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China threatens reaction after US announces arms sales to Taiwan

HONG KONG: China threatened over the weekend to take countermeasures after the Biden administration approved the sale of more than $1.1 billion worth of arms to Taiwan.

Bangkok Post

US Approves $1.1 Billion in Arms for Taiwan, Angering China

The United States on Friday announced a $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the island's defenses as tensions soar with Beijing, which warned Washington of "counter-measures." The sale comes a month after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defiantly visited the self-governing democracy, prompting mainland China to launch…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US agrees to sell $1.1bn in arms to Taiwan, angering China

China says it will ‘resolutely take legitimate and necessary counter-measures’

The Independent UK

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US announces $1.1bn arms sale to Taiwan, angering China

Boost to Taiwanese air defences forms biggest part of deal amid heightened tensions after Beijing’s enhanced military drills around island

The Guardian - AU

US approves potential $1.1bn weapons sale to Taiwan

Potential sale of anti-ship and air-to-air missiles to Taiwan comes amid heightened tensions between US and China.

Al Jazeera

Beijing taps into anti-West resentment to counter UN report

After a new U.N. report concluded that China's crackdown in its far-west Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, China is using a well-worn tactic to deflect criticism: blame a Western conspiracy

The Independent UK

Taiwan says China still carrying out military activities around island

Taiwan's defence ministry said it detected 19 Chinese aircraft and three Chinese ships operating around Taiwan on Friday, as Beijing continues its military activities near the island.

Reuters

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Unpredictable Solomon Islands fuels U.S. concern as China's influence grows

(Corrects paragraph 17 to show Solomon Islands recognised Beijing, not Taiwan)

Reuters

Global politics in dangerous territory

While Russia's profound and transformational invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24 has fundamentally reshaped and reinforced contentious trends and contours in the geopolitics and geoeconomics of Asia, it did not set out a new direction in world politics. The international system had already been unravelling over the past decade, underpinned…

Bangkok Post

US says China must be 'held to account' after UN report on Xinjiang abuse

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that a long-awaited UN report on human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province reaffirmed Washington's view that Beijing is committing "genocide" against the Uyghurs.

France 24

White House: U.S. calls on China to immediately cease atrocities on Uyghurs and other minorities

The White House called on China on Thursday to immediately cease "atrocities" against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities and urged Beijing to allow unfettered access to Xinjiang.

Reuters

Modi, Xi weigh meeting as chill remains in ties

MEA backs German envoy’s comments on Beijing’s ‘outrageous’ claims on Arunachal Pradesh, in its latest message to China

The Hindu

Mixed messages on Xinjiang report from NZ politicians

The Government has called on Beijing to remedy human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims, while National says we shouldn't wave a "banner of purity".

Newsroom.co.nz

Beijing furious over damning UN rights report on Uyghurs in Xinjiang

China on Thursday accused the United Nations of becoming a "thug and accomplice of the US and the West" after the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a highly anticipated report warning that crimes against humanity may have taken place in the Xinjiang region.

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The Guardian - UK

The UN’s report on the Uyghurs nearly didn’t see the light of day, thanks to China

Michelle Bachelet’s report on human rights abuses in Xinjiang is sobering – as are Beijing’s attempts to stop it being published, says James McMurray of the University of Sussex

Evening Standard

Taiwan shoots down drone over island near China amid high tensions with Beijing

Flares and warning shots were fired but the drone maintained its position and was shot down

The Independent UK

For exiled Uyghurs, UN report is long-awaited vindication

The U.N.’s long-delayed report on mass detentions and other rights abuses against Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in China's far-western Xinjiang region has been welcomed by survivors as an acknowledgement of abuses they say they faced at the hands of the Chinese state

The Guardian - UK

Rights groups call for inquiries into Uyghur abuses in China after damning UN report

Governments urged to launch formal investigations after UN findings on treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang

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Al Jazeera

Russia starts massive war games with China and other ally states

Vostok 2022 – which will last until September 7 – shows strengthening defence cooperation between Russia and China.

The Independent UK

Russia launches war games with China, others

Russia has launched weeklong war games that involve forces from China and other nations in a show of growing defense cooperation between Moscow and Beijing as they both face tensions with the U.S. The maneuvers are also intended to demonstrate that Moscow has a sufficient capability for massive drills even…

Evening Standard

China may have committed ‘crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang, says UN

The 48-page report says ‘serious human rights violations’ have been committed against Uighurs

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taiwan Sees Record 446 Air Incursions by China in August

Taiwan saw a record number of Chinese military air incursions in August, with more than 440 warplanes entering its air defense zone as Beijing raged against visits to the democratic island by United States lawmakers. Taiwan's 23 million people live under the constant threat of invasion by China, which sees…

The Independent UK

Arizona Gov. Ducey hails Taiwan semiconductor investment

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is hailing economic and educational cooperation with Taiwan, marked by a $12 billion investment in his state by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. Ducey spoke Thursday at a meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, the latest of a series of visits by U.S. political leaders that have…

ABC News

United Nations report finds discriminatory detention in Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity

The long-awaited report from the UN's human rights office calls for an urgent international response over allegations of torture and other rights violations in Beijing's campaign to root out terrorism.

The Conversation

China has waived the debt of some African countries. But it's not about refinancing

In mid-August, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs surprised the world with a series of announcements. Wang Yi, Beijing’s most senior diplomat, promised extensive debt relief for some of the world’s poorest countries. The announcement was made at the ministerial meeting of the Forum for China Africa Cooperation.

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