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Mid-January reopening of HK-China border planned

Hong Kong is aiming to reopen its border with China by mid-January, city leader John Lee announced on Saturday after returning from meetings in Beijing.

Bangkok Post

Blinken raises China’s COVID ‘transparency’ with his Chinese counterpart

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Chinese counterpart that it was important for Beijing to be transparent about a growing COVID-19 outbreak, as questions mount about whether Chinese officials are trying to downplay the number of deaths.

Tribune News Service

Xi reaffirms China's governing principle for Hong Kong

Chinese President Xi Jinping has reaffirmed Beijing’s commitment to follow the “one country, two systems” governing principle for Hong Kong, saying it is the “best arrangement” to maintain the city’s prosperity and stability

The Independent UK

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China lacked a 'zero COVID' exit plan. Its people are paying the price

At the public hospital in Shanghai where Nora, a 30-year-old doctor, works, tension has spiraled since China relaxed its stringent zero-COVID policy on Dec. 7.

Reuters

Global, regional, local trends for 2023

Although economic predictions are usually reserved for the foolhardy, as the future is always difficult to ascertain, there are certain trend lines and probabilities that can be discerned at the global and regional level as well as the local level here in Thailand. As a year-end exercise, we can tease…

Bangkok Post

The power and the pitfalls of personal storytelling – the best podcasts of 2022

It’s been a strange year for podcasts. Serial, the original 2014 blockbuster from the United States, was back in the news when its protagonist, Adnan Syed, had historic murder charges against him “vacated”. But Serial’s update episode glossed over the flaws in their original reporting, gaps instead plugged by the…

The Conversation

Australia-China talks under way, but relationship remains fraught and ripe to ‘explode’

The Australian foreign minister's visit to China has reignited hopes the two countries are on the road to patching up their relationship.

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China's increasing economic ties with the Gulf states are reducing the west's sway in the Middle East

At the end of November 2022, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak announced that the “golden era” between Great Britain and China was over. China may not have been too bothered by this news however, and has been busy making influential friends elsewhere.

The Conversation

'The return of goodwill'

Reflections on 50 years of China-Australia relations through the eyes of two people who have been at the centre from the start.

ABC News

Xi vows to promote China-Australia strategic partnership

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged Wednesday to promote a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Australia in a message to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, state-run media said.

Bangkok Post

Australia and China agree to continue high-level dialogue to ‘restore relations’

Ministers meet to restore relations between the two Asia-Pacific nations

The Independent UK

Kremlin: More US Arms to Ukraine Will Aggravate War

The Kremlin warned Wednesday that increasing the supply of US arms to Kyiv would aggravate the devastating 10-month war ignited by Russia's illegal invasion and "does not bode well" for embattled Ukraine. "Weapon supplies (by the US) continue, the assortment of supplied weapons is expanding. All this, of course, leads…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin warning: More US arms to Ukraine will aggravate war

The Kremlin is warning that increasing the supply of U.S. arms to Kyiv will aggravate the devastating 10-month war ignited by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russia’s Medvedev Meets China’s Xi in Beijing, Says Ukraine Conflict Discussed

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has undertaken a surprise trip to Beijing and held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during which he said they discussed the Ukraine conflict. Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, posted a video on his Telegram channel showing him meeting Xi, smiling for…

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Reuters

China hopes all parties in the Ukraine crisis maintain restraint -President Xi

China hopes all parties in the Ukraine crisis will maintain restraint and resolve security concerns through political means, President Xi Jinping told Dmitry Medvedev, chairman of the United Russia party, during a meeting in Beijing on Wednesday, Chinese state media Xinhua reported.

Reuters

Russia's Medvedev meets China's Xi in Beijing, says Ukraine conflict discussed

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has undertaken a surprise trip to Beijing and held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during which he said they discussed the Ukraine conflict.

ABC News

Foreign Minister Penny Wong raises human rights and trade in Beijing, while seeking 'structured dialogue' with China

The foreign minister says Australia is seeking to stabilise relations with China, but also raises trade "blockages" and human rights at talks during the first official visit to Beijing by a minister since 2019.

Reuters

China to work with Australia to promote strategic partnership, says Xi Jinping

China's President Xi Jinping said he will work with Australia to promote a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday.

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ABC News

'No conflicting interests'

Fifty years ago today, Australia established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Here's a look back at the key moments that landed us where we are today.

Reuters

Germany should help China-EU ties develop 'not subject to third party' -Xi

China and Germany should work together to foster good relations between Beijing and the European Union without any interference by a third party, President Xi Jinping told Germany's president in a phone call on Tuesday, state media reported.

Reuters

The world fears a new China COVID wave, ponders how to help Xi

Officials and global health experts outside China are anxiously watching a COVID-19 surge there, worried a nation of 1.4 billion people is inadequately vaccinated and may not have the healthcare tools to treat a wave of illness expected to kill more than one million people through 2023.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong leader to meet Xi on maiden duty visit to Beijing

Hong Kong leader John Lee said he will meet China’s President Xi Jinping to report on the city’s political, economic and COVID-19 situations during his visit in Beijing this week

The Guardian - AU

Australia seeks direct resolution of trade dispute with China before WTO ruling

As Penny Wong heads to Beijing for the first such visit in four years, trade minister says he is confident economic issues can be resolved

Foreign Policy

2022: The Year the Good Guys Struck Back

After years of rising authoritarianism and xenophobic populism, democracy is strengthening. But a long struggle lies ahead.

Tribune News Service

As he preps for 2024, Biden has finally found his footing as president

A week before the midterm election, President Joe Biden pitched senior advisers on his closing argument to American voters — a sweeping address in which he’d once again insist that democracy itself was on the ballot.

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