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Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.28% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.25%

Caixin Global

U.S. must stop 'bullying', suppressing China's development, foreign minister says

The United States must stop suppressing China's development and should not continue the "old routine of unilateral bullying", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Reuters

Weekly Must-Read: Why China’s Exports Are in the Doldrums

Demand has fallen off in recent months in the country’s three biggest markets, though the reasons vary by region

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China sanctions US individuals over action on Tibet

China has sanctioned two U.S. individuals in retaliation for action taken by Washington over human rights abuses in Tibet

The Independent UK

China's stretched health system braces for peak in COVID infections

China is expecting a peak in COVID-19 infections within a week, a health official said, with authorities predicting extra strain on the country's health system even as they downplay the disease's severity and continue to report no new deaths.

Reuters

China sanctions two Americans over Tibet rights controversy

China has sanctioned two Americans in retaliation for U.S. sanctions against two Chinese officials over human rights in Tibet earlier this month, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday.

Reuters

China lacked a 'zero COVID' exit plan. Its people are paying the price

At the public hospital in Shanghai where Nora, a 30-year-old doctor, works, tension has spiraled since China relaxed its stringent zero-COVID policy on Dec. 7.

Reuters

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Tourism operators hope Chinese visitors will return in 2023 despite signs of 'turbulent' year for travel

The number of Chinese visitors to Australia, once the largest market for inbound international tourists, remains 95 per cent below 2019 levels. While there are signs that may start to change next year, other markets are already emerging.

ABC News

In China, people are learning to live with COVID

Only a few weeks ago COVID-19 positive Chinese teacher Yang Zengdong and her husband would probably have ended up in a makeshift quarantine centre with patchy heating, sparse bedding and overwhelmed toilets, but today they are isolating at home.

Reuters

Blinken calls on China to share information on its Covid outbreak

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday called on China to share information on its Covid outbreak, saying its surging caseload had impacted the world, and he renewed an offer to share US vaccines.

France 24

Global, regional, local trends for 2023

Although economic predictions are usually reserved for the foolhardy, as the future is always difficult to ascertain, there are certain trend lines and probabilities that can be discerned at the global and regional level as well as the local level here in Thailand. As a year-end exercise, we can tease…

Bangkok Post

TuSimple Slashes Workforce 25% in Sweeping Restructuring

Driverless truck startup will focus on R&D and on providing self-driving technologies to other transport companies

Caixin Global

How China Botched the End of Zero-COVID

Other countries have successfully transitioned from strict lockdowns. Beijing has wasted the last three years.

Foreign Policy

China funds construction of new military hospital at Papua New Guinea's Taurama Barracks

Beijing is paying $13 million for the construction of a new hospital at Taurama Barracks in Port Moresby, prompting a warning from Australian analysts that the project could be a sign of more spending to come.

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China is reporting mysteriously low COVID numbers as it opens up. What's really going on?

The WHO says China is reporting relatively low numbers of COVID cases in hospitals, but anecdotally intensive care units are filling up.

Reuters

Blinken cites need for all countries including China to share COVID information

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday emphasized the need for all countries, including China, to share information on their experiences with COVID-19, at a time when some experts have started raising questions about Beijing's official hospitalization and casualty figures.

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Bold COP15 deal can halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030

The agreements from the COP15 biodiversity summit are voluntary and non-binding, but the setting of goals and how to monitor progress will create more accountability, writes Rod Oram

Reuters

China hospital data absent from WHO's latest COVID reports, raising concern

The World Health Organization has received no data from China on new COVID-19 hospitalisations since Beijing lifted its zero-COVID policy, prompting some health experts to question whether it might be hiding information on the extent of its outbreak.

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The Times of India

Rising Covid cases globally: Random testing of 2% international arrivals to resume from Saturday morning

NEW DELHI: India will resume random testing of 2% international arrivals from Saturday (December 24) 10 am, in wake of surge in Covid cases in many countries like China.

The Independent UK

Russia and China hold joint naval drills

Russian and Chinese warships have practiced joint action in the East China Sea, continuing a series of drills that reflect a growing defense cooperation between the two countries

Bangkok Post

Manila hardens South China Sea defences

MANILA: The Philippines ordered its military to boost their presence in the South China Sea on Thursday, citing a “threat” to a garrison in the disputed waterway after nearby Chinese “activities”.

Al Jazeera

India begins to randomly test international visitors for COVID

Federal health minister announces new rule in parliament, citing an increase in cases in neighbouring China.

Caixin Global

Silicon Wafer Prices Fall as China Solar Supply Glut Looms

The average prices of two key types of the solar panel component each dropped by 10% or more in the past week

The Independent UK

China's Li praises Hong Kong leader for reviving economy

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has praised the Hong Kong government’s efforts in revitalizing the economy as it rolls back COVID-19 restrictions, in a meeting with the territory’s leader in Beijing

The Independent UK

India to randomly test international visitors for COVID-19

India has begun randomly testing international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID-19 after an increase in cases in neighboring China

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