with a tour of NASA headquarters on the first day of his three-day state visit to the United States, but tough talks on trade and China are expected on Thursday when he meets Joe Biden for the main part of his trip.

Fortune

China signals easing of COVID-zero approach as cities relax lockdown measures

Cities like Guangzhou, Chongqing and Beijing announced they would relax some COVID measures amid public frustration with lockdowns, isolation and mass testing.

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