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Taiwan visit by Chinese delegation spurs internal political tensions

Visit to Taipei by Shanghai officials was arranged by mayor from opposition Kuomintang party, attracting accusations of secrecy

The Guardian - AU

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 2.06% on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 2.03%

Caixin Global

Congress delegation visits Taiwan in tense US-China moment

A delegation of U.S. lawmakers has met with the head of Taiwan’s legislature as part of a five-day visit to the self-ruled island that comes as U.S.-China relations remain tense after weeks of trading accusations over a spy balloon

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A Chinese spy balloon, missiles and ‘UFOs’: What we’ve learned about string of objects shot down by the US

Not since a balloon crashed in Roswell, New Mexico have inflatable unmanned craft so dominated the American discourse. Alex Woodward and Andrew Feinberg sum up what we learned this week

The Independent UK

Fentanyl: America’s struggle to contain a deadly drug

The potent synthetic opioid is claiming lives in the US at an alarming rate. Campaigners say it is time to call it what it is: a weapon of mass destruction

Financial Times

Japanese fans bid farewell to beloved giant panda Xiang Xiang after winning lottery

Only 2,600 winners of an extremely competitive lottery have been allowed one last look at Xiang Xiang before the Japanese-born giant panda returns to China.

ABC News

Taiwan’s KMT hopes for elections boost after China trip

Opposition party that once dominated the self-ruled island aims to show it can work better with Beijing than ruling DPP.

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US: No Apology From China for Balloon Surveillance

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi requested the U.S. “change course” and fix the damage done to the bilateral relationship caused by the “abuse of force” in shooting down the balloon, according to Chinese state media.

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US, China top diplomats hold 1st meeting after balloon crisis

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China’s top diplomat against providing lethal aid to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rebuked him over an alleged Chinese spy balloon that heightened tensions between the world’s largest economies.

Tribune News Service

War economy

The world's economy and businesses have suffered from the Russia-Ukraine war over the past year, hamstrung by high energy prices, inflationary pressure and logistics disruptions.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine news – live: Zelensky hints at withdrawal from Bakhmut before ‘everyone dies’

No point protecting Donbas town ‘for everyone to die’, says Ukrainian president

The Independent UK

US warns China not to send weapons to Russia for Ukraine war

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says U.S. intelligence suggests China is considering providing arms and ammunition to Russia

The Independent UK

NZ cities urgently need to become 'spongier' – but system change will be expensive

Two extreme and deadly weather events within the first two months of 2023 have brought the consequences of climate change into sharp focus. Auckland’s January 27 flood is the most expensive weather event in New Zealand insurance history. Cyclone Gabrielle prompted a national state of emergency, only the third time…

The Conversation

Michael Pascoe: Australian sovereignty at risk? Don’t be silly, Mr Dutton, we gave it away years ago

The open letter is a rare expression of dissent from a highly-qualified cross section of people with experience in the diplomacy involved.

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The female defence boss getting Papua New Guinea's planes back in the sky

Lieutenant-Colonel Nancy Wii broke all barriers in Papua New Guinea when she got promoted to commanding officer of the Air Transport Wing. Now she is getting PNG's military back in the skies as the region grapples with China's rising influence.

The Independent UK

Ant-Man opens big at box office with $104M for 'Quantumania'

Phase five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe may have gotten off to a rocky start, but Ant-Man is bigger than ever at the box office

The Independent UK

Japanese bid farewell to beloved panda returning to China

Thousands of Japanese fans, some wiping away tears, bid farewell to a beloved Japanese-born giant panda that made her final public appearance before flying to her home country, China

WEKU

4 takeaways from this year's important Munich Security Conference

The war in Ukraine dominated the annual conference in Germany, as Vice President Kamala Harris accused Russian forces of crimes against humanity.

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Hayashi takes top China diplomat to task over aerial incursions

MUNICH -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told China's top diplomat Wang Yi a recurrence of airspace incursions by flying objects suspected of being unmanned Chinese surveillance balloons would be problematic, during their talks in Munich on Saturday afternoon.

The Guardian - UK

Jokes, dancing, drag: hit short film honours Taiwan’s defiant queer scene

Tank Fairy, a lighthearted musical comedy, celebrates the island’s LGBTQ+ community – in contrast to China’s cultural crackdown on gay life

Reuters

China warns U.S. to suffer 'consequences' if it escalates balloon incident

China warned the United States on Sunday it would "bear all the consequences" if it escalated the controversy over a Chinese balloon that the U.S. military shot down this month.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blinken: China’s Balloon Incursion ‘Must Never Happen Again’

The top diplomats from the United States and China met on Saturday in the first high-level contact between their countries since the US shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon two weeks ago, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken sending the message that Beijing's surveillance program had been "exposed to…

The Guardian - UK

China may be on brink of supplying arms to Russia, says Blinken

US secretary of state meets with top Chinese diplomat, Wang Yi, and warns of ‘serious problem for us’ if Beijing supplies weaponry to Vladimir Putin

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: shelling kills three in southern city of Berislav – as it happened

Russian shelling near southern Ukrainian city of Berislav killed three people on Sunday morning, according to local officials

The Times of India

Asia Mixed Team Championship: India rally but settle for bronze

Doubles fightback not enough against China

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