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Tough decisions for new government in a volatile geopolitical world

Balancing trade and security is going to get much more difficult for a National-led government, with the Russian-Ukraine invasion, Chinese-Taiwan tensions, and now Israel-Hamas warfare, writes Alan Bollard

Newsroom.co.nz

NZ sharemarket on verge of bear market

Business & investing: The NZX50 has fallen 19.5 percent since January 2021, meaning it is likely to be grizzly this week. Andrew Patterson reports.

Newsroom.co.nz

IAEA officials say Fukushima's ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater is going well

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the discharge of the second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea has ended as planned on Monday

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California Gov. assures his state is always a partner on climate change as he begins trip to China

The Governor of California Gavin Newsom has assured during his week-long trip to China that his state will always be a partner on climate issues no matter how the U.S. presidential election turns out next year

The Independent UK

China denies role in suspected sabotage of Finland-Estonia gas link

China has joined Russia in rejecting suggestions that it was involved in damaging the Balticconnector pipeline.

Al Jazeera

China, Philippines escalate rhetoric in South China Sea collision row

Beijing and Manila officials talk of ‘intentional’ and deliberately ‘provocative’ manoeuvres in collision incidents.

Al Jazeera

Chinese surveillance firm recommits to UK after new guidance

Exclusive: Hikvision, whose kit is banned in US, receives clarification about where its cameras can be placed

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Former Chief Tobacco Regulator Targeted in Graft Probe

Ling Chengxing, the former head of China’s State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, is one of nearly 20 executives and officials swept up in the two-year probe of the cigarette industry

Caixin Global

Stocks Set to Open Lower as Investors Await Key U.S. Inflation Data and Big Tech Earnings

December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are down -0.76%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ23) are down -0.92% this morning as the benchmark U.S. 10-year yield hit 5% for the first time since 2007 while market participants geared up for earnings reports from some of the biggest tech heavyweights as…

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US renews warning it will defend treaty ally Philippines after Chinese ships rammed Manila vessels

The United States has renewed a warning that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino vessels in the South China Sea

The Independent UK

China launches tax investigations into Apple iPhone maker Foxconn

Tax audits and land use inquiries follow company founder announcing run for Taiwan presidency

The Guardian - UK

Victims of the green energy boom? The Indonesians facing eviction over a China-backed plan to turn their island into a solar panel 'ecocity'

I first visited Rempang island in Summer 2022. Greeting me were lush fields lined with coconut and banana trees, picture-book fishing villages with houses jutting into the water on stilts, and boats carrying people between the dozens of islands that dot the Riau archipelago in western Indonesia. I had made…

The Conversation

UK borrowing costs hit new 25-year high; Chinese stocks fall to pre-pandemic level – as it happened

Rolling, live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as British bond yields rise amid expectations of stubbornly high interest rates

The Guardian - UK

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 1.47% on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 1.51%

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Al Jazeera

Philippines calls on China to stop ‘provocative actions’ at sea

Manila lodges diplomatic protest over near collisions in the South China Sea, its 55th this year.

The Guardian - UK

Escape from tyranny: the gentle pastor who smuggles North Koreans to freedom

Using footage shot by escapees, Beyond Utopia is a gripping film about the man of God on a mission to liberate North Koreans, end brainwashing – and topple Kim Jong-un’s totalitarian regime

Al Jazeera

China urges Gaza ceasefire, willing to do whatever needed to end violence

Touring the Middle East, Beijing’s special envoy Zhai Jun expresses concern about risk of widening conflict.

The Independent UK

China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact

Tens of thousands of people, many of them Chinese, have been caught up in cyber scams based in Southeast Asia

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The Times of India

Yuan under pressure as capital is exiting China at the fastest pace in 7 years

BEIJING: Capital is exiting China at the fastest pace in more than seven years, piling extra pressure on the yuan.

The Times of India

China rattles foreign firms again with arrests, Foxconn probe

BEIJING: Chinese authorities are again shaking the confidence of foreign companies in the country with a series of arrests across industries and an investigation into Foxconn Technology Group, Apple Inc’s most important partner and one of the largest employers in China.

The Guardian - AU

Israel-Hamas war: second convoy of as 14 aid trucks enters Gaza – as it happened

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AAP

Lobster and beef on menu after China wine breakthrough

Australia will continue to push for the removal of restrictions on lobster and beef exports after a breakthrough on the trade dispute with Beijing over wine.

Salon

Jon Stewart was destined to quit Apple

Stewart shutting down his Apple TV+ show exemplifies the peril of tech's incursion into news and information

Salon

China's economy: Mystery packed in lies

Everyone knows that China's economic data is much worse than the official numbers. Just how big are the lies?

The Guardian - UK

British Steel owner preparing to cut as many as 2,000 jobs, report says

China’s Jingye Group said to be considering move as part of switch to using greener electric arc furnaces

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