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Commentary: Military escalation in the Taiwan Strait would be perilous

China’s live-fire military exercises in the waters near Taiwan, which began Thursday, are a worrisome escalation from Beijing. The People’s Liberation Army has gradually ramped up its warplane incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, airspace around the island over which Beijing claims authority, but China hasn’t performed live-fire drills…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: What in the world are Washington and Beijing doing?

Let’s be clear: Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan was not a great opportunity to show America’s support for the island; it did not chasten Beijing to exert greater restraint toward Taipei. To the contrary—countless China and foreign policy specialists predicted it would produce a major, likely sustained, coercive Chinese reaction…

Tribune News Service

Australia calls for ‘return to calm’ amid Taiwan drills as Beijing demands Canberra ‘respect China’s core interests’

Defence minister Richard Marles says a halt to live-fire drills is ‘what everyone in the world wants’

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Could China-Taiwan conflict escalate to a full blown military crisis?

Experts believe Beijing’s military aggression is largely a face-saving exercise, but conflict poses significant costs for Taiwan

The Independent UK

Asian shares mostly decline on global technology downturn

Asian shares are mostly declining amid a global fall in technology shares, including Japan’s SoftBank, which just reported hefty losses caused by the market downturn

The Independent UK

Escaping Shanghai's COVID lockdown only to get trapped in Hainan

Brian Hall fled Shanghai in June to avoid another lockdown of his residential compound, escaping to China's tropical tourist island of Hainan where he could work remotely as a public health professor after undertaking 10 days of quarantine.

Reuters

S.Korea, China foreign ministers discuss N.Korea, K-pop ban

The foreign ministers of South Korea and China held talks on Tuesday as Seoul explores ways to reopen denuclearisation negotiations with North Korea and resume cultural exports, such as K-pop music and movies, to China.

Reuters

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Taiwan holds live-fire drills as China extends war games

Taiwan’s top diplomat accuses China of simulating an invasion as Taiwanese and Chinese militaries carry out drills.

Al Jazeera

China’s gamers hit pause button amid few releases, tough economy

Video game revenues decline for first time on record amid Beijing’s regulatory crackdown and strict pandemic curbs.

Al Jazeera

Taiwan holds drills, says China seeks control of seas

Taiwan’s foreign minister says China aims to control the East and South China Seas via the Taiwan Strait, describing a greater ambition to upend the Asia-Pacific status quo and prevent nations from aiding the self-governing island

The Independent UK

China used drills to prepare for invasion, Taiwan foreign minister says

Tensions high as Taiwan begins live-fire drills and China continues military exercises it started after US speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei last week

The Guardian - AU

Taiwan Accuses China of Preparing Invasion, Holds Defense Drill

Taiwan held an artillery drill Tuesday simulating defense against an attack as its top diplomat accused Beijing of preparing to invade the island after days of massive Chinese war games. China launched its largest-ever air and sea exercises around Taiwan last week in a furious response to a visit by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China military: continue to hold drills around Taiwan on Tuesday

The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army said on Tuesday that it continued to hold military drills and exercises in the seas and airspace around the island of Taiwan, with a focus on blockades and resupply logistics.

Reuters

Taiwan holds military drill, accuses China of preparing invasion

FENGGANG TOWNSHIP, Taiwan: Taiwan held an artillery drill on Tuesday simulating a defence against an attack as its top diplomat accused Beijing of preparing to invade the island after days of massive Chinese war games.

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The Independent UK

Deputy Secretary Sherman says US 'doubling down' on Pacific

The United States is doubling down on its investment in the Pacific

Reuters

China races to contain COVID outbreaks in tourism hubs Tibet, Hainan

China raced on Tuesday to stamp out COVID-19 outbreaks in the tourist hubs of Tibet and Hainan, with the authorities launching more rounds of mass testing and closing venues to contain the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

Reuters

Taiwanese foreign minister says China drills part of a game-plan for invasion

Taiwan's foreign minister said on Tuesday that China was using the military drills it launched in protest against U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit as a game-plan to prepare for an invasion of the self-ruled island.

The Independent UK

Pandemic fuels sports biking boom in cycling nation China

Cycling is growing in popularity in China as a sport, not just a way to get to work

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Solomon Islands government seeks to delay election to host games

A bill to delay elections in the Solomon Islands has been submitted to its parliament, officials said, prompting concern from opposition politicians.

The Independent UK

'The Sacrifice Zone': Myanmar bears cost of green energy

The birds no longer sing

Reuters

Taiwan minister: China seeks excuses for military drills, and used Pelosi’s visit

China looks for excuses for military exercises, and the excuse this time was U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit, Taiwan foreign minister Joseph Wu said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

China closes Potala Palace after COVID-19 reported in Tibet

Chinese authorities have closed Tibet's famed Potala Palace after a minor outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in the Himalayan region

Tribune News Service

What-if DC war game maps huge toll of a future US-China war over Taiwan

WASHINGTON — As China waged extensive military exercises off of Taiwan last week, a group of American defense experts in Washington was focused on their own simulation of an eventual — but for now entirely hypothetical — U.S.-China war over the island.

Reuters

Analysis-More Chinese women delay or give up on having babies after zero-COVID ordeal

Seeing Chinese authorities exercise extraordinary powers during a stringent COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai earlier this year altered Claire Jiang's life plans: she no longer wants to have babies in China.

ABC News

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