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China's cruise ship industry is months away from its first home-grown vessel, but what's to come?

China intends to launch its first home-grown cruise ship later this year, marking the nation's first foray into a sector long dominated by European shipyards, while also representing a critical step in efforts to reduce its reliance on external sources.

Bangkok Post

Blinken meets China’s Wang Yi, warns against helping Russia

US, Chinese top diplomats hold ‘direct, candid’ talks in first meeting since spat over suspected spying balloon.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 361 of the invasion

Blinken warns China against aiding Russia in Ukraine as western leaders cautiously welcome Chinese peace plan at Munich security conferenceSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage

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Russia accused of crimes against humanity with ‘barbaric’ attacks on civilians in Ukraine

World leaders have gathered at the Munich Security Conference to discuss the war in Ukraine, as America accuses Russia of war crimes.

The Independent UK

Blinken meets with China’s top diplomat after US shoots down balloon

Secretary of state says he condemned surveillance in first high-level contact between countries since incident

The Guardian - US

China should be barred from Coronation, sanctioned parliamentarians say

A ‘litany of crimes against humanity’ would make the attendance of Chinese officials unacceptable, senior Tory Sir Iain Duncan Smith said.

The Independent UK

Blinken rebukes China’s top diplomat on balloon, Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rebuked China’s top diplomat in their first in-person meeting since the uproar over an alleged spy balloon, telling Wang Yi that the craft’s entry into U.S. airspace was an “irresponsible act that must never again occur.”

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Blinken meets with China's top diplomat in first meeting since balloon controversy

The meeting is the highest level of contact between the two nations since the discovery of a Chinese balloon in U.S. airspace at the beginning of this month.

WEKU

Blinken meets top China diplomat for 1st time since U.S. downed spy balloon

It was the first face-to-face meeting between the two diplomats since the U.S. shot down a Chinese government surveillance balloon.

Axios

Chinese peace plan for Ukraine greeted cautiously by the west

China’s senior diplomat Wang Yi speaks of need to uphold principle of territorial integrity but also of respecting Russia’s ‘legitimate security interests’

The Guardian - UK

China’s top diplomat blasts ‘hysterical’ US response on balloon

China’s top diplomat lashed out at the U.S., calling President Joe Biden’s decision to shoot a balloon over American air space and the heightened state of alert “incomprehensible and almost hysterical.”

Tribune News Service

Antony Blinken meets with top China diplomat who called US response to spy balloon ‘hysterical’ and ‘absurd’

Incidents have added to increased tension between White House and Beijing

The Independent UK

China's man in Wellington writes - about that balloon

The Chinese Ambassador to Wellington writes to Newsroom, and others, challenging the US and international allegations about China's big balloon that was shot down over the US coast.

Newsroom.co.nz

China's top diplomat renews criticism of US balloon downing

China’s top diplomat has renewed Beijing’s criticism of the United States for shooting down what Washington says was a Chinese spy balloon, arguing that the move doesn’t point to U.S. strength

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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

Cold war 2.0 will be a race for semiconductors, not arms

Taiwan and its huge silicon foundry look set to become the centre of the geopolitical conflict between the US and China

WEKU

The U.S. says Russian actions in Ukraine are 'crimes against humanity'

Speaking at the annual Munich Security Conference, Vice President Harris said Russian forces have been documented committing acts of murder, sexual assault, torture and deportation.

Reuters

Japan, China to hold security talks next week, Japan foreign minister says

Japan and China will hold security talks next week, Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said after meeting his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

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Evening Standard

US reaction to balloon incident ‘hysterical’, says China

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken cancelled a planned trip to China after the discovery of the balloon

Reuters

In meeting, Blinken warns China's Wang Yi against aiding Russia in Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying in an interview after the two met that Washington was concerned Beijing was considering supplying weapons to Moscow.

Reuters

Harris says "troubled" that China has deepened relationship with Russia

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday she was troubled that China had deepened its relationship with Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine, noting Chinese support to Russia would undermine the rules-based international order.

Al Jazeera

How will Raisi’s Beijing visit affect Iran-China ties?

Tehran wants to expand ties with its ‘strategic’ partner, but it faces serious hurdles.

WEKU

Secretary of State Blinken and China's top diplomat Wang Yi are set to meet in Munich

The two diplomats will meet for the first time in the aftermath of the balloon crisis earlier this month.

Reuters

Taiwan says crashed balloon was used for weather monitoring

A balloon that came down on a remote Taiwanese-held islet close to China's coast was used for weather monitoring and had no audio-visual recording equipment on board, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said on Saturday after analysing the remains.

Bangkok Post

China blasts 'hysterical' US balloon claims

MUNICH: China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday blasted the United States' reaction to what Washington has called a Chinese spy balloon as "hysterical and absurd", in uncharacteristically strong remarks against the top Western power.

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