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Navy still unsure about China sub engine

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) remains undecided whether or not to choose a Chinese-made engine as a substitute for a German-made one for an S26T Yuan-class submarine being assembled for it in China, RTN spokesman Adm Pokkrong Monthatphalin said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Palau's president wants greater inclusion of Taiwan on world stage despite Chinese pressure

A tiny Pacific nation that has felt the wrath of Beijing for its continuing ties to Taiwan is urging global leaders to also work closely with the democratic island that China claims as its own territory.

ABC News

2022 Notebook: Protests, strict COVID lockdowns tested China

After beginning 2022 by hosting a Winter Olympics inside a COVID bubble, China faced a tough year

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China urges action as ministers meet at U.N. nature summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the world to take action on preventing nature loss in a video message to ministers from more than 120 countries assembled in Montreal for the U.N. biodiversity summit, of which China holds the presidency.

Reuters

China’s November Urban Jobless Rate Jumps to 5.7%

Covid outbreaks in major cities drive unemployment to highest levels since May, and end of pandemic controls may further stress job market

Caixin Global

Beijing has grave dearth of activists

Protesters recently took to the streets of China's cities in a rare show of political dissent. While the demonstrations are focused largely on the authorities' zero-Covid policy, they have sparked speculation that a pro-democracy movement -- and even a Taiwan-style political transition -- could come next. But this is unlikely,…

Bangkok Post

From zero-tolerance into the unknown – a visual guide to three years of Covid in China

In 2019, the world’s first Covid case was detected in Wuhan. This month China abruptly shifted away from efforts to eliminate the virus

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EU countries must do more to tackle secret China police stations - NGO

EU countries are failing to provide a united front against the threat posed by dozens of secret Chinese "service stations" on their soil, a human rights group behind the exposure of the alleged facilities said on Thursday.

Reuters

From states to federal agencies, TikTok faces bans on government-issued devices

The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill that would ban the wildly popular app from devices issued by federal agencies. Several governors have banned TikTok on their agencies' phones and computers.

WEKU

India test-fires Agni-V missile amid border tensions with China

The nuclear-capable missile, with a range of 5,400km (3,300 miles) fired from Odisha state, a government minister says.

Al Jazeera

Chinese investors weigh risks after Kabul hotel attack

In one of the office towers of Kabul's China Town, entrepreneur Yu Minghui sat gauging the aftershocks of the militant attack that severely wounded five of his compatriots in a city centre hotel.

Reuters

Pacific investment counters China: expert

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has visited Palau as part of a bipartisan Pacific tour in a bid to deepen Australia's ties with the region's nations.

AAP

Ukraine recap: drones strike inside Russia while western sanctions get smarter

If you expected things to come to a grinding halt for a few months as winter takes hold in Ukraine and Russia, it looks as if you may need to think again. Military analysts are confidently predicting that Ukraine will intensify its counteroffensive in the south to drive through Russian…

The Conversation

Germany’s Unlearned Lessons

Berlin must reduce its dependence not just on Russia but on China, too.

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Bangkok Post

China’s economy braces for more turmoil

BEIJING: Economic activity in China weakened in November before the government abruptly dropped its zero-Covid policy, while a surge in infections in coming months is likely to cause more turmoil and push policymakers to increase stimulus.

Evening Standard

All those in favour say Ai

For much of his life, Ai Weiwei has fought the oppression of the Chinese Communist Party. As he signs sheets of A4 in invisible ink at Speakers’ Corner — a reference to the protests currently going on in his home country — Kate Wills heads down to meet him

The Independent UK

Foxconn to ease COVID-19 curbs in Chinese iPhone factory

The company that assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones says it will ease COVID-19 restrictions at its largest factory in China that led thousands of workers to quit

The New Daily

As China eases COVID rules shoppers look for canned peaches to help

Chinese shoppers are scrambling to get their hands on canned peaches, as the government scales back a number of its COVID-19 restrictions.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Detains 47 Male, Female Journalists

Iran has imprisoned an “unprecedented” large number of male and female journalists since protests broke out in September over the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for breaching the country's strict dress code. At least 34 new journalists joined 13 others who were previously detained. Iran’s…

Tribune News Service

Indonesia struggles to build military that can stave off China

Indonesia is confronting challenges overhauling its aging military despite a spending splurge to face down threats that include a long-running territorial dispute with its biggest trading partner, China.

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO Eyes End to Covid Emergency in 2023

The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started. As the third anniversary of the original outbreak rolls around, the WHO said the virus was…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: US-Africa Leaders Summit is an opportunity we all must seize

African leaders are meeting this week with President Joe Biden for the second U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit of his administration. The gathering comes at a very important time, for this is an inflection point as much for the U.S. as it is for Africa. The U.S. has always loomed large in…

The Times of India

China cranks up propaganda defending Xi Jinping as Covid cases explode

BEIJING: With Covid-19 running rampant after President Xi Jinping’s government swiftly abandoned its zero-tolerance policy, the Communist Party is still insisting its strategy will “stand the test of history.”

Reuters

China's COVID scare sparks run on flu medicines, test kits as far away as Australia

The rising alarm over COVID-19 spreading in China was felt in pharmacies in Hong Kong, Macau, and in some neighbourhoods in Australia, as people hunted for fever medicines and virus test kits to send to family and friends on the mainland.

Bangkok Post

Study: China Covid deaths could reach 1 million

Almost 1 million people in China may die from Covid-19 as the government rapidly abandons pandemic curbs, according to a new study by researchers in Hong Kong.

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