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Russian, Chinese Bombers Fly Joint Patrols over Pacific

Russian and Chinese strategic bombers on Wednesday flew a joint patrol over the western Pacific in a show of increasingly close defense ties between the two countries. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Tu-95 bombers of the Russian air force and the Chinese H-6K bombers flew over the Sea…

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China Prepares to Expand Public Assistance to Low-Income Residents

The expansion will apply to around 6.1 million people on the cusp of qualifying for a basic living allowance, and another 6.8 million under temporary financial strain

Caixin Global

Russian, Chinese bombers fly joint patrols over Pacific

Russian and Chinese strategic bombers have flown a joint patrol over the western Pacific in a show of increasingly close defense ties between the two countries

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EU chief Charles Michel heads to China amid Covid protests crackdown

European Council President Charles Michel is in Beijing to discuss global challenges with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is facing historic protests in major cities against Covid restrictions.

Radio France Internationale

‘End of an Era’: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin Dies at 96

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, died on Wednesday at the age of 96, Chinese state media reported. Jiang died in his home city of Shanghai just after noon on Wednesday of leukemia and…

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Saudi Arabia to host China-Arab summit during Xi visit, sources say

Saudi Arabia plans to host a Chinese-Arab summit on Dec. 9 attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to the kingdom, three Arab diplomats in the region familiar with the plans said on Wednesday.

Reuters

China wants US not to interfere in ties with India - Pentagon

China has warned the United States to not interfere in its relationship with India following deadly border skirmishes between the Asian giants in 2020, the Pentagon said in a report.

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Excitement, defiance for young Chinese in COVID 'tipping point' protests

When Yang, a Shanghai office worker, saw video clips of a burning building in western China, a disaster in which 10 people were killed, she said she could not contain her anger over tough COVID-19 measures three years into the pandemic.

Reuters

Former China president Jiang Zemin dies, aged 96

Jiang Zemin led China out from political obscurity in the 1990s

Evening Standard

Editorial: The world needs another Tiananmen Square hero

History will never forget a Chinese man who stood alone to block a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square.

Boston Herald

U.S. Commerce secretary: Competing with China not 'easy'

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Wednesday Washington must do more to counter China while insisting the world's two largest economies should not isolate from each other.

Reuters

Former China leader Jiang Zemin dead

China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who steered the country through a transformational era from the late 1980s and into the new millennium, died Wednesday at the age of 96, China's state news agency said.

Bangkok Post

Overseas Chinese step up protests as calls mount for change

From Sydney to Toronto, mainland Chinese have stepped up protests this week, with demands to end the world's most stringent COVID-19 restrictions evolving into calls to "free China" and for President Xi Jinping to step down.

Reuters

China's ex-leader Jiang Zemin, an influential reformer, has died at 96

Jiang Zemin rose to power in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests and leaves a legacy of economic reforms — but also tight political control.

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Chinese vaccine plans spark hope for end of 'zero COVID'

A campaign to vaccinate older Chinese has sparked hopes Beijing might roll back severe anti-virus controls that prompted angry protesters to demand President Xi Jinping resign

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SKorea Scrambles Jets as China, Russia Warplanes Enter Air Defense Zone

South Korea's military said it scrambled fighter jets as two Chinese and six Russian warplanes entered its air defense zone on Wednesday. The two Chinese H-6 bombers repeatedly entered and left the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) off South Korea's southern and northeast coasts starting at around 5:50 a.m.

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Jiang Zemin, former Chinese president, dies at 96

A gregarious leader, Jiang Zemin chalked up a list of achievements after breaking China out of diplomatic isolation in the post-Tiananmen era.

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China Has Warned US Officials Not To Interfere In Its Relationship With India: Pentagon

China has warned American officials not to interfere in its relationship with India, the Pentagon has said in a report to the Congress. Read on for details:

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Former President Jiang Zemin, who guided China’s rise, dies

Chinese state TV says former President Jiang Zemin has died at age 96

The Guardian - UK

Warning signs: inside the 2 December Guardian Weekly

China and the zero-Covid protests. Plus: humans versus nature at Cop15

Reuters

China's Jiang confounded doubters, mended U.S. ties

Plucked from obscurity to head China's ruling Communist Party after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, former Chinese President Jiang Zemin was expected to be just another transitional figurehead, destined to be a footnote in history.

Reuters

China's Jiang Zemin dies at 96, prompting wave of nostalgia

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, died on Wednesday at the age of 96, prompting a wave of nostalgia for the more liberal times he oversaw.

Reuters

China's Guangzhou city relaxes COVID rules in several districts

The Chinese city of Guangzhou relaxed COVID prevention rules in several districts on Wednesday in an effort to implement rules authorities announced this month aimed at easing the burden of the strict zero-COVID policy.

The Independent UK

MPs visiting Taiwan to prepare for possible attack by ‘more aggressive’ China

Senior Tory MP Tobias Ellwood said the west cannot afford to lose ‘another democratic partner’ in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Caixin Global

As central authorities cite scientific evidence for easing travel and testing rules, local officials worry about being held accountable for new outbreaks

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