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Truss to call for tough sanctions against China if it escalates Taiwan tensions

Former PM will warn in Tokyo ‘free world is in danger’ in apparent attempt to put pressure on Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

Truss to call on G7 to agree China sanctions if Taiwan conflict escalates

The former prime minister is due to address a conference in Japan on Friday which has been organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.

The Independent UK

'Big Joke' faces down critics

Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn has vowed to stamp out graft rocking the Immigration Bureau (IB) and bring any corrupt officers to justice.

Bangkok Post

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Spy balloon – live: Biden says ‘nothing suggests’ three shot-down UFOs tied to China

US president makes ‘no apologies’ for shooting down Chinese surveillance balloon

The Independent UK

Biden says latest objects shot down over US not linked to China spy program

‘Private companies’ conclusion set to fuel criticism that downings were overreaction amid pressure over initial balloon discovery

The Guardian - US

Morrison urges China pressure, praises own efforts

Scott Morrison will use a speech to spruik his efforts to call out "bullying" by the Chinese government and urge further pressure on human rights abuses.

AAP

Steel makers wary of Russian product dumping

Thai steel manufacturers are worried about an influx of cheap steel products from Russia into Thai and Asean markets, following sanctions on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

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Biden says flying objects likely tied to private sector, research

US president says objects shot down over North America do not appear to be linked to alleged Chinese ‘spy’ balloon.

Al Jazeera

Police and Welsh Government to stop using CCTV cameras linked to China, reports say

The cameras are thought to be used by three Welsh police forces

Wales Online

‘Give me a break, man’: Biden refuses to take questions over China after balloon statement

Biden calls reporter after remarks to ‘answer questions that he could not hear because other reporters were shouting’

The Independent UK

Morning Mail: Morrison accuses west of appeasing China, Biden’s balloon backdown, heatwave builds

The former PM says accommodating China is worst mistake since Munich; ‘avalanche’ of mortgage stress coming; why we should talk about happiness

The Guardian - AU

Biden: No evidence of "sudden increase" in unidentified objects in U.S. airspace

The speech was the president's most extensive remarks yet on the unidentified objects downed in recent days.

Axios

Biden says shot-down objects were probably scientific and not China-linked but posed risk to air traffic

President says the objects shot down last week were most likely ‘balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions’

The Independent UK

U.S. concerned about debt Pakistan owes China, official says

The United States is concerned about debt owed to China by Pakistan and other countries, U.S. State Department Counselor Derek Chollet said on Thursday during a visit to Islamabad as the country dealt with an economic crisis.

Reuters

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Uyghur groups call for U.N. action against China over rights abuses

Uyghur advocacy groups called on United Nations bodies to take action against China on Thursday over its abuses against the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, after U.N. experts this week reviewed Beijing's rights record.

Newsroom.co.nz

China after the end of 'zero Covid'

The Detail talks to journalist Chen Liu about returning to China after three years of border closures.

Tribune News Service

China hits back at US with sanctions on Lockheed, Raytheon

China imposed fines and sanctions against two U.S. defense companies in a further escalation of tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.

Axios

China sanctions Lockheed Martin and Raytheon over Taiwan sales

The sanctions could have a chilling effect on future sales to Taiwan by companies not yet sanctioned by China.

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The Independent UK

China says 200 million treated, pandemic 'decisively' beaten

China says more than 200 million of its citizens have been diagnosed and treated for COVID-19 since it lifted strict containment measures beginning in November

The Guardian - AU

Former Australian PM Scott Morrison likens west’s ‘appeasement’ of China to Munich agreement with Hitler

Speech in Tokyo draws parallel with pre-second world war agreement, and claims credit for urging others to stand up to Beijing ‘bullying’

The Guardian - UK

Journalist held without trial in China said to need urgent medical attention

Advocates of Huang Xueqin accuse authorities of ‘trying to exert mental pressure and physical torture’

Caixin Global

Xi Says China Must Boost Consumer Spending, Foreign Investment This Year

The president stresses the importance of consumption in bolstering the economy at a key annual meeting to set the economic policy agenda for 2023

Al Jazeera

China calls for Iran sanctions to be lifted during Raisi’s visit

Beijing has condemned the punitive economic measures during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s first state visit.

Reuters

Taiwan finds crashed weather balloon on remote island, likely Chinese

Taiwan's military said on Thursday it had found the remains of a probable crashed weather balloon likely from China on a remote and strategically located island near the Chinese coast, amid a dispute between China and the United States over spy balloons.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Criteria to be eased for shooting down balloons

When a foreign balloon or other aerial object intrudes into Japanese airspace, the use of weapons by the Self-Defense Forces to bring down the object will soon be allowed, according to sources.

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