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Ukraine Crisis Tests China-Russia Partnership

Russia’s military buildup along its border with Ukraine is testing the possibility of a Moscow-Beijing axis lining up against the US and its allies. Russian leader Vladimir Putin's meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing this month fed speculation that a new alliance could form between the two great…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Xi counts some diplomatic wins after polarizing Winter Olympics

The Beijing Winter Olympics ended Sunday without a major protest, diplomatic incident, virus debacle or war in Ukraine. For Chinese President Xi Jinping, that’s about as good as could be expected.

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EXPLAINER: Ukraine crisis tests China-Russia partnership

Russia’s military buildup along its border with Ukraine is testing the possibility of a Moscow-Beijing axis lining up against the U.S. and its allies

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Beijing to Close Games Marked by COVID Measures, Valieva Doping Scandal

Beijing hands the Olympic flag to Milan-Cortina on Sunday after a Games that will be remembered for the extremes of its anti-COVID-19 measures and outrage over the doping scandal that enveloped 15-year-old Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva. The Olympics were stalked by politics, with several countries staging a diplomatic boycott…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Coalition and Labor respond to China laser incident; 32 Covid deaths in Australia – As it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

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Covid: South Korea reports more than 100,000 new cases for first time – as it happened

Latest updates: south Korean case numbers have risen in recent weeks due to Omicron

The Guardian - UK

The verdict is in: Trump was wrong about China

For those who say Trump put us on the right track vis-a-vis China, which parts should we continue: High taxes? Lack of exports? Farm subsidies? Moral abdication? Under his leadership, the U.S. trade deficit was the largest in a decade.

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Xi Jinping wants Hong Kong to keep pushing COVID-zero in the face of Omicron, but is that really possible?

Late last year, Hong Kong was one step away from returning to pre-pandemic life. But now the city's strict COVID-zero regime is failing, as Omicron takes hold.

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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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France says Macron and China's Xi agreed to step up efforts on Iran nuclear deal

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Germany and Switzerland set to ease restrictions – as it happened

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Latest Ukraine Updates: NATO says no sign of Russia de-escalation

Ukraine news from February 16: NATO says no sign of Russian de-escalation, considers reinforcing southeastern flank.

Al Jazeera

Xi tells Hong Kong to control Omicron-fuelled outbreak

Directive in territory’s Chinese language media comes with authorities expected to report record number of daily cases.

Al Jazeera

China's Xi: Control of Hong Kong surge is 'overriding task'

A Hong Kong news outlet says China's leader Xi Jinping has taken a personal interest in the city's coronavirus outbreak, saying it was the Hong Kong government's “overriding task” to control the situation

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Xi tells Hong Kong's leaders to control COVID as infections spiral

(Adds government statement on food supply)

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The Quad has a strategy to counter China and Russia: be a force for global good without ideological warfare

The stakes were high when the foreign ministers of the Quad security group met in Melbourne this week. The US has warned a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be imminent. And Russian President Vladimir Putin had just met with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and announced a “no limits” partnership…

The Independent UK

BEIJING DIARY: A taste of Tibet with Chinese characteristics

People attending the Beijing Winter Olympics can't visit Tibet because they're in China's “closed loop" system for foreign visitors

Los Angeles Times

Remember the 'pivot' to Asia? US wants to reassure Pacific allies it's still on

MELBOURNE, Australia — Like many U.S. governments before it, the Biden administration intended a foreign policy "pivot" toward China and Asia. Instead, Washington quickly faced war in Gaza, a chaotic pullout from Afghanistan and a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia and China's growing 'friendship' is more a public relations exercise than a new world order

Against the backdrop of a western diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China and Russia have marked the occasion by showing off their increasingly close relationship. Russia’s president Vladimir Putin posed for pictures with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the opening of the 2022 Winter Games, declaring their opposition…

Al Jazeera

Qatar and UAE leaders meet for first time since Gulf crisis ended

Sheikh Tamim meets Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed on sidelines of lunch hosted by China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Xi Meets Poland, Pakistan Leaders in Olympic Diplomacy

Chinese President Xi Jinping met Sunday with leaders from Poland and Pakistan in a flurry of diplomacy on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Xi told President Andrzej Duda that China seeks to further improve ties with Poland, whose warm relationship with Beijing has not sat well with…

The Independent UK

Xi meets Poland, Pakistan leaders in Olympic diplomacy

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with leaders from Poland and Pakistan in a flurry of diplomacy on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egyptian-Chinese Summit Focuses on Renaissance Dam, Palestinian Cause

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed, at their summit in Beijing on Saturday, to strengthen cooperation in fighting terrorism and reviewed developments regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. A statement by the Egyptian presidency said: “The Chinese president welcomed the Egyptian…

Reuters

Ecuador sees trade deal with China at end of year, debt talks to begin

Ecuador expects to pull together a trade deal with China at the end of this year and will begin formal debt re-negotiations with the Asian country, Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso said on Saturday, after a Beijing visit with his counterpart Xi Jinping.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China’s Xi Meets More Heads of State in Winter Games Diplomatic Push

Chinese President Xi Jinping met the leaders of several more countries on Saturday as Beijing used the start of the Winter Olympics to score diplomatic points amid simmering tensions with the United States. Following a groundbreaking agreement with Russia on Friday over Taiwan and against NATO expansion, Xi held meetings…

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