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‘Picking quarrels’: China critics overseas at increasing risk

New report finds Chinese authorities trying to coerce critics thousands of miles from home into returning.

Al Jazeera

Down but not out: China’s Alibaba looks towards challenging 2022

Chinese tech giant’s deep pockets and ability to adapt are seen as key to weathering the tough year ahead.

Al Jazeera

Olympic athletes told to leave phones at home to dodge spying

Beyond omicron and gold medal tallies, athletes arriving in China’s capital for the Winter Games next month may have one more thing to worry about: Is it safe to access the internet?

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Singapore art week is helping bridge connections

Around 600 artists, curators, creatives and partners from Singapore, Bangkok, China, Australia, Turkey, the UK and the US have joined a diverse range of arts programmes for "Singapore Art Week", which kicked off late last week and continues until Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Taliban ask China for help in getting international recognition

The Taliban is seeking China’s assistance in getting its Islamic Emirate government officially recognized by the international community, a crucial step that could help Afghanistan access some $9 billion in frozen reserves held overseas.

Tribune News Service

Morning mail: businesses buy up rapid tests, Tonga tsunami damage, Djokovic faces French Open bar

Tuesday: Big orders from state and federal governments and large corporates for rapid tests are contributing to a shortage. Plus: how to care for Covid face masks

The Guardian - AU

China in a bubble: Can Winter Olympics keep out Omicron?

Call it an Olympic-sized gamble. Ahead of Chinese New Year holiday travel and the Winter Games, authorities there are sticking to their zero-Covid policy. As Omicron tears through much of the rest of the world, can the coronavirus really be barred from the Beijing Olympics?

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Red lines: on China-Lithuania tensions

China’s response to Lithuania is to ensure other countries do not take the same route

The Hindu

India’s watchwords in a not so bright 2022

There are risks that could be both domestic and geopolitical and New Delhi must take care to read the signals properly

The Hindu

As Stellantis turns 1, automaker faces two paths

A year after the transatlantic merger that created Stellantis NV, experts say the company is looking at two potential futures.

Tribune News Service

China floods French market with anti-Covid products after provoking global shortage

Anti-Covid face masks are omnipresent in French supermarkets. Like self-tests, thermometers and hand gels, they are predominantly produced in China. RFI takes a closer look at how Beijing has turned the global pandemic to its advantage.

Radio France Internationale

Chinese ambassador to France: Beijing has 'not ruled out use of force' against Taiwan

FRANCE 24 spoke to Lu Shaye, the Chinese ambassador to France. He insisted Beijing was prioritising "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan, but said the Chinese authorities had "not ruled out the use of force" – not with the intention of targeting "the people of Taiwan", but rather to dissuade "separatists in…

France 24

‘They treat me like dirt and tortured me’: Australian activist on three years in Chinese prisons

Yang Hengjun was arrested in 2019 on espionage charges and his supporters fear he will be left to die of ‘medical neglect’

The Guardian - AU

China’s coal production hit record levels in 2021

In blow to climate campaigners, state encourages miners to ramp up output to avert winter gas crisis

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Yao Ming says he and Peng Shuai 'chatted merrily' at event last month

Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming said on Monday that tennis star Peng Shuai, who became the subject of concern after she accused a former senior politician of sexually assaulting her, was in good spirits when they appeared at an event last month.

The Independent UK

Team USA urged to use burner phones over fears of hacking at olympics

Disposable phones for Beijing 2022 amid surveillance fears

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics tickets will not be sold as China seeks to contain Covid

Tickets will instead by distributed to chosen groups amid first reported locally transmitted cases of Omicron

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2022 Ford Mondeo Debuts: Designed, Built, And Sold In China

It's 23 mm wider and 63 mm longer than the outgoing Mondeo / Fusion.

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The Independent UK

Pandemic hasn't slowed China's love for US lobster

China is showing no signs of slowing its demand for American lobster this year despite disruption to the supply chain and international trade caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

Reuters

Health fears for Australian blogger held three years in China on spying charges

The Australian government and human rights groups said they are concerned about the deteriorating health of Australian blogger Yang Hengjun, three years after he was detained in China, and with a Beijing court yet to deliver a verdict in an espionage trial heard in secrecy eight months ago.

Tribune News Service

Omicron reaches China’s political, financial and tech hubs

Omicron has breached the political, financial and technology centers of China for the first time, putting pressure on the country’s response to the more transmissible variant as it awaits the Winter Olympics starting in less than three weeks.

The Guardian - UK

China warns west against rapid interest rate rise

Xi Jinping says major economies need to be wary of ‘negative spillovers’ hitting global recovery

ABC News

Fears Australian writer Yang Hengjun could die in Chinese prison as medical condition worsens

Friends of an Australian writer detained by China on suspicion of spying fear his deteriorating health could see him eventually die behind bars.

The Guardian - US

Gauff shocked by Wang at Australian Open as Keys beats 2020 champion Kenin

China’s Wang Qiang secured her first win over a top-20 player since beating Serena Williams at Melbourne Park in 2020 after upsetting 18th-seeded Coco Gauff

Reuters

Explainer-Sri Lanka on the edge as debt burden mounts

Hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka is facing its most serious financial crisis in years, raising doubts about its ability to pay its creditors.

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