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Xi Jinping expands power, elevating loyalists, forcing out moderates

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, extended his formidable dominance on Saturday, advancing a contingent of Communist Party loyalists ready to defend his personal power and expand the state’s influence over the economy and on national security.

Bangkok Post

Saudi Arabia, China Stress Importance of Reliable Oil Supplies for Market Stability

Saudi Arabia and China have agreed to cooperate in the field of "peaceful use of nuclear energy" and establish a regional hub for Chinese manufacturers to use the Kingdom's strategic location linking three continents. Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman held on Friday an online meeting with China’s National…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan, Australia Ink 'Landmark' Security Pact

Australia and Japan agreed to share more sensitive intelligence and deepen military cooperation Saturday, signing a security pact aimed at countering China's military rise. Prime ministers Fumio Kishida and Anthony Albanese inked the accord in the Western Australian city of Perth, revamping a 15-year-old agreement drafted when terrorism and weapons…

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Report: Mass Grave of ISIS Victims Found in Syria's Palmyra

Syrian authorities found a mass grave in the historic town of Palmyra with bodies of victims of the militant ISIS group, which controlled the area years ago, Syria's state news agency said Friday. According to the report on SANA, the mass grave was discovered near the second-century Roman amphitheater. The…

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China's Xi further cements power as party congress closes

China's ruling Communist Party wrapped up its twice-a-decade congress on Saturday, cementing Xi Jinping's iron grip on power and revealing a new Central Committee missing two key officials lacking close ties to the leader.

Reuters

China's Communist Party amends constitution, cementing Xi's status as 'core' of the party

China's Communist Party on Saturday approved amendments to its constitution, including the so-called "Two Establishes" and "Two Safeguards" aimed at cementing the core status of Xi Jinping and the guiding role of his political thought within the party.

Reuters

Xi Jinping: from ‘counter-revolutionary’ to absolute power

Born into the Communist party elite and shaped by the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese president stands on the brink of securing historic power

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EU not seeking ‘systematic confrontation’ as rival China grows

The EU officially regards China as a partner, an economic competitor as well as a systemic rival.

Al Jazeera

Australia's Albanese, Japan's Kishida agree to strengthen security ties

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida agreed on Saturday to strengthen security ties between the two U.S. allies amid China's push for greater influence in the Asia-Pacific region.

Reuters

China opens final session of ruling Communist Party congress

The closing session of a major weeklong meeting of China’s ruling Communist Party was underway Saturday

The Independent UK

Women pushed even further from power in Xi Jinping’s China

Xi has revealed an all male politburo for the first time since 1997. The move erases one of the few steps women had made towards real power in Communist China

The Guardian - UK

Xi set to reveal China’s new senior leadership as Congress ends

Chinese president expected to be supported by the most loyal as he heads into an unprecedented third term.

Al Jazeera

Chewathai finds comfort zone with reworked plan

MAI-listed developer Chewathai plans to resume land purchases, scale down the size of new projects and start new property-related ventures as it wrangles with the land and building tax and China's strict zero-Covid policy.

Bangkok Post

Trump kept Iran missile secrets and China spy documents in Mar-a-Lago trove, report says

Former President Donald Trump reportedly kept top-secret documents detailing Iran’s missile program and U.S. spying on China stashed at his Florida resort home.

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Classified Documents Trump Took To Mar-A-Lago Contained Top Secret Info On Iran, China: Report

Some of the FBI-recovered documents from former President Donald Trump’s Florida home contained highly sensitive intelligence about Iran’s missile program as well as secret intelligence work directed at China.

Salon

Iran, China docs at Mar-a-Lago: report

Government watchdog group wants to know "who did Trump show them to and what did he get out of it?"

Benzinga

Semiconductor Stocks Lag On Export Uncertainty As Investors Await China's Response

Two weeks after the Biden administration announced new restrictions on semiconductor exports to China, investors and analysts are still trying to understand how much of a long-term impact the new rules will have on the industry.

Salon

Can Tim Ryan save Democrats?

Democrat Tim Ryan has long emphasized manufacturing jobs, a stance his party has lately begun to embrace

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Classified papers seized from Trump home held U.S. secrets about Iran, China -Washington Post

Highly sensitive intelligence on Iran and China was in some of the documents recovered by the FBI during an August search of former U.S. President Donald Trump's home in Florida, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Axios

Saudis plot energy cooperation with China amid tensions with Biden

It's "a clear rebuke aimed at Washington."

France 24

Belarus: More sanctions could be on the way, EU external action service boss says

Catherine Nicholson interviews Stefano Sannino, the head of the EU's global network of 144 ambassadors and heads of delegation. The Secretary General of the European External Action Service addresses the West's concerns about the latest joint Russian-Belarusian military activities, warning that further EU sanctions against Minsk could be on the…

Benzinga

Newly profitable Kanzhun Steps Aboard Hong Kong's Dual Listing Train

Key Takeaways: Having finally turned a profit, Kanzhun has filed for a dual primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to insure against its shares being pulled from New York

Benzinga

Domino's China Operator Makes Second Toss at Hong Kong IPO

Key Takeaways: DPC Dash, operator of the Domino’s pizza chain in China, has filed an updated prospectus to list its shares in Hong Kong The company differs from larger rival Pizza Hut in China due to its bigger focus on delivery, and also due to its earlier stage of development…

Reuters

France's Macron: sale of European strategic infrastructure to China was an error

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that the European Union had to re-think its trade dialogue with China, calling for a more even playing field between the two commercial power houses.

Reuters

Japan, U.S. to conduct major military drill from Nov. 10

Japan and the United States will conduct a joint military exercise from Nov. 10, the Japanese Defence Ministry said on Friday, as countries in the region and beyond are increasingly wary of China's growing military might and assertiveness.

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