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China moves aggressively on Covid as political summit looms

BEIJING: China is enforcing lockdown restrictions in areas around Beijing more intensively, and will mass test the nearby port city of Tianjin, stepping up its quest to wipe out Covid-19 ahead of a key meeting of the Communist Party’s top leaders.

The Times of India

Clear analogy with South China Sea and Taiwan to India-China LAC tensions, says Kevin Rudd

Former Australian PM says Chinese infrastructure consolidation at LAC indicates it will not turn back or withdraw completely

The Hindu

Point of no return: crunch time as China tries to fend off property crash

With the global economy also at a crossroads, Beijing’s leadership faces a perilous test of nerve on its lending crackdown and zero-Covid strategy

The Guardian - UK

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‘We are Chinese’: meet the Taiwanese who want to embrace Beijing rule

Surveys reveal that up to 12% of the country supports unification with China, including five of its citizens in a Taipei restaurant

The Guardian - UK

Chinese youth opt out of the rat race in search of personal peace

Young people are abandoning demanding careers and ditching consumerism championed by the ruling communist party.

Al Jazeera

Iriana also plays roles: Indonesia's first lady diplomacy complements Jokowi's effort as G20 president

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attracted global attention when he paid a visit to Ukraine and Russia last month. But fewer observers and public noticed that his wife, First Lady Iriana Widodo, also accompanied him on the trip – including to Kyiv, the city currently deemed as the world’s most…

The Conversation

Huawei founder sparks alarm in China with warning of ‘painful’ next decade

Ren Zhengfei writes in leaked memo that ‘chill will be felt by everyone’ and company must focus on survival

The Guardian - AU

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China bans nationalist blogger who rallied against tech giant

China has blocked the social media accounts of a nationalistic blogger who waged a campaign against a major Chinese tech firm, in the latest censorship of an outspoken patriotic voice.

Bangkok Post

The road to China’s 20th Party Congress

The Party Congress is significant as it is being held at a time when China sees the period as one of ‘great disorder’

The Hindu

Taiwan: 5 Chinese Aircraft Crossed Taiwan Strait Median Line

Taiwan's defense ministry said 12 Chinese aircraft and five Chinese ships were detected operating around Taiwan on Sunday, including five aircraft that crossed the Taiwan Strait median line, as Beijing continued military activities near the island. China has been carrying out drills near Taiwan, which it claims as Chinese territory…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Xi Jinping asked Biden to stop Nancy Pelosi from visiting Taiwan, report says

Ahead of Pelosi’s visit earlier this month, Beijing had issued repeated warnings and threatened serious consequences

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: explosion reported in Crimea as UK says attacks behind Russian lines hitting logistics – as it happened

UK Ministry of Defence say ‘increasingly frequent’ attacks behind the front line are also affecting air basing

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 178 of the invasion

Putin agrees to allow inspectors at Zaporizhzhia nuclear station as UN chief urges Russia not to take it off grid amid fears over cooling system

The Guardian - AU

Putin and Xi ‘could meet in September’ at summit in Samarkand

Wall Street Journal suggests Russian and Chinese leaders could hold discussions in Uzbek city

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Reuters

China's Xi plans visit to Central Asia to meet Putin next month - WSJ

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is planning to travel to Central Asia to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin and other leaders at a regional summit next month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Bangkok Post

China jails 'disappeared' tycoon for 13 years

Xiao Jianhua, a Chinese Canadian billionaire and onetime trusted financier to China’s ruling elite, was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday, and his company fined $8 billion, after he pleaded guilty to bribery and other crimes that authorities said had “seriously jeopardised” the country’s financial security.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan, China move to rebuild ties ahead of diplomatic milestone

Recent high-level talks between Takeo Akiba, secretary general of the National Security Secretariat, and China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi were aimed at rebuilding relations between Japan and China, which had lacked momentum for dialogue in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties.

Reuters

Japan to look into summit meet with China - Nikkei quotes Japan minister

Japan will look into holding a summit meeting between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Nikkei business daily quoted Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi as saying in an interview on Friday.

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Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: The Putinization of President Xi

In this broiling summer, when we are shaken by threats that could shatter our most globally revered national monument — America’s cherished democracy — a menacing development suddenly occurred half-a-world away.

The Independent UK

Sunak calls on G20 to bar Putin from meetings until Russia halts war in Ukraine

Warns leaders can’t sit around a table with someone responsible for killing children ‘in their beds’

Axios

Xi and Putin plan to attend G20 summit in Bali, Indonesian leader says

Xi "will come" and Putin "has also told me he will come," President Joko Widodo told Bloomberg News.

Al Jazeera

Xi and Putin confirmed for November’s G20 summit in Bali

Indonesia’s president, who has cast himself as a mediator over Ukraine, says both leaders will travel to resort island.

The Independent UK

China's response to Pelosi visit a sign of future intentions

China’s response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was anything but subtle — dispatching warships and military aircraft to all sides of the self-governing island democracy, and firing ballistic missiles into the waters nearby

The Times of India

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin to attend G-20 summit in Indonesia, President Jokowi says

JAKARTA: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are both planning to attend a Group of 20 summit in the resort island of Bali later this year, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said.

The Guardian - UK

China Communist party’s 20th national congress explained – in 30 seconds

Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third term as leader at the CCP’s conference later this year

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