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Foreign minister meets Chinese ambassador

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has spoken to China's new ambassador Xiao Qian, delivering a frank assessment of Australia's concerns with the communist regime.

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Tokyo Freezes Assets of Russians, Clarifying Once Ambiguous Relations With Moscow

The shift of tone since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the collapse of faith of both the Japanese government and the public that Russia will abide by international norms, analysts say.

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Narendra Modi walks diplomacy tightrope with Vladimir Putin on Ukraine

Indian PM is reliant on Putin’s nation for arms and is conscious of shifting relations between Russia and its foe, ChinaRussia-Ukraine war – latest news

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Riots and snubs: In Pacific Islands, a growing wariness of China

Samoan Prime Minister’s decision to skip recent summit is latest evidence of growing mistrust of Beijing.

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Taiwan says China closed off part of S. China Sea to look for crashed plane

TAIPEI: China closed off a part of the South China Sea close to Vietnam this month in its hunt for a crashed aircraft, Taiwan's intelligence agency said on Thursday, offering an alternate explanation for an exercise Beijing has called military drills.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong leader plans to reopen city only after controlling latest COVID outbreak

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Thursday it was not the time to lift a ban on flights from nine countries including the United States and Britain, with plans to reopen the city only after the government controls a deepening coronavirus outbreak.

Reuters

Russia sanctions could drive more people to crypto, analysts say

Crypto enthusiasts say $3 trillion market offers financial stability in an increasingly volatile world.

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Australia pledges $28 billion to expand defence personnel by a third

Australia will spend about A$38 billion ($28 billion) out to 2040 to expand its active defence personnel by a third to keep the country safe "in an increasingly uncertain global environment", Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.

Reuters

China's daily local symptomatic COVID cases nearly double to 402

Mainland China reported 402 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections with confirmed symptom for March. 9, official data showed on Thursday, nearly doubling from the daily count a day earlier.

Reuters

China sends humanitarian aid shipment to Ukraine but without condemning Russia

Foreign media reports Beijing offers help to Ukraine but carries on normal trade with Russia

Wales Online

China-Taiwan war would end in 'miserable victory' -Taiwan minister

No matter who wins in any future war between Taiwan and China, it will be a "miserable victory", Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said on Thursday, adding it was best if everyone avoided conflict.

Reuters

Military Conscription Can’t Deliver Geopolitical Security — in Taiwan, Ukraine, or Anywhere Else

If the goal is to establish durable conditions of geopolitical security, the only hope for Taiwan is the emergence of an international diplomatic regime committed to the mutual draw-down of military capacity worldwide, through which all countries, especially China, Russia, and the United States, would be compelled to gradually diminish…

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Human trafficking case sparks government response in China

Public anger over a particularly egregious case of human trafficking in China has prompted a government response, elevating it as one of the most visible issues at the annual session of China's rubber-stamp legislature

The Independent UK

Ukraine will never stop fighting: envoy

Ukraine's Charge d'Affaires Volodymyr Shalkivskyi says his country will never stop fighting to protect its freedom and its land.

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South Korea elects Yoon as new president in hawkish turn

SEOUL, South Korea — Former top prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol won election as South Korea’s president, returning the conservative opposition to power after five years and signaling a hawkish turn in the country’s relations with China and North Korea.

The Independent UK

US tells China: Give UN rights chief wide access in Xinjiang

The United States wants China’s government to give “unhindered and unsupervised access” to the U.N. human rights chief when she visits China and its western Xinjiang region in May

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Kyiv mayor says half the city has fled

Russia-Ukraine news from March 10: Kyiv’s mayor says nearly two million people have left the capital since invasion.

The Conversation

Why China could become a mediator in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine

Many geopolitical analysts and Russia experts are raising the spectre of nuclear weapons being used during the war in Ukraine. Because of the urgency of the situation, all avenues must be pursued to find a negotiated solution to the conflict.

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Bangkok Post

China Machine sees 2022 revenue climbing to B4bn

China Machine (Thailand) Co, a dealer for Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG), expects its total revenue to grow to 4 billion baht in 2022, despite the possible impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the construction sector.

Bangkok Post

Presidents Putin and Xi's imperium of grievance

Soon after the news of Russia's invasion of Ukraine flashed across my computer screen, I received an email that seemed to mark another milestone in the dismantling of the old global order. Having tickets to attend a Vienna Philharmonic concert at New York's Carnegie Hall, I received a "Customer Service…

The Guardian - AU

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Reuters

U.S. tells China to give UN access to Xinjiang to probe Uyghur treatment

The United States called on China on Wednesday to ensure that a planned visit by U.N. human rights chief Michele Bachelet includes "unhindered and unsupervised access" to all areas of the Xinjiang region to investigate treatment of Muslim Uyghurs.

The Times of India

NSE scam: Court pulls up CBI for 'tardy investigation', says 'investors will go to China'

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Wednesday pulled the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for "tardy investigation" in relation to the NSE co-location case and said that the country's reputation was at stake, news agency PTI reported.

The Hindu

China hopes LAC talks will ‘move forward’ towards ‘acceptable solution’

Military–level talks on Friday will focus on Patrolling Point 15 in Hot Springs

The Japan News/Yomiuri

How long will China stand apart over Russia's invasion of Ukraine?

Even while declaring respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity as its major diplomatic principles, China has not yet voiced opposition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. How long will China continue to respond to the issue in such a contradictory manner?

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