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China and Pakistan Set Up Offshore Yuan Clearing

South Asian nation becomes third country to do so this year, enabling use of Chinese currency in cross-border trade and investment

Caixin Global

Starbucks Q4 Earnings Highlights: Revenue And EPS Beat, The China Impact And More

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) reported fourth-quarter and full fiscal year results after the market close Thursday. Here are the key highlights.

Benzinga

This is what Australia needs to bring to Egypt for COP27

Officials from nearly 200 nations are gathering in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th United Nations climate change conference known as COP27. Multiple global crises threaten to overshadow the summit, but the task at COP27 over the next two weeks is more urgent than ever.

The Conversation

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China to gift water cannon trucks, vehicles to Solomon Islands police days after Australian donation

At a special ceremony in Honiara, the Chinese ambassador will give two water cannon trucks and a number of vehicles to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force as competition between Australia and China intensifies.

ABC News

To understand what Xi Jinping's concentration of power really means, we must turn to history

After he secured an unprecedented third term as the leader of both Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the country’s Central Military late last month, Xi Jinping led the seven-member Standing Committee of the Politburo on a visit to Yan’an. This is the CCP’s sacred revolutionary base from where the first-generation…

The Conversation

Forty countries to unveil methane plans at UN climate summit, U.S. official says

Some forty of the 119 countries that pledged last year to slash emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane will unveil their plans to do so at the UN climate summit next week, according to a senior U.S. official.

Reuters

Outgoing spy chief Paul Symon says the prospect of war between major powers is 'no longer unimaginable'

The head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, Paul Symon, is about to step down from his job as the nation's top spy. In an exclusive interview with the ABC, he outlines his hopes, predictions and fears for coming years.

ABC News

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The Guardian view on Olaf Scholz’s visit to Beijing: treading a fine line

Editorial: There are no easy solutions to Germany’s China problem

The Guardian - UK

Newcastle to sever ties with sister city in China over 'horrific' treatment of Uyghur Muslims

A city academic sanctioned by China last year said the move "sends a clear signal" to the Communist regime

Chronicle Live

Sri Lanka holds debt restructuring talks with bilateral creditors

Sri Lanka said it held a productive meeting with its bilateral creditors, which include India and China, on Thursday as the country looks to restructure its debt and carve a path out of its worst financial crisis in decades.

Reuters

Why Western leaders are warily watching the German leader's trip to China

As German Chancellor Olaf Scholz heads to China to meet with President Xi Jinping on Friday, he is under political pressure at home, and from Washington, to rethink Berlin's relationship with Beijing.

WEKU

Canada orders China to divest from country’s mining companies

Move comes after ‘multi-step’ review by Canada’s national security and intelligence agencies

The Guardian - US

Japan, Germany eye military logistics pact -Japan official

Japan and Germany have agreed to work towards a military logistics pact, a Japanese government official said on Thursday, as Tokyo and Berlin tighten security relations on the back of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's growing military might.

Reuters

G7 ministers meet with Ukraine war, China ties on agenda

Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized democracies are opening two days of talks in Germany, where they will grapple with grappling with the implications of Russia’s war in Ukraine, China’s growing economic clout and Iran’s crackdown on anti-government protesters

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European and UK TikTok users will have data sent to staff in China, app confirms

‘Our efforts are centred on limiting the number of employees with access to European user data,’ the company says

Bangkok Post

China wants sixfold growth in VR industry in five years

HONG KONG: The Chinese government wants to expand the country's virtual reality (VR) industry output by 2026 to 350 billion yuan (US$48 billion) - six times the level last year - showing Beijing's ambitions in becoming a world leader in metaverse technology.

Reuters

Exclusive-Zambia says EximBank to represent Chinese lenders in debt talks

The Export-Import Bank of China (EximBank) will lead Beijing's team to renegotiate nearly $6 billion of loans that Zambia owes to Chinese state-owned creditors, the country's finance ministry told Reuters on Thursday.

InsideEVs

XPeng G9 Approved For Robotaxi Testing Without Any Hardware Changes

The XPeng G9 has become the first unmodified mass-produced vehicle approved for autonomous driving testing on public roads in China.

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The Independent UK

German chancellor's China visit sparks controversy

A German member of the European Parliament says a visit by his country's chancellor to China has stirred major controversy at home amid disputes over trade, human rights and territorial claims

Caixin Global

Fisher: China’s Economy Can Weather a Global Recession — if One Even Hits

History shows Chinese growth can persist despite pockets of weakness and recession elsewhere

Reuters

Southern China at risk of winter drought, drop in hydropower

Southern China is expected to face a drought, which will reduce hydropower generation and mean more power output is needed from other sources to meet peak winter demand, a weather scientist said on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Rejects Russia Call for Biological Weapons Probe

The Security Council on Wednesday rejected a resolution drafted by Russia calling for an investigation into its accusations of Washington's involvement in the alleged development of biological weapons in Ukraine. Russia had officially requested last week a UN investigation into the accusations, which it has regularly made since the start…

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: ProPublica and Vanity Fair are pushing the COVID lab-leak theory, but their exposé is a train wreck

Since its founding in 2007, the independently funded investigative organization ProPublica has exposed wrongdoing at all levels of government and shined a light on corporate misbehavior, collecting six Pulitzer Prizes in the process and securing a reputation for painstaking, accurate journalism.

The Independent UK

Germany's Scholz makes difficult visit to assertive China

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is making his first visit to China as German leader this week, a diplomatically delicate trip while Germany and the European Union work on their strategy toward an increasingly assertive and authoritarian Beijing

Reuters

Factbox-What is China's zero-COVID policy and how does it work?

Nearly three years into the pandemic, China is sticking with a strict COVID-19 containment policy that has caused mounting economic damage and widespread frustration, while keeping its borders shut for most international travel.

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