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Gangubai Kathiawadi controversy: Bombay High Court scraps pleas against use of certain words including Kamathipura in Sanjay Leela Bhansali film

Mumbai, The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to grant any relief and dismissed three petitions filed seeking deletion of the words 'Kamathipura', 'Kathiawadi' and 'China' from the Hindi movie "Gangubai Kathiawadi" slated for release on February 25. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S…

The Times of India

China's child-rearing costs far outstrip US, Japan

SHANGHAI: The cost of raising a child in China stands at nearly seven times its per capita GDP, far more than the United States and Japan, highlighting the challenges facing Chinese policymakers as they try to tackle rapidly declining birth rates, new research showed.

Bangkok Post

Donald Trump hails ‘genius’ Vladimir Putin

The former US President also claimed ‘China will be next to launch an invasion’ during the interview

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Commentary: How Nixon’s fabled trip to China, 50 years ago this week, led to today’s Taiwan crisis

Fifty years ago Monday, President Richard Nixon landed in Beijing for the historic weeklong trip that effectively ended the United States’ long isolation from the People’s Republic of China.

Los Angeles Times

Greg Cote: Phil Mickelson’s support of Saudi golf league sadly mirrors sports’ blind eye to human rights

MIAMI — Phil Mickelson did it. He did it with a perfect precision to equal the finest golf shot he ever sculpted. With one comment, he pretty much explained why the sports world is clueless on how to deal with the real-world matter of human rights.

Miami Herald

China says US creating 'fear and panic' over Ukraine

China is accusing the U.S. of creating “fear and panic" over the crisis in Ukraine, and calling for talks to reduce tensions

The Independent UK

China moves a step closer to national pension system

NEW DELHI: China has taken another step toward setting up a national pension system, beginning the ‘balancing’ of its main retirement fund to help regions with older populations continue to make payouts.

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China Says Taiwan Is ‘Not Ukraine’ as Island Raises Alert Level

Taiwan is "not Ukraine" and has always been an inalienable part of China, China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, as Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called for the island to beef up vigilance on military activities in response to the crisis. The comments come after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson flagged…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Olympics Say Goodbye to Asia after a Star-Crossed Run

The Olympics have said goodbye to Asia after a star-crossed run, and it's unclear when they'll be back after the continent hosted four of the last eight Games. The earliest the Summer Games could return is 2036, and the favorite could be the world's most populous country — not China,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hong Kong unveils $22bn budget as ‘zero COVID’ hammers businesses

Finance chief admits businesses facing ‘intense pressure’ amid restrictions that have shut down much of the city.

Al Jazeera

Covid live: Poland, Slovakia and Iceland latest countries set to end most coronavirus restrictions — as it happened

Move comes as case numbers and deaths continue to fall in many nations

The Guardian - UK

Fisher: Why U.S. Rate Hikes Won’t Whack the Yuan — or Chinese Stocks

Rate hikes alone don’t drive currency movements, and currency zigzags don’t dictate stocks’ direction

Caixin Global

China’s Largest Private Tutor Sinks $907 Million Into the Red After Transformative New Rules

New Oriental ceased all tutoring of K-9 academics, laid off tens of thousands of staff in second half of last year

Caixin Global

S.Korea presidential frontrunner seeks to 'reset' China ties with extra THAAD missile system

Plans by South Korea's leading opposition presidential candidate to buy an additional THAAD U.S. missile system risks economic retaliation from China, his top foreign policy adviser said, but that would provide a chance to "reset" testy diplomatic ties.

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Al Jazeera

‘Shared resentments’ but Russia ties could be ‘awkward’ for China

Russia and China’s leaders have met more than 30 times since 2013, but the Ukraine crisis will test the relationship.

The Guardian - US

Dwight Chapin on his former boss: ‘Richard Nixon was not a crook’

The former secretary to the disgraced president talks about his new memoir and what it was like to go to prison for Nixon

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.93% on Wednesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 1.9%

Reuters

China's child-rearing costs far outstrip US, Japan

The cost of raising a child in China stands at nearly seven times its per capita GDP, far more than in the United States and Japan, highlighting the challenges facing Chinese policymakers as they try to tackle rapidly declining birth rates, new research showed.

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The Independent UK

Olympics say goodbye to Asia after 4-year star-crossed run

The Olympics have said goodbye to Asia after a star-crossed run, and it’s unclear when they’ll be back after the continent hosted four of the last eight Games

Reuters

Taiwan casts wary eye at China amid Ukraine crisis, but no immediate alarm

Taiwan is nervous that Beijing may take advantage of a distracted West to ramp up pressure on the island amid the crisis in Ukraine, but there have been no unusual manoeuvres by Chinese forces in recent days, officials in Taipei say.

Bangkok Post

China temporarily detains Japanese diplomat

A diplomat at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China, was detained temporarily by Chinese authorities on Monday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

The Guardian - AU

Cold war on ice? Politics and science collide once more in Australia’s approach to Antarctica

Strategic and scientific motivations are not always neatly separable, but it’s clear Australia’s renewed interest in Antarctica is spurred in part by China

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Invisible threats / Japan slow to act amid fears of China's Olympic app

Amid China's growing presence in both the military and economic fields, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is concerned that Japan has too many vulnerabilities in areas including the protection of vital information and supply networks, and the Japanese government is expediting efforts to pass an "economic security promotion law." This is…

The Guardian - AU

Who said it? Australia’s political war of words over China – quiz

Match each diplomatic, inflammatory or amusing quote to the politician from which it emerged

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Ukraine imposes state of emergency

Latest Ukraine news from February 23: Ukraine’s parliament has voted to approve a state of emergency.

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