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Biden, Xi to meet face-to-face amid superpower tensions

President Joe Biden sits down with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday for their first in-person meeting since the U.S. president took office nearly two years ago

The Independent UK

Biden, Xi meet amid strained ties ahead of G20 summit in Bali

The US and China are at odds over a range of issues from Taiwan to Hong Kong, trade, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

China Premier Li emphasised 'irresponsibility' of nuclear threats at Asia summit - U.S. official

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang emphasised the "irresponsibility" of nuclear threats during a summit in Cambodia, suggesting Beijing is uncomfortable with strategic partner Russia's nuclear rhetoric, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.

Reuters

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Factbox-Dates and duration of Xi-Biden talks since 2021

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday in person for the first time since Biden took office in 2021, on the sidelines of the annual Group of 20 summit on the Indonesian island of Bali.

Reuters

As world population hits 8 billion, China frets over too few babies

Chinese software developer Tang Huajun loves playing with his two-year-old in their apartment on the outskirts of Beijing but he said he is unlikely to have another child.

Reuters

All eyes on Biden and Xi ahead of superpower showdown at G-20 summit

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Last November, President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping emerged from a virtual meeting determined to chart a new path that would prevent the two superpowers from spiraling into an open conflict.

Los Angeles Times

In brief: Islands; The Fugitives; Ghost Music – review

BBC home editor Mark Easton on the nature of island life; an entertaining tale of a reformed Khartoum jazz band; and the intriguing musings of a Beijing pianist

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Joe Biden will seek to establish US-China red lines in Xi Jinping talks

US president expected to urge Beijing to do more to curb North Korea and raise carbon reduction targets

The Guardian - UK

Biden set to meet Xi in bid to avert a full rupture in US-China ties

The US and China disagree on so many things, across so many spheres, that other world leaders are increasingly warning of a deeper rupture that could split the global economy.

Bangkok Post

Biden-Xi summit: What Biden wants, what Xi wants

When U.S. President Joe Biden sits down with China's Xi Jinping on Monday, don't expect concessions from the U.S. side

The Independent UK

Biden to tell Xi to help rein in N. Korea or face more drills in region

President Joe Biden will warn Chinese leader Xi Jinping of an expanded U.S. military presence in the region if Beijing doesn’t help rein in North Korean military provocations, according to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

Tribune News Service

Here's what's at stake in Monday's meeting between Biden and China's Xi Jinping

The meeting at the G20 in Indonesia will be their first in person since President Biden took office. Whether they can find common ground is a key question, and reflects the current state of relations.

WEKU

China only 'refining' Covid rules

BEIJING: China’s top health officials say that a sweeping overhaul to its zero-Covid playbook was a refinement of rules and not a relaxation of controls, dismissing interpretations that the changes were a step toward living with the virus.

Bangkok Post

China successfully launches cargo spacecraft for its space station in orbit

BEIJING: China successfully launched its cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-5 on Saturday to deliver supplies for its space station, the construction of which is expected to be completed this year.

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The Guardian - UK

China eases Covid rules but insists ‘war’ against pandemic will continue

Quarantine periods shortened by two days but Beijing government ‘will not waver’ from strict zero-Covid policy

WEKU

China eases its 'zero COVID' policy with shorter quarantines and fewer restrictions

Authorities in Beijing ease — but don't end — COVID-19 control policies that have kept case counts low but hurt the Chinese economy.

Evening Standard

Beijing closes city parks as country reports over 10,000 new Covid cases

As part of China’s zero-Covid policy residents in Beijing face near daily testing

Al Jazeera

China eases COVID quarantine despite rising cases

Incoming arrivals will only be quarantined for five days under eased measures.

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Bangkok Post

China confirms Xi to attend G20, Apec summits

BEIJING: Xi Jinping will attend the G20 summit in Indonesia and the Apec summit in Thailand next week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chinese Spyware Targets Uyghurs through Apps

Cybersecurity researchers said they have found evidence of Chinese spyware in Uyghur-language apps that can track the location and harvest the data of Uyghurs living in China and abroad. Uyghurs are a Turkic Muslim minority predominantly in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, where a recent UN report said Beijing may…

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Taiwan’s Foreign Minister: Biden-Xi Meeting Conducive to Taiwan Strait Stability

“There’s been no official contact between Taiwan and China for quite some time. If the United States is able to talk to the Chinese side some of the concerns on the Taiwanese side, that will be very helpful to Taiwan as well.”

The Times of India

China shortens quarantine times, eases flight curbs in Covid Zero pivot

BEIJING: China reduced the amount of time travelers and close contacts of infected people must spend in quarantine, a significant calibration of the Covid Zero policy that has isolated the world’s second-largest economy and raised public ire.

The Times of India

China Covid cases top 10,000; Beijing highest in over a year

BEIJING: China’s daily Covid infections exceeded 10,000 for the first time since April, with Beijing’s cases at the highest level in more than a year, as the country’s top leaders urged more targeted restrictions aimed at controlling the virus.

The Independent UK

China reports 10,000 new virus cases, capital closes parks

China's capital Beijing has closed city parks and imposed other restrictions as the country faces a new wave of COVID-19 cases

Reuters

China shortens quarantines as it eases some of its COVID rules

China on Friday eased some of its strict COVID rules, including shortening quarantines by two days for close contacts of infected people and for inbound travellers, and removing a penalty for airlines for bringing in too many cases.

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