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China Firmly Cautions Israel against Allowing US Pressure to Affect Relations

Senior Israeli Foreign Ministry sources said that one of China’s top diplomats last week warned Israel not to allow American pressure to harm relations with Beijing. Liu Jianchao, the head of the Chinese Communist Party’s international affairs department, reportedly conveyed the message during a meeting last week with the Israeli…

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A Conversation With Lee Ming-che: ‘I Was a Human Rights Worker Doing Field Research in Chinese Prison’

During her visit to Taiwan, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Lee Ming-che, a human rights activist released in April this year after five years in a Chinese prison.

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Hong Kong diaspora say billboards in Australia are Beijing propaganda and spread lies

Hongkongers in Melbourne and Sydney say billboards in the cities proclaiming Hong Kong has entered a "new era" of stability, prosperity and opportunity are humiliating and "very upsetting".

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China labelled Australia's biggest national security threat on Q+A as tough talk on Taiwan draws passionate response

The Chinese Communist Party has revealed its nature many times over the years and we should take it very seriously, senator James Paterson tells Q+A after Beijing's actions in the Taiwan Strait this week.

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Taiwan: Beijing reacts to Pelosi's visit with live-fire exercises prompting fears of escalation

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has reportedly fired several DF-15B ballistic missiles into the seas around Taiwan as part of large scale military drills announced in response to the visit this week by the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.

The Conversation

China planning for amphibious assault in Taiwan invasion, defence official warns

US intelligence officials say the Red Army will storm the beaches of self-ruled Taiwan during a year-and-a-half window between China's Communist Party elections in November and the US Presidential Election in 2024

Daily Mirror

China's Red Army to surround Taiwan and carry out drills after Nancy Pelosi's visit

Nancy Pelosi's trip so enraged mainland China that the country’s most popular social media platform, Weibo, crashed for about 30 minutes, confirming it was overstretched

Daily Mirror

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Liz Truss urges China to de-escalate tensions over Taiwan

FOREIGN Secretary Liz Truss has criticised China’s “inflammatory” response to a senior US politician’s visit to Taiwan.

The National (Scotland)

Why did Pelosi pick this moment to travel to Taiwan?

WASHINGTON — Some 30 years after the young, little-known lawmaker Nancy Pelosi unfurled a small flag of protest in Tiananmen Square, the now-House speaker waged a much more prominent show of defiance against the Chinese Communist Party by leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan on Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

Pelosi says in op-ed that Taipei visit is ‘unequivocal statement that America stands with Taiwan’

‘We cannot stand by as the CCP proceeds to threaten Taiwan — and democracy itself’

The Independent UK

Possible Pelosi visit elicits shrugs in Taiwan, long the focal point of geopolitical standoff

TAIPEI, Taiwan — On the top of Iris Hsueh’s list of concerns living in Taipei are COVID-19 restrictions, electricity prices and, if she’s being honest, the latest news on Taiwanese pop stars. Nowhere on that list is the proposed visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the potential Chinese backlash.

Los Angeles Times

What to Expect From a Bolder Xi Jinping

Get Ready for a More Ambitious Chinese Foreign Policy

Foreign Affairs

Taiwanese seek civil defense training after Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Many Taiwanese are thinking about how they would respond if China invaded.

Axios

Growing number in GOP back Pelosi on possible Taiwan trip

An increasing number of Republican officials are defending House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her reported trip to Taiwan

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Foreign Policy

Chinese Mortgage Boycott Gains Steam

Homebuyers’ threats to stop payments on unfinished projects could deepen an ongoing real estate crisis.

Reuters

China hosts political dialogue with Pacific on same day as regional leaders meet

China hosted a separate political dialogue with Pacific island countries on the same day Pacific Island Forum leaders met and agreed to resolve security issues within "the family", highlighting rising geopolitical competition in the region.

The Conversation

China's big tech problem: even in a state-managed economy, digital companies grow too powerful

China’s digital economy has advanced rapidly over the past two decades, with services, communications and commerce moving online.

AAP

Former minister singled out, court told

Di Sanh Duong, a former Liberal Party candidate, has denied allegations he was preparing an act of foreign interference within Australia.

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China's Lipstick King Austin Li was a rich influencer adored by Beijing officials. One mistake triggered his downfall

Austin Li was beloved by young shoppers and the Chinese Communist Party. But when he tried to sell an ice cream cake to millions of his followers, everything went wrong.

The Conversation

Louisa Lim's 'outstanding' portrait of a dispossessed, defiant Hong Kong is the activist journalism we need

Indelible City is more than a book: it is a haunting testimonial to the intertwined vitality, tragedy and hope of Hong Kong.

Foreign Policy

As China’s Economy Falters, Be Careful What You Wish For

Why Western schadenfreude about Beijing’s economic troubles is misplaced.

ABC News

Uyghurs in Australia scour through thousands of leaked photos from Xinjiang Police Files searching for loved ones

The source of the files claims to have hacked and downloaded the documents from several police computer servers in China's far-western region of Xinjiang, before decrypting and leaking them.

Radio France Internationale

UN human rights chief starts controversial visit to China and Xinjiang

The UN human rights commissioner began a six-day trip to China on Monday. She will visit the remote Xinjiang region, stirring fears about the propaganda value of the visit to the Chinese Communist Party.

Zenger

Vatican Expresses Concern Over Cardinal Zen’s Arrest For Ties To Pro-Democracy Fund

The Vatican has expressed “concern” after 90-year-old outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen was arrested last week in Hong Kong on charges he had endangered China’s national security.

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ACT Senate candidate Li Fuxin linked to Chinese government's foreign influence arm

A federal Senate candidate billing himself as a choice for social harmony has a long history of activity with the Chinese government's main arm of overseas influence, the United Front Work Department.

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