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Solomon Islands’ security pact with China raises the question – is Australia the partner for the Pacific it thinks it is?

There may not be a direct link between climate policy and the agreement, but it has contributed to the dimming of Australia’s reputation in region

The Guardian - AU

Damaged black boxes in China jet crash leave few clues into cause

China said on Wednesday the black boxes of a Boeing 737-800 jet that crashed last month were badly damaged, leaving virtually no publicly available clues to explain its violent plunge into a wooded hillside, killing all 132 people on board.

Reuters

Hong Kong activist jailed for 40 months in sedition trial

Activist Tam Tak-chi was a defendant in the city’s first sedition trial since it was handed back to China in 1997.

Al Jazeera

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Shanghai Coronavirus Lockdown: What's happening and why COVID-19 cases are still surging in China, even after 'Zero COVID policy'

China is currently grappling with its worst COVID-19 outbreak since Wuhan. One of its biggest cities Shanghai, a metropolis of about 25 million people, is working towards curbing the spread of the virus and in a bid to do so, the government has confined people to their homes, imposed strict…

The Times of India

CATL Opens Its First Battery Swapping Stations In China

The service is compatible with EVs featuring CATL's Choco-SEB battery modules; each one holds 26.5 kWh of energy and costs $62 a month to rent.

InsideEVs

The U.S. Isn't Going to Slacken Scrutiny After Ending the ‘China Initiative’

While the controversial China Initiative targeted mainly academics and researchers of Chinese descent for alleged espionage, the nascent Nation-State Threat Strategy significantly expands its enforcement scope to broader economic and ideological interests

Caixin Global

Tesla's 'Brutal' China Disruptions Main Worry For Investors Ahead Of Q1 Earnings, Says Analyst

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) investors would be focused on what the “brutal” three weeks of production halts in China mean for the rest of the year, according to Wedbush Securities, as the electric vehicle firm reports first-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesd

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Ukraine Set to Dominate G20 Finance Chiefs Summit

Finance officials from the world's richest countries will meet on Wednesday to address global challenges like rising debt and a possible food crisis -- if they can overcome boiling tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Moscow's attack on its neighbor is set to dominate the meeting of G20 finance ministers…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 1.35% on Wednesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 2.07%

Caixin Global

Shanghai Covid Death Toll Rises to 17

China reported seven Covid-19 deaths in Shanghai on Wednesday, raising the toll in the city to 17 fatalities as authorities struggled to rein in infections despite a grueling, weeks-long lockdown. The fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant has driven a huge spike in cases in the metropolis of 25 million people, and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shanghai allows 4million more out of homes as lockdown rules ease in China’s biggest city

Four million more people in Shanghai have been allowed to leave their homes as Covid restrictions ease, a health official has said.

Evening Standard

Scott Morrison fends off claim Solomon Islands-China pact is worst foreign policy failure since 1945

Prime minister defends Canberra’s ‘calibrated’ approach to Honiara and tries to turn criticism back on Labor

The Guardian - AU

The deal that shocked the world: inside the China-Solomons security pact

A secret agreement that expands Chinese influence over Solomon Islands has now been signed. How did it come about, and what does it mean for the region?

The Guardian - AU

Hong Kong's elite join leadership candidate's campaign as Beijing watches

Hong Kong's sole leadership candidate John Lee has picked nearly 150 heavyweights, including the city's richest man Li Ka-shing and other powerful businessmen and politicians, to join his advisory teams to show broad support for his bid.

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Al Jazeera

China signals caution on inflation despite COVID, Ukraine woes

The People’s Bank of China keeps one-year loan prime rate at 3.7 percent and the five-year rate at 4.6 percent.

Al Jazeera

Why is the Solomon Islands-China security pact causing alarm?

The Solomon Islands prime minister has been defending the just-signed pact amid concern from Canberra to Washington.

The Independent UK

China looks to learn from Russian failures in Ukraine

With its ground troops forced to pull back in Ukraine and regroup, and its Black Sea flagship sunk, Russia’s military failings are mounting

The Guardian - AU

China internet censors scramble as lockdown frustration sparks ‘creative’ wave of dissent

Experts say volume of dissent from Shanghai over zero-Covid measures challenging attempts to control information

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Solomon Islands: US, Australia Raise Concerns Over China Security Pact

On Tuesday, China confirmed it had sealed a security pact with the Solomon Islands, which raised concerns over a potential Chinese military presence less than 2,000 km from Australia’s shores.

Reuters

U.S, Japan, Australia and New Zealand concerned by Solomon Islands-China pact

The United States, Japan, New Zealand and Australia are concerned by a security pact between China and the Solomon Islands, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reuters

Solomon Islands says China security pact will not undermine peace

A security pact between the Solomon Islands and China will not undermine peace, the prime minister of the Pacific island nation told parliament on Wednesday in a bid to ease the worries of the United States and its allies about China's growing influence.

Caixin Global

China and Solomon Islands Sign Security Pact

Accord aims to assure social stability in South Pacific nation, China’s Foreign Ministry says, though U.S. fears it could lead to a Chinese military base there

Caixin Global

Central SOEs Post Slower Growth in First Quarter

Revenues and profits cool amid the Covid flare-ups and the war in Ukraine, offering a snapshot of the headwinds facing China’s economy.

ABC News

Scott Morrison pushes back on claims the government bungled security relationship with Solomon Islands

The Prime Minister rejects accusations that the Coalition has bungled a key security relationship, after Solomon Islands shrugged off warnings from Australia and signed a new pact with China.

AAP

PM defends role in Pacific amid China deal

Labor has attacked the Morrison government for not acting sooner to prevent a security deal from being signed between China and the Solomon Islands.

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