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China's cooperation with Europe 'unlimited' as with Russia - Chinese envoy

China's cooperation with Europe and other nations is "endless" just as its ties with Russia are "unlimited", China's envoy to the European Union said, giving some reassurance of China's neutrality over Ukraine in an interview published on Monday.

Reuters

China's Fujian aircraft carrier set for 'new-type' planes

China's most modern carrier, the Fujian, will be able to launch "new-type aircraft", state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Australia plans major overhaul of defenses as China rises

A government-commissioned review says Australia needs to spend more money on defense, make its own munitions and develop the ability to strike longer-range targets as China’s military buildup challenges regional security

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Defence strategic review: Australia will build longer range military power amid ‘radically different’ security environment

Government considers establishment of domestic manufacturing as review warns Australia’s military capability structured for ‘a bygone era’

The Guardian - AU

Morning Digest | Amritpal shifted to Assam on Centre’s directive, to be in solitary confinement; India-China hold 18th Corps Commander talks, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day

The Hindu

World military spending reaches all-time high of $2.24 trillion

Surge in spending reflects Russia-Ukraine war and ‘increasingly insecure world’, according to leading think tank.

Al Jazeera

China ramps up coal power despite carbon neutral pledges

Local governments approved more coal power in first three months of 2023 than all of 2021

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Taiwan's quest for legitimacy

On the heels of losing another diplomatic ally, Taiwan continues to win friends and influence others in the only way it knows how: through its soft power.

360info

Taiwan is reinventing how diplomacy works

The lack of official diplomatic allies isn’t stopping Taiwan from finding ways of winning friends and influencing people.

360info

Taiwan’s soft power hard for Beijing to match

Taiwan is smaller and has less access to normal diplomatic avenues but does have one advantage over mainland China.

360info

Analysts say Kyiv may be launching long-awaited counteroffensive as Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military

A new analysis gives rise to speculation that Kyiv is beginning a long-awaited counteroffensive, as new data shows global military expenditure increased by a record 3.7 per cent last year.

ABC News

Is Taiwan still a ‘beacon of democracy’ in the Chinese world?

Taiwan is celebrated as a vibrant democracy in the shadow of a repressive China, but the complicated reality reveals an opportunity that is yet to be taken.

360info

China loves Thai fruit most

Thailand was the number one fruit exporter to China, earning more than 168 billion baht in 2022, or 3.72% growth compared to the year before.

Bangkok Post

Ashes to ocean: sea burials become China’s solution to crowded cemeteries

Boatloads of relatives carrying biodegradable urns are saying their farewells over water instead of trying to buy expensive and scarce funeral plots

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Defence spending in western and central Europe tops last year of cold war

Stockholm International Peace Institute’s annual report finds UK was region’s biggest spender in 2022 at $68.5bn

The Guardian - UK

James Cleverly on taking a new approach to foreign policy – and belting out the Beatles with Blinken

The foreign secretary aims to navigate international relations with ‘patient diplomacy’ as he insists post-Brexit Britain is still admired

Newsroom.co.nz

Looking beyond Aussie and China for trade wins

The citizenship announcement in the late hours of Friday night left some New Zealand officials with the impression the Australian government was trying to quietly bury it. Now that it has finally been put to rest it means New Zealand can focus its diplomatic energy elsewhere.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine reportedly sets up positions on eastern Dnipro river in attempt to dislodge Russian troops – as it happened

Constant attacks from Russian troops have made it impossible for Kherson residents to return to their normal lives

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Aukus angst catches eye in election year

Could public debate over New Zealand's potential role in a polarising security deal reach similar levels to the Iraq War or the TPP trade deal?

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s defence force is expected to get its biggest overhaul in decades. Here’s what we know so far

The analysis is expected to recommend scaling back funding for some projects while others will be ‘accelerated and expanded’

France 24

China’s ambassador to France questions 'sovereign status' of former Soviet nations

France expressed dismay on Sunday after China's ambassador in Paris questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet countries like Ukraine in an interview aired on French television. The controversy came as Russia claimed advances in western districts of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Read our live blog to see how the…

The Guardian - UK

Baltic states condemn China envoy’s remarks over sovereignty of ex-Soviet nations

Lu Shaye’s comments raise fresh questions over China’s role in brokering peace in Ukraine

Bangkok Post

Ukraine slams Chinese envoy's 'absurd' remarks on post-Soviet nations

Ukraine on Sunday condemned what it called "absurd" comments from China's ambassador to France, who questioned the sovereignty of post-Soviet countries.

Space

China prepping next space station cargo mission for May launch

Components of the Long March 7 rocket that will launch the Tianzhou 6 cargo mission arrived at southern China's Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on April 13.

Radio France Internationale

France, Japan, India team up to rescue Sri Lanka from China debt trap

France, India and Japan have teamed up and invited others to join in the rescue of Sri Lanka’s crippled economy, a crisis blamed on mindless spending by the island’s rulers of money borrowed from China.

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