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China Premier Issues Warning on Covid-hit Economy

China's premier has sounded an unusually stark warning about the world's second-largest economy, saying it must return to normal as the country's zero-Covid strategy bites into growth. China is the last major economy welded to a policy of mass testing and rapid lockdowns to eliminate virus clusters, but the strict…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China pledges support for ailing economy, analysts doubt impact

Beijing says it will roll out additional tax cuts and postpone social security payments for firms to support growth.

Al Jazeera

Beijing ramps up COVID quarantines, Shanghai residents decry uneven rules

Beijing stepped up quarantine efforts to end its month-old COVID outbreak as fresh signs of frustration emerged in Shanghai, where some bemoaned unfair curbs with the city of 25 million preparing to lift a prolonged lockdown in just over a week.

Reuters

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US ‘playing with fire’ on Taiwan, China warns: Xinhua

Chinese state news agency cites official as saying Washington is using the ‘Taiwan card’ to contain Beijing.

Al Jazeera

China test flies first home-grown C919 jet to be delivered - Xinhua

China on Saturday completed a test flight of the country's first C919 jetliner to be delivered, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Reuters

Xi, Macron Discuss Ukraine War in Phone Conversation

Chinese and French leaders agree on ‘urgency of reaching a ceasefire’ and urge peace negotiations

Caixin Global

Former China Development Bank exec charged for taking bribes- state media

A former vice president of China Development Bank (CDB), He Xingxiang, has been charged for taking bribes, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.

Reuters

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Death toll rises to 26 in central China building collapse

State media reports a tenth survivor has been pulled from the rubble nearly a week after incident in Changsha.

Al Jazeera

Death toll rises to 26 in Chinese building collapse

The number of people confirmed dead after a building in China collapsed has risen to 26, state media reported Thursday, nearly a week after the block containing apartments, a hotel and a cinema caved in.

Bangkok Post

Survivor found almost 6 days after China building collapse

Rescuers in central China have pulled a woman alive from the rubble of a building that partially collapsed almost six days earlier

The Independent UK

Beijing orders ‘stress test’ as fears of Russia-style sanctions mount

Exclusive: exercises are to prepare China for the possibility of similar embargos from the US and its allies

The Guardian - UK

Two more survivors found 3 days after building collapse in central China

Police have arrested a number of officials in connection with the collapse of the building in Changsha last Friday

Evening Standard

More survivors are found 3 days after China building collapse

Police have arrested nine people, including the building owner, on suspicion of ignoring building codes or committing other violations.

WEKU

2 more survivors found 3 days after China building collapse

Rescuers have found two more survivors in the rubble of a building in central China that collapsed more than three days ago

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Daily Mirror

Devastating fire kills eight including six kids as massive blaze leaves 100 homeless

The fire broke out at around 5am local time in a crowded slum in Quezon City, a district of Manila in the Philippines tragically taking the lives of six children

The Independent UK

Police arrest 9 after building collapses in central China

Chinese police say they have arrested nine people following the collapse of a building with apartments and businesses in the central city of Changsha

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: South Korea set to reopen embassy in Kyiv; Lavrov says Russia working to prevent nuclear war – as it happened

Officials reach factory to evacuated civilians, says United Nations; Nancy Pelosi says US will continue to help Ukraine after Kyiv visit

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine FM Asks China to Be Security Guarantor

Ukraine's foreign minister has asked China to provide security guarantees for Kyiv, in a lengthy interview containing some of the most direct criticisms of Moscow recently published by Beijing's state media. Western powers and Ukraine have repeatedly urged China to condemn Russia's invasion as it tries to maintain a supposedly…

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Al Jazeera

Russia FM asks US, NATO to stop supplying arms to Ukraine

Sergey Lavrov in interview with Xinhua says West should stop arming Ukraine if they are interested in resolving crisis.

Bangkok Post

Russia urges US, Nato to halt Kyiv arms supply

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) to stop supplying Kyiv with arms if they are "really interested in resolving the Ukraine crisis", Chinese state media reported Saturday.

Reuters

Chinese 'heavy fist' ex-justice minister arrested for suspected graft - Xinhua

A former Chinese justice minister who took a hard line on law enforcement has been arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes and "bending the law for personal gain", Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

China's Xi urges dispute resolution, opposes sanctions

Chinese leader Xi Jinping says his government supports talks to resolve international disputes, but opposes the use of sanctions

ABC News

Social media videos show 'riots' over food as Chinese city Shanghai enters third week of strict lockdown

Small "riots" break out in Shanghai as residents who have been confined in their homes for three weeks show their frustration at China's draconian "COVID-zero" policy.

Reuters

Chinese Vice Premier calls for greater effort to stabilise foreign trade - Xinhua

Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua called on Saturday for greater efforts to stabilise foreign trade amid a complex external environment, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

The Independent UK

China plane crash: Investigators find 49,000 pieces of Flight 5735 wreckage after 132 people killed

Both black boxes recovered and in Beijing for ‘examination and analysis,’ official says

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