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Australia plane had 'right' to watch China navy vessel in its waters -PM Morrison

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said an Australian surveillance plane was doing its job when it was "put under threat" with a laser from a Chinese navy ship, rejecting Beijing's assertion the plane came too close.

Reuters

NSW Labor leader explains free China trip

The NSW opposition leader has been forced to explain a free trip to China seven years ago, saying much has changed on the political landscape since then.

AAP

Scott Morrison’s China gambit is a Hail Mary from a flailing leader trying to galvanise fear

The majority of Australians support a position which is the polar opposite to the government’s current tub-thumping on national security

The Guardian - AU

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India’s Faltering Nonalignment

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China accuses Australian defence force of ‘spiteful’ actions after laser accusation

Prime minister Scott Morrison says Australia makes ‘no apology’ for location of surveillance plane

The Guardian - AU

China disputes NASA claim its space debris is about to hit moon

China disputed NASA’s claim that debris about to hit the moon originated with one of its exploration programs, the latest disagreement between the nations over their space programs.

Tribune News Service

Inside Beijing's Olympic Games spy network - constantly watching athletes and fans

Even Olympic champions described the Winter Games in Beijing, China, as the most controversial since the Berlin Olympics of 1936 under Hitler’s Nazi regime

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N.Korea's Kim congratulates China on Olympics, says together they will crush U.S. threats

North Korea's Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen cooperation with China and together "crush" threats and hostile policies from the United States and its allies, state media reported on Tuesday.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine updates: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces raft of sanctions against Russia — as it happened

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a host of sanctions against Russia in a strongly worded address of UK parliament in which he announces an invasion of Ukraine must fail.

ABC News

Union calls on PM to apologise for strike comments; 34 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

NSW government drops case against rail workers’ union; Australia closes embassy in Lviv, Ukraine. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Use international law, call out China’s violations

New Delhi needs to mainstream global law lexicon into its diplomatic toolkit to respond to Beijing’s direct challenges

The Hindu

Why Vladimir Putin is so confident in his Ukraine strategy – he has a trump card in China

The Beijing Winter Olympics will be remembered not just for China’s efforts to impress the world amid criticisms of its human rights record. The games were also held against the backdrop of the most dramatic escalation of strategic tensions between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold…

The Conversation

Paul Bongiorno: Hardball politics exposes a defenceless scare campaign

Scott Morrison’s ramping up of a scare campaign has shone a laser-like focus on how defenceless Australia is against any military threat China might pose.

The New Daily

Australia to invest $800 million shoring up Antarctic claim amid strategic competition

Australia will soon fly a fleet of surveillance drones over the interior of Antarctica and establish temporary stations to boost its influence amid renewed competition in territory it maintains an historical claim to.

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Ukraine Crisis Tests China-Russia Partnership

Russia’s military buildup along its border with Ukraine is testing the possibility of a Moscow-Beijing axis lining up against the US and its allies. Russian leader Vladimir Putin's meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing this month fed speculation that a new alliance could form between the two great…

The Hindu

Fundamental duties must be enforced, says plea in Supreme Court

Plea quotes Gita, constitutions of erstwhile Soviet Union and China

The Conversation

Nixon-Mao meeting: four lessons from 50 years of US-China relations

It was “the week that changed the world”. On February 21 1972, Chinese leader Mao Zedong and US president Richard Nixon met in Beijing to reset their countries’ relations, which had been frozen for the previous two decades.

The Guardian - AU

More voters trust Labor than Coalition to manage Australia-China relationship, poll suggests

Scott Morrison bowled up a scare campaign on national security but latest Guardian Essential poll suggests it is not working

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Coalition pledges $804m to ensure Antarctica is ‘free from conflict’

Drones, autonomous vehicles and helicopters will aid research and exploration in the increasingly contested region

Newsroom.co.nz

Self-absorbed West needs reality check on actual existential threats

Racism, discrimination and crime are all worth worrying about – but, unlike Russia, they hardly have the potential to cause a major (and potentially nuclear) war.

The Guardian - UK

Journalists’ group ‘dismayed’ by treatment at Beijing Winter Olympics

Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China says reporters tailed and manhandled by security despite assurances from Games officials

ABC News

Japan 'fully behind' Australia over laser incident involving China in Arafura Sea, says ambassador Yamagami Shingo

Ambassador Yamagami Shingo says Tokyo shares Australia's concerns about what happened off the coast of the Northern Territory last week and says his country is "fully behind Australia on this matter".

InsideEVs

Tesla's China Factory Cranking Out Exports Ahead Of Local Sales

We've seen many reports of a massive assortment of Tesla cars ready to leave Shanghai for global delivery. This doesn't mean Tesla won't also deliver in China.

The Conversation

China and Africa: Ethiopia case study debunks investment myths

Common perceptions about Chinese engagement in Africa are that it is one-dimensional and sometimes biased. One common problem with this perception is the seeming acceptance of what’s called ‘methodological nationalism’ – that the national origin of a firm or agency determines outcomes.

Tribune News Service

Xi counts some diplomatic wins after polarizing Winter Olympics

The Beijing Winter Olympics ended Sunday without a major protest, diplomatic incident, virus debacle or war in Ukraine. For Chinese President Xi Jinping, that’s about as good as could be expected.

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