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No imminent threat of China invading Taiwan, says senior U.S. official

The United States does not see an imminent threat of China invading Taiwan but is ready to defend the self-ruled island, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday in Singapore.

Reuters

China, Philippines Assess Ties amid Escalating Sea Disputes

Senior Chinese and Filipino diplomats were meeting in Manila on Thursday to review their relations amid thorny issues, including Beijing's alarm over a Philippine decision to allow the US military to expand its presence to a northern region facing the Taiwan Strait and escalating spats in the disputed South China…

Asharq Al-Awsat

S. Korean unification minister in Japan to discuss N. Korea

South Korea’s unification minister and senior Japanese government officials have reaffirmed their close cooperation in response to North Korea’s escalating missile threats at a rare meeting, a sign of a further thaw in relations that comes only a week after their leaders agreed to work past their troubled history and…

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TV tonight: Taiwan’s battle with China to hold on to independence

Could tensions between Taiwan and China lead to war? Plus, the last two contestants go head to head in the Apprentice final. Here’s what to watch today

The Guardian - UK

British MPs call for ‘as much help as possible’ for Taiwan to defend against China

Delegation of British lawmakers met Taiwan’s president during visit to the island this week amid a deteriorating UK-China relationship

The Guardian - AU

US Navy rejects China claim that warship ‘illegally’ entered part of South China Sea

China’s military said guided-missile destroyer USS Milius intruded into China’s territorial waters near the contested Paracel Islands

The Guardian - AU

China, Philippines assess ties amid escalating sea disputes

Senior Chinese and Filipino diplomats are meeting in Manila to review their relations amid thorny issues

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Saudi, Iran foreign ministers in Ramadan call, agree to meet soon

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud held a call with Iran’s Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Al Jazeera

US fears a war-weary world may embrace China’s Ukraine peace bid

WASHINGTON: Xi Jinping’s meetings in Moscow with Vladimir Putin put the Biden administration in an uncomfortable position: on the sidelines as two adversaries discuss a Ukraine peace proposal that the US has deemed unacceptable.

The Times of India

Blinken dismisses Xi-Putin ties as ‘marriage of convenience’

Top US diplomat expresses doubt that deepening relations between Beijing and Moscow are based on ‘conviction’.

Al Jazeera

New Zealand better off outside AUKUS: Clark

New Zealand may be pressured into increasing its own defence spending following Australia's signficant submarines deal with the US and UK.

AAP

Xi’s trip to Moscow didn’t impress the west – but his most important audience is at home

The official narrative in China is that the US responds to problems militarily, while China uses dialogue, and there are signs this narrative is catching on

The Guardian - AU

Analysis: China's sway over Russia grows amid Ukraine fight

At one point during this week's Kremlin meetings, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladimir Putin that they were driving global changes unseen in more than a century

The Independent UK

New Zealand’s opposition worried about AUKUS deal

Gerry Brownlee, the New Zealand opposition foreign spokesman, says Australia's AUKUS deal creates issues for New Zealand.

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The Guardian - UK

Despite Xi’s trip to Russia, dialogue between China and Ukraine is still possible

Kyiv remains keen not to anger Beijing given its influence over Moscow, and Zelenskiy is open to a meeting

The Guardian - UK

Putin should be under no illusion – Xi is not Russia’s knight in shining armour

China’s leader knows full well his country cannot pay the price – economic or political – of openly challenging the west, says political science professor Olga Chyzh

Zenger

China’s Growing Influence On The Global Stage Is ‘mixed Bag’ For Israel, Experts Say

Hours after China brokered a relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran puts Israel on notice as they rethink strategy

The Conversation

The view from Moscow and Beijing: What peace in Ukraine and a post-conflict world look like to Xi and Putin

Just a few days after being branded a war criminal in an international arrest warrant, Russian President Vladimir Putin was talking peace with his most important ally, Chinese president Xi Jinping.

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China will test NZ's fence-straddling diplomacy as never before

PM Chris Hipkins brushes the Aukus security pact away as not relevant to us because of its nuclear component, but our likely Aukus involvement relating to technology will have far-reaching consequences, argues Peter Dunne

Al Jazeera

Russia boosts defences near Japan amid US row over Asia Pacific

Moscow’s move comes after high-level visits by rivals China and Japan to both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Reuters

Honduras denies demanding $2.5 billion in Taiwan aid before China announcement

Honduras denied on Wednesday it had demanded $2.5 billion in aid from Taiwan before its announcement to seek to open relations with China, instead saying the country had repeatedly requested Taiwan buy Honduran public debt.

The New Daily

New Zealand opposition flags concerns about AUKUS

New Zealand's opposition has flagged concerns with Australia's AUKUS defence agreement, saying it makes NZ less safe.

Reuters

Russia boosts defences near Japan, accuses US of expanding Asia-Pacific presence

Russia said on Wednesday that a division of its Bastion coastal defence missile systems had been deployed to Paramushir, one of the Kuril islands in the north Pacific, some of which Japan claims as its territory.

The Independent UK

Xi Jinping’s parting comment to Putin on leaving Moscow: ‘Changes are happening’

Chinese leader tells Putin to ‘take care of yourself, dear friend’

Evening Standard

OPINION - Forget the bestie act, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have different aims

Relations between China and Russia “are at their highest point in history” ,according to the communique from their two presidents in Moscow yesterday. But the rictus smiles of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping seemed to tell a different story.

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