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China's Xi told EU less lethal Omicron opens way for fewer COVID restrictions

Chinese President Xi Jinping blamed mass protests in Chinese cities on youth frustrated by years of the COVID-19 pandemic, but said the now dominant Omicron variant of the virus paved the way for fewer restrictions, European Union officials said.

Reuters

Five Great Reads: notes from China’s protests, eviscerating Scott Morrison, and the ‘new Sydney Opera House’

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days

The Guardian - AU

Easing of Chinese Covid curbs lifts equity sentiment

RECAP: Asian shares were mixed yesterday as investors were heartened by the possible easing of Covid curbs in China, while they awaited job figures in the United States that could determine whether the Federal Reserve will start to moderate its interest-rate increases as widely expected.

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Fruit export prospects ripen

Prospects for fruit exports to China are more promising after Beijing allowed fruit transport from Thailand via the Laos-China high-speed railway.

Bangkok Post

China mourns former leader Jiang Zemin as funeral preparations begin

Mobile apps and state media websites turned black and white, flags on some government buildings in Beijing were at half-mast and flowers were laid late last week as China mourned the death of former leader Jiang Zemin.

Radio France Internationale

London says no to a big Chinese Embassy, in a blow to Beijing ties

Local officials in London rejected plans for a massive, new Chinese Embassy, a bitter setback for China's government that once promised a "golden age" for its British relations.

WEKU

Pentagon debuts its new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider

It's the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. It's part of efforts to modernize all three legs of a nuclear triad, alongside nuclear missiles and submarine-launched warheads.

WEKU

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Chinese residing in Australia reveal why they are giving up citizenship of their homeland — or why they don't want to

Increasingly oppressive policies are prompting some Chinese people to consider taking up Australian citizenship. It's a difficult decision, with practical and emotional considerations.

ABC News

Drop in COVID Alertness Could Create Deadly New Variant, Warns WHO

Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant to emerge, as parts of China witness a rise in infections, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday. The comments by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mark a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘What they’re doing is called distraction’: Chinese spam dilutes Twitter feeds on protests

As protests spread across China over the country’s tight anti-Covid restrictions, Twitter users searching for information on the affected cities were instead flooded with provocative tweets showing young women in suggestive poses advertising “dating” services.

France 24

Exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law reacts to protests in China

Cities across China have rolled back some Covid-19 restrictions, requiring less testing and allowing people to isolate at home instead of in quarantine centres. The authorities have been careful not to send any signal that the relaxing of rules were in any way a response to rare displays of public…

France 24

Emmanuel Macron's state visit with Joe Biden: key takeaways as relations warm up after a frosty few months

Emmanuel Macron has just completed the first major state visit to the US since the pandemic.

The Conversation

WHO pleased to see China ease harsh zero COVID policies

A top official at the World Health Organization said the U_N_ agency was “pleased” to see China loosening some of its coronavirus restrictions, saying “it’s really important that governments listen to their people when the people are in pain.”

The Independent UK

The Problem With Zero

Xi’s pandemic policy has created a crisis for the regime.

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The Independent UK

Tibetans in India support 'zero COVID' protesters in China

About 150 Tibetan exiles holding blank pieces of paper have rallied in India’s capital to express solidarity with people in China protesting its “zero COVID” policy

The Conversation

Protecting 30% of Earth's surface for nature means thinking about connections near and far

A biodiversity crisis is reducing the variety of life on Earth. Under pressure from land and water pollution, development, overhunting, poaching, climate change and species invasions, approximately 1 million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction.

The Conversation

How China's response to zero-COVID protests could affect global business

The recent protests in China against the country’s zero-COVID policy have been unprecedented in their scale, intensity and distribution. Protestors numbering in the thousands were reported in dozens of cities. Not since 1989’s Tiananmen Square protests has there been such widespread civil disobedience.

France 24

Historic protests in China against 'zero Covid' policy

Protesters in several major Chinese cities have expressed their anger over the country’s stringent “zero Covid” policy, under which cities are put on lockdown over just a handful of coronavirus cases. This is the biggest wave of demonstrations since the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 – creating an unprecedented challenge…

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China’s Housing Sales Could Rebound Next Year on Easing Covid Measures, Analysts Say

Developers will likely see sales start to grow again in the second half as some cities shake off the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: China brings in ‘emergency’ level censorship over protests

Amid zero-Covid protests, crackdown on VPNs used for banned social media. Plus, Senate rejects paid sick leave for rail workers

Fortune

Woman caught smuggling semiconductors into China

Chinese customs officials arrested a woman last week for attempting to smuggle hundreds of semiconductor chips into Zhuhai, China from Macau under a fake pregnancy bump.

The Guardian - UK

Vaccines are key to China’s zero-Covid exit but scepticism poses challenge

Backing down from existing policies remains a political problem of the first order

WEKU

What to know about the West's new efforts to slash Russia's oil revenue

Plans take effect next week that would ban most Russian oil imports from Europe and put a price cap on the oil going elsewhere. But Russia could still make money off oil to fund its war in Ukraine.

Caixin Global

World Leaders Pay Respects to Former President Jiang Zemin

Condolence letters have poured in from Russia’s president, the top U.S. envoy to China, and the Singaporean and Japanese prime ministers

Caixin Global

Caixin New Economy Index Gets a Lift From Rising Labor Investment

The gauge that tracks the size of China’s burgeoning sectors rose to 30 in November, up 1.5 points

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