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Beijing declares initial COVID victory as bar-linked surge eases

The city of Beijing on Thursday declared an initial victory in its latest battle with COVID-19 after testing millions of people and quarantining thousands in the past week to stem an outbreak prolonged by a sudden wave of cases linked to a bar.

Reuters

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Daily Mirror

China to set up centralised iron ore buyer to counter Australia’s dominance

Beijing hopes bulk purchases will secure lower prices for steel sector that is world’s biggest ore consumer

Financial Times

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Albanese government urged to keep focus on human rights as it rebuilds relationships in Asia

Thawing diplomatic relations with China shouldn’t mean ‘taking a backwards step with Beijing’, Human Rights Watch says

The Guardian - AU

Chinese President Xi Jinping all set for a rare 3rd term in power, perhaps for life

BEIJING: China's all-powerful President Xi Jinping turned 69 on Wednesday as he is all set to continue in power for an unprecedented third term, defying the 68-year retirement age rule followed by his predecessors.

The Times of India

Alibaba Ropes In Expedia Head As SCMP CEO As It Devotes Former Chief To NFT Spinoff

Alibaba Group Holding Limited's (NASDAQ:BABA) The South China Morning Post (SCMP) roped in Expedia Group, Inc's (NASDAQ:EXPE) Asian head, Catherine So, as its new CEO, Bloomberg reports. So succeeds Gary Liu, who will leave in July to oversee crypto-spinoff Artifacts Lab. The Harvard alumni So, who's also worked at Groupon, Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), Star TV, and AOL Time Warner,…

Benzinga

Was Hong Kong a colony? Not according to new textbooks, a newspaper says

New textbooks contend the territory was never a British colony. The reason: China never recognized the treaties that ceded it to Britain.

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China’s Wavering Position on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Threatens Its Legacy at Home and Abroad

Beijing’s official policy has remained ambiguously in support of the Russian cause, but against its consequences.

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Supermoon Delights Skygazers Around the Globe

From Frankfurt and New York to Istanbul and Beijing, skygazers could enjoy a beautiful supermoon rise over the horizon in an impressive astronomic spectacle. The full moon appeared bigger than normal and sometimes slightly orange-colored as it lit skies around the globe. It reached its full stage on Tuesday during…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chinese capital has reported 327 COVID cases linked to bar - health official

China's capital Beijing has reported a total of 327 COVID cases linked to a bar as of Wednesday afternoon, a health official said.

Reuters

AP PHOTOS: Supermoon delights skygazers around the globe

From Frankfurt and New York to Istanbul and Beijing, skygazers could enjoy a beautiful supermoon rise over the horizon in an impressive astronomic spectacle.

The Independent UK

Haze Fan was released on bail in January pending trial: China

Beijing-based journalist with Bloomberg News is accused of breaking national security laws.

Al Jazeera

New Zealand to boost maritime security with Solomon Islands amid China focus on Pacific

‘Small work plan’ is another signal of intensifying security interests in the region, in the wake of Beijing’s security deal with Honiara

The Guardian - AU

U.S. rebuffs China by calling Taiwan Strait an international waterway

The United States on Tuesday backed Taiwan's assertion that the strait dividing the island from the Chinese mainland is an international waterway, a further rebuff to Beijing's claim to exercise sovereignty over the strategic passage.

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Dozens of countries question China at UN over Xinjiang ‘abuses’

In a joint statement, 47 countries voice concern at treatment of ethnic minority Uighurs in far western region.

The Hindu

China lifts two-year COVID visa ban on Indians; to allow return of stranded professionals, families

China is also processing requests of thousands of Indian students studying in Chinese universities

ABC News

Xi Jinping announces plans to allow Chinese military to undertake 'armed forces operations' abroad

According to China's government, Xi Jinping has signed off on a set of new trial outlines that allow for Chinese "armed forces operations" that aren't war, and set a legal basis for the PLA to "safeguard China's national sovereignty, security and development interests".

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Washington already fought a cold war with Beijing. It was a disaster

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February, a debate within the U.S. foreign policy community has reignited over how far Washington would go to defend Taiwan if China launched a similar assault on the island. These questions acquired a new level of urgency last month when President Joe…

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Reuters

Beijing in 'race against time' to contain COVID surge

Authorities in China's capital warned on Tuesday that a COVID-19 surge in cases linked to a 24-hour bar was critical and the city of 22 million was in a "race against time" to get to grips with its most serious outbreak since the pandemic began.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Top US, Chinese National Security Figures Hold 'Candid' Talks

The top Chinese and US security advisers have held lengthy talks, with both sides describing them as "candid" following days of acrimonious exchanges over Taiwan and other flashpoint issues. Readouts of the meeting in Luxembourg on Monday were toned down compared with last week, when China's defense minister warned his…

Reuters

Biden adviser Sullivan raised concerns with China over North Korea

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan has raised concerns with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi over Beijing's veto at the United Nations of a U.S.-led push to impose more sanctions on North Korea, a senior U.S. official said.

Al Jazeera

Biden adviser raises concerns with Chinese diplomat over N Korea

Jake Sullivan told Yang Jiechi that Washington and Beijing can cooperate on North Korea issue, senior US official says.

The Guardian - AU

Australia demands end to ‘unjustified trade strikes’ after China ends diplomatic freeze

Penny Wong says dialogue is in the interests of both countries but government will ‘always stand up for Australia’s values’

Tribune News Service

China is walking back virus loosening weeks after reopening

China is starting to re-impose COVID-19 restrictions just weeks after major easing in key cities, raising concern the country may once again employ strict lockdowns to control its outbreak.

The Independent UK

Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu faces rape charge at closed trial in Beijing

Wu was arrested last year after he was hit by a string of sexual assault allegations

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