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British police probe beating of protester on China consulate grounds

British police are investigating the apparent assault on a protester who was videoed being beaten by several men after being dragged inside the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester during a demonstration against President Xi Jinping.

Reuters

Official: China mining more coal but increasing wind, solar

A Chinese official says the government plans to boost coal production through 2025 to avoid a repeat of last year’s power shortages

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Qatar to Host 2023 Asian Cup Football

Qatar will host next year's Asian Cup after China withdrew earlier this year because of COVID, the Asian Football Confederation said on Monday. "The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) executive committee has today confirmed the Qatar Football Association (QFA) as the host association for the AFC Asian Cup 2023," the Malaysia-based…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pacific Islands defence ministers meet in Tonga to boost 'interoperability'

South Pacific defence ministers will meet in Tonga on Tuesday, with Australia seeking a closer military relationship with the three island nations that have defence forces to counter China's security push in the region.

Reuters

Zhang Gaoli makes first public appearance at CCP Congress since #MeToo post from tennis star Peng Shuai

The presence of China's former vice-premier at the significant political event shows his status is untainted by last year's sexual assault allegations, one expert says.

ABC News

Apple Freezes Plans to Use China’s YMTC Chips

US tech giant Apple Inc has put on hold plans to use memory chips from China's Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) in its products, after Washington imposed tighter export controls against Chinese technology companies, the Nikkei reported on Monday. Apple had originally planned to start using state-funded YMTC's NAND flash…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Japan and Australia are poised to sign an expanded security declaration as China's military might increases

A new security pact is expected to be much more "ambitious" than a 2007 agreement, as both nations grapple with the implications of China's growing military might.

ABC News

Asian shares decline as markets keep eyes on China meeting

Asian shares are mostly lower as investors focus on the weeklong Communist Party congress in China

The Independent UK

China locks down almost 1 million people near iPhone factory

The iPhone manufacturing hub of Zhengzhou locked down one of its most-populated districts to tame a virus flareup, with creeping restrictions throughout China underscoring the constant threat of disruption companies face while the country sticks to Covid Zero.

The Times of India

Is Xi Jinping China’s new Mao Zedong?

With Xi casting himself as a 21st-century Mao, China risks ‘arbitrary rule’.

Al Jazeera

Could China Save the World?

It is difficult to imagine Xi Jinping brokering peace in Ukraine, but if China wants to be respected, this is a chance.

The News Lens

China reports 921 new COVID cases for Oct 16 vs 1,026 a day earlier

China reported 921 new COVID-19 infections on Oct. 16, of which 245 were symptomatic and 676 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday.

Reuters

China's party congress promises continuity, not change

The overarching theme emerging from China’s ongoing Communist Party congress is one of continuity, not change

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Reuters

Xi's new generals face tough military challenges post-congress

In his first two terms as commander of the world's largest military, Chinese President Xi Jinping has unleashed sweeping changes to its structure, posture and potency.

Tribune News Service

China’s Xi vows victory in tech battle after US chip curbs

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged his nation will prevail in its fight to develop strategically important tech, underscoring Beijing’s concern over a U.S. campaign to separate it from cutting-edge chip capabilities.

Bangkok Post

Another Xi term sits well with business sector

The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started on Sunday in Beijing, with Xi Jinping likely to be re-elected as the country's president during meetings behind closed doors at the Great Hall of the People.

Tribune News Service

Defiant Xi tells world China is ready to stand its ground

President Xi Jinping had a clear message to those who want to thwart China’s rise: You will fail.

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The Conversation

Clive Hamilton's activism memoir wars with neoliberals, the 'naive' left and China

Clive Hamilton personifies the Australian progressive “public intellectual”. He’s a prolific author of opinion articles and books, concerned “to make a difference in the world” by persuading people to engage with “powerful ideas”.

ABC News

Chinese Communist Party hierarchy remains an all-boys club after more than a century

Over its 101-year history, the Chinese Communist Party has never elected a woman to the party's top hierarchy standing committee. Women are left severely under-represented and face increasing challenges to have their say.

Tribune News Service

Xi defends COVID zero without showing China path out of pandemic

Chinese President Xi Jinping again defended his signature COVID-zero policy, while avoiding setting a timeline on when the strategy that’s become a source of growing frustration for the public will be changed.

Los Angeles Times

Chinese Communist Party Congress affords another step for Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power

TAIPEI, Taiwan — In coming days, Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to further cement his standing as the Communist Party’s most powerful leader in decades. But last week, a flicker of dissent appeared in China’s capital.

Salon

Taiwan: World's other nuclear crisis

Taiwan isn't making headlines, but the U.S. and China keep ratcheting up the tension — and the grave danger

Evening Standard

Xi Jinping doubles down on China’s Zero Covid policy at party congress

The Chinese President insisted his Government had waged ‘a people’s war to stop the spread of the virus’

France 24

‘Let it rot’: Once-flourishing middle class faces end of ‘Chinese Dream’

An ever-growing middle class has been emblematic of China’s ascent ever since Deng Xiaoping kicked off the country’s economic transformation in the 1980s. That progress now risks being reversed as millions of people in China face rising living costs, fierce professional competition, a real estate bubble and sluggish growth.

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