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Zero-Covid Left in Dust as Chinese Revelers Fuel Travel Boom

Armed with selfie sticks and freshly recovered from Covid, Chinese tourists ambled through bar streets in the country's backpacker haven of Dali, partying the stress of the past three years into oblivion. As Lunar New Year approaches, China is seeing a domestic travel boom after the government abruptly dismantled its…

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Is China Pivoting Away From ‘Wolf-warrior’ Diplomacy?

Political analysts say the appointment of a new Chinese foreign minister may reflect Beijing’s attempt to soften its foreign policy approach and warm up to Western diplomats — or fortify itself against U.S. rivalry.

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Research on Chang'e-5 lunar samples gains fruitful results

BEIJING: More than 50 research results on the lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e-5 mission have been published in notable academic journals at home and abroad, pushing China's lunar science research to the international forefront, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

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Coronavirus: China masses take Covid fight into own hands as Xi Jinping sits back

BEIJING: Left to fend for herself after China abruptly ended the world’s strictest Covid restrictions, 31-year-old Share Xue and her daughter found themselves with 40C (104F) fevers and an expired bottle of Motrin.

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Yellen to visit Beijing in further sign of US-China thaw

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Yellen to visit Beijing in further sign of US-China thaw

Plans are under way for U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterparts to hold meetings in Beijing and Washington later this year, continuing the governments’ efforts to ramp up face-to-face engagement to improve ties.

Tribune News Service

Bring on the Year of the Rabbit: why there's new hope and prosperity tipped for Australia-China relations

For the first time in a long time, a year can begin with a realistic assessment that Australia-China relations are on an upward trajectory again.

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Do we have China’s full Covid data? The WHO is pushing for more

The lack of transparency around the latest outbreak has heightened concern among global health officials that new variants could be spreading undetected, writes Adam Taylor

The Independent UK

Threats, advantages seen in China's shrinking population

For seven decades, China’s Communist Party has ruled the world’s most populous country

The Independent UK

Lavrov says Russia and China alert to Western 'games'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the United States was attempting to "contain" both Russia and China with the help of other countries, but they were alert to its "games".

Reuters

Marvel movies return to China after 4-year break

BEIJING: Chinese film fans on Wednesday celebrated the return of Marvel movies to the country’s cinemas after an absence of nearly four years.

Bangkok Post

Lunar New Year rush starts in China after virus rules lifted

Millions of Chinese are taking advantage of the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions to make an emotional journey back to their families for Lunar New Year holidays

The Independent UK

What it would take for Apple to disentangle itself from China

The tech giant increasingly finds itself beholden to America’s biggest geopolitical rival. But is diversification even possible?

Financial Times

China's pessimistic Gen Z poses challenge for Xi post-COVID

The first weekend after COVID-19 restrictions ended last month, dozens of young Chinese jostled in the dark at a heavy-metal concert in a tiny Shanghai music venue that reeked of sweat and hard liquor.

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US-China trade is close to a record, defying talk of decoupling

Trade between the U.S. and China is on track to break records, a signal of resilient links between the world’s top economies amid the heated national security rhetoric in Washington and fears of “decoupling.”

Fortune

How will China respond to ChatGPT?

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Where US-China tensions will head in 2023

After a 2022 marked by Great Power rivalry, could domestic unrest take the edge off - or will tough talk triumph?

Reuters

Biden administration imposes China chip curbs on Macau

The Biden administration on Tuesday hit Macau with sweeping new export controls it previously imposed on shipments of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment to Beijing, flagging the risk that the technology could be diverted from the region to the rest of China.

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Bangkok Post

Chinese doctors avoid the C-word

BEIJING: During a busy shift at the height of Beijing’s Covid wave, a physician at a private hospital saw a printed notice in the emergency department: doctors should “try not to” write Covid-induced respiratory failure on death certificates.

The Guardian - UK

Chinese woman says she is detained in secret location after Beijing protest

Video purportedly shows 26-year-old editor, who accuses police of forcing her and friends to sign blank arrest warrants

The Guardian - AU

Australian justice appointed to Hong Kong court argues foreign judges shouldn’t ‘vacate the field’

Exclusive: Some legal figures have raised concerns about message his appointment sends in light of Beijing’s crackdown on freedom in Hong Kong

Reuters

Factbox-How China is seeking to boost its falling birth rate

China saw its population fall by roughly 850,000 last year - its first drop in six decades that marks the start of an expected long-term decline in citizen numbers with major economic consequences.

Bangkok Post

China's economy grows at slowest pace in decades

BEIJING: China's economy grew last year at its slowest pace in four decades as it was hammered by Covid-19 lockdowns and a property crisis but the forecast-beating reading raised hopes for a strong recovery as it reopens.

Bangkok Post

China's population shrinks for first time since 1960

BEIJING: China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the world's most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.

Reuters

China's first population drop in six decades sounds alarm on demographic crisis

China's population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in its citizen numbers with profound implications for its economy and the world.

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