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US reveals Pacific strategy to counter China’s influence

The U.S. has revealed a new strategy to prioritize Pacific nations in its foreign policy, seeking to temper concerns over climate change and development in a bid to counter China’s growing influence in the vast oceanic region.

Tribune News Service

China reports 338 new COVID cases for July 12 vs 424 a day

China reported 338 new COVID-19 infections on July 12, of which 98 were symptomatic and 240 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Police remove two Chinese defence attaches from Pacific Islands Forum meeting

Fijian police escort the men from media space where US vice-president Kamala Harris was making virtual address

The Guardian - AU

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TikTok admits Australian data can be accessed in China, prompting warnings app may be compromised

TikTok is adamant it would never hand over Australian user data to the Chinese government but, after admissions that data can be accessed in China, federal politicians warn the app could be compromised.

ABC News

China’s Big Pharma bet could change the IP game

China’s muscling into the pharmaceutical industry, helping Big Pharma bite back against generics. But its global ambitions might turn the industry upside down.

360info

Barred China shows up at Pacific forum

China was keen to hear a speech by United States Vice President Kamala Harris at the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji, dispatching two officials to attend.

AAP

Campaign misstep? Herschel Walker’s strategy — double down

ATLANTA — Herschel Walker’s claims that he worked in law enforcement were debunked as untrue. So it would seem like he’d want to steer clear of the topic.

Tribune News Service

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India’s high on population but low on development indicators

NEW DELHI: India is poised to overtake China as the world’s most populous nation, but it is third from the bottom on most development indicators among 10 most populous countries, with only Pakistan and Nigeria consistently below it. In fact, when it comes to sex ratio at birth, India is…

The Times of India

When people say the West should support Taiwan, what exactly do they mean?

There is a growing antagonism towards China in Western commentary, provoked by its treatment of the Uighurs, Hong Kong and Taiwan, its activities in the South China Sea and its role in Sri Lanka’s debt crisis.

The Conversation

Widow of food delivery rider vows to fight for workers' rights after legal win

The wife of a food delivery rider who died in Sydney says she hopes no other family "suffers the sadness and pain we have experienced" after winning a legal battle against gig company Hungry Panda.

ABC News

Here's Why Alibaba Stock Looks Ready To Bounce

Alibaba Group Holdings, Ltd (NYSE: BABA) was trading flat on Tuesday after plunging over 9% on Monday on a report China has fined the e-commerce and tech giant for failing to comply with anti-monopoly rules.

Benzinga

Power struggle with China and regional rift in focus as Anthony Albanese heads to Pacific Islands forum

Absence of Kiribati from the meeting is ‘really devastating’ to the body’s long-term strategy, security expert says

The Guardian - AU

U.S. lawmakers ask Biden administration why some China solar giants left off slave labor list

Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday asked U.S. customs officials to explain why three major Chinese solar energy companies were excluded from a list of importers whose products are banned under a new law aimed at cracking down on forced labor.

Reuters

India's help to Sri Lanka is economic, not political: FM

Jaishankar says parleys on with China at diplomatic and military levels

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The Hindu

Oil slides on strong dollar and weaker demand outlook

Recession fears and China COVID curbs weigh on oil; Brent and WTI slide by more than $6 a barrel

StockNews.com

NIO Is up on China’s Support Measures. But Does It Make the Stock a Buy?

EV-maker NIO Inc. (NIO) was buoyed last week as China’s Commerce Ministry outlined its plan to support the EV market growth in the country. However, with resurging COVID cases, will it be wise to invest in the stock now? Read on to find out….

The Guardian - UK

Dangerous heatwaves engulf parts of China, US and Europe

At least 86 Chinese cities issue alerts, while temperatures soar in south-west and central US and Iberian peninsula

The Conversation

Ukraine war: Russia's G20 walkout heightens tensions at fractious summit as China's rise continues

While G20 foreign ministers were meeting in Bali, Indonesia, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, threatened further escalation in his war against Ukraine, announcing to the world that “by and large, we have not started anything in earnest yet”. What he meant became quickly clear when a missile attack hit an…

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Pacific Islands Forum overshadowed by growing concerns about China's influence in the region

US-China rivalry and an inter-island rift overshadowed the start of a landmark Pacific summit Tuesday, hampering efforts to focus world attention on the islands' dire climate crisis.

Bangkok Post

Sri Lanka misses a leader as bailout slips further away

Investors are shifting their focus to Sri Lanka’s bilateral creditors as the resignations of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe dim prospects for rapid aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Conversation

Biden once wanted to make Saudi Arabia a 'pariah' – so why is he playing nice with the kingdom's repressive rulers now?

Even before setting foot in the Middle East for his first visit to the region as president, Joe Biden felt compelled to defend a portion of the trip. “I know that there are many who disagree with my decision to travel to Saudi Arabia,” Biden acknowledged in an op-ed for…

Reuters

China's Henan bank customers face harassment, job loss over protests

A woman who was injured on Sunday when a protest by roughly 1,000 bank customers in central China was violently broken up by security personnel said she continues to face harassment.

The Guardian - UK

West must force private lenders to ease Africa’s crippling debt, say campaigners

Banks and traders have been ‘let off the hook’ by G7 despite being more to blame for the looming crisis than China

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chinese Scientists Develop Robot Fish that Gobble up Microplastics

Robot fish that "eat" microplastics may one day help to clean up the world's polluted oceans, says a team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University in southwest China. Soft to touch and just 1.3 centimeters (0.5 inch) in size, these robots already suck up microplastics in shallow water. The team…

Salon

NATO: A threat to our planet's future

As NATO's military footprint expands far beyond Europe to confront China, the planet's survival is in doubt

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