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Longtime Japan coach returns from China stint to lead Para Alpine team

Japan's Para Alpine skiing team is looking to make its mark at the Beijing Paralympics with its former coach back in the fold.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japanese man in custody in China since last year

SHANGHAI -- A Japanese man in his 50s has been detained in Shanghai by Chinese authorities since December, according to Japanese and Chinese sources.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Iran Says Nuclear Agreement ‘Closer than Ever’

Iran has just days left to accept a deal on its nuclear program at talks in Vienna, France warned on Wednesday, while Tehran’s chief negotiator promised that an agreement was closer than ever. “It is not a question of weeks, it is a question of days,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves…

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U.S. has 'no intention' to engage with China on Indo Pacific Economic Framework

The United States has "no intention" of engaging with China in its forthcoming Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, but is talking to its partners who share the same vision of a free and open region with no coercion, a senior U.S. diplomat said.

Reuters

Chinese hit the slopes as Eileen Gu fever takes hold

Industry analysts say China has work to do to ensure interest in winter sports is more than a passing fad.

Al Jazeera

Yuan’s global popularity keeps rising with usage at record high

The Chinese yuan is making deeper inroads as a currency of choice for global payments, with international transactions climbing to their highest level ever.

The Times of India

Hong Kong considers mass testing as COVID fight intensifies

Hong Kong's coronavirus battle intensified on Thursday as authorities reported that new cases had multiplied by 60 times so far this month, and the city's leader said city-wide testing was being considered in the global financial hub.

Reuters

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Australia and UK deepen security ties amid China worries

Two leaders say there has been ‘significant progress’ in AUKUS plan for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.

Al Jazeera

UK pledges $34 million to enhance security in Indo-Pacific

Britain committed 25 million pounds ($34 million) to strengthen security in the Indo-Pacific as part of a pact with Australia, and leaders of both countries expressed "grave concerns" about China's policies in its far western region of Xinjiang.

Reuters

Winter Olympics day 13 – as it happened

Kamila Valieva slipped to fourth in figure skating and Team GB secured their first medal on a dramatic day in Beijing

The Guardian - US

Australia's spy boss says politicising national security 'not helpful'

Australia's spy chief has warned in a rare TV interview against politicising intelligence advice as an election looms, saying unsuccessful attempts by foreign governments at interference had targeted both sides of politics.

Reuters

EU launches reset with Africa after pandemic disruption

The EU welcomed more than 40 African leaders to Brussels on Thursday in an effort to reassert its influence on a continent where China and Russia have made hefty investment inroads, and where many felt let down by Europe's COVID-19 vaccines rollout.

Reuters

Starbucks Raises Prices in China Amid Rising Costs, Slowing Sales

Coffee giant already bumped up U.S. prices and projects several more increases this year because of inflation, supply chain disruptions and higher labor costs

Caixin Global

Morrison doubles down on China attacks

Despite calls from the head of ASIO politicising national security was 'unhelpful', Scott Morrison has continued attacks on Labor about China.

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Bangkok Post

A declining America is focusing on the wrong enemy

Much of the democratic world would like the United States to remain the pre-eminent global power. But with the US apparently committed to strategic overreach, that outcome risks becoming unlikely.

Los Angeles Times

Aerial skiing demands big air, big pressure in one-and-done final

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — On one side of Genting Snow Park, snowboarders won medals after falling more than landing. Freestyle skiers who missed their first runs took solace knowing they had two more tries.

Tribune News Service

Despite medal expectations, Jessie Diggins happy with fifth place in sprint relay

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Jessie Diggins knew she couldn't escape the expectations. Never mind that the team sprint at the Beijing Olympics would be raced in a different technique, at a different altitude, on different snow, with a different partner.

The Guardian - AU

Minister asked why refugees still stuck in Park hotel if not security risks – as it happened

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The Conversation

The International Olympic Committee and China are using politics to obscure human rights abuses

China is using yet another Olympic Games as a political tool to reinforce its position as a global power and sportwash its dismal human rights record.

ABC News

Millions follow ex-NBA basketball star Zhou Qi on his NBL journey with South East Melbourne Phoenix

How do you grow engagement in a new NBL franchise from the thousands to the millions? Recruiting a superstar from China certainly doesn't hurt.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Trump's trade deal with China turned out to be a huge, costly bust

The final tally is in, and the numbers are grim: Donald Trump's huge trade deal with China — the deal he trumpeted as a "transformative" victory for the U.S. — turned out to be a massive bust.

Reason

Emerson College "[D]erecogniz[es] TPUSA Chapter After Publicly Denouncing Its 'China Kinda Sus' Stickers"

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (Graham Piro) reports: The controversy arose after the group distributed stickers reading "China Kinda Sus" on campus—stickers that the administration, after initially suspending the group, later conceded were intended to criticize China's government, not its people. Not that it would matter, as either…

The Conversation

Elections are rarely decided by security and defence issues, but China could make 2022 different

As the major parties shift into election mode, the Morrison government is clearly placing defence and security issues at the centre of its campaign.

Los Angeles Times

Eileen Gu's Olympic run launches her into stardom and the political fray

BEIJING — In one Winter Olympics sweep, Eileen Gu has solidified her place as one of the biggest sports stars in the world, not to mention one of the most politically divisive.

Asharq Al-Awsat

France Says Macron and China’s Xi Agreed to Step up Efforts on Iran Nuclear Deal

French President Emmanuel Macron and China's President Xi Jinping both agreed on Wednesday on the need to step up their joint efforts to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, said a statement from Macron's office on Wednesday. The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council had said earlier on Twitter…

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