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China's Xi reasserts support for Russia on security issues

Chinese President Xi Jinping has reasserted his country's support for Russia on issues of sovereignty and security in a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin

The Independent UK

Tensions heighten in Taiwan Strait as China acts to extend military operations

Xi Jinping signs trial order allowing ‘military operations other than war’ beyond China’s borders

The Guardian - UK

In Call with Putin, Xi Says All Sides Should Work to Resolve Ukraine Crisis

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladimir Putin during a phone call on Wednesday that all parties should work towards resolving the crisis in Ukraine "in a responsible manner," Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. China has refused to condemn Russia's actions in Ukraine or call them an invasion, and…

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New Hong Kong textbooks ‘will claim city never was a British colony’

School books will reportedly say China never recognised the treaties that ceded it to colonial powers during opium wars

The Guardian - AU

Xi Jinping Directs Chinese Troops To Carry 'Special Military Operations' Abroad

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also a chairman of the Central Military Commission, signed an order outlining China's "military operations other than war," – which will allow the Chinese troops to undertake "special military operations" abroad.

Benzinga

Communication with China a welcome thawing of important relationship

The PRC's senior leadership, including President Xi Jinping, would be well aware of just how badly attempts to bully and coerce Australia have backfired.

Newcastle Herald

The Loop: China's special 'military operations', the fruit and veges facing shortages, and BTS on hiatus?

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Xi Jinping announces plans to allow Chinese military to undertake 'armed forces operations' abroad

According to China's government, Xi Jinping has signed off on a set of new trial outlines that allow for Chinese "armed forces operations" that aren't war, and set a legal basis for the PLA to "safeguard China's national sovereignty, security and development interests".

ABC News

Biden adviser Sullivan raised concerns with China over North Korea

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan has raised concerns with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi over Beijing's veto at the United Nations of a U.S.-led push to impose more sanctions on North Korea, a senior U.S. official said.

Reuters

China’s Xi calls for ‘closer emotional bond’ with Hong Kong

China's President Xi Jinping said before his potential visit to the city that people in Hong Kong and on the mainland should develop “a closer emotional bond."

Tribune News Service

Austin urges united front in Asia to stop repeat of Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vowed to help Asian nations push back against what he said was Chinese “bullying,” describing the efforts as necessary to prevent a repeat of the Ukraine crisis in the Pacific.

Tribune News Service

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Texas judge halts 2 transgender child abuse probes

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Hong Kong school asks kids to isolate before possible Xi visit

In the latest sign that China President Xi Jinping will soon be making his first trip outside of the mainland in years, a Hong Kong school is asking some of its students to undergo a week-long hotel quarantine to greet visiting dignitaries for the city’s 25th anniversary of the city’s…

Tribune News Service

China's Xi backs zero-COVID policy as Shanghai expands mass testing

President Xi Jinping said China must stick "unswervingly" to its zero-Covid strategy, as more than half of Shanghai's 25 million lockdown-weary residents gird Friday for a weekend virus testing drive. China is the last major economy still pursuing a policy of stamping out all outbreaks, wielding snap lockdowns, mass testing…

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The Guardian - AU

Xi Jinping says ‘persistence is victory’ as Covid restrictions return to Shanghai and Beijing

Both cities back on high alert, with new lockdowns in Shanghai , and the shutdown of entertainment venues in Beijing

Foreign Affairs

China’s Southern Strategy

Beijing Is Using the Global South to Constrain America

Bangkok Post

Chinese hackers targeted Russian defence data, report says

TEL AVIV: The emails landed March 23 in the inboxes of scientists and engineers at several of Russia’s military research and development institutes, purportedly sent by Russia’s Ministry of Health. They carried a subject line that offered seemingly tantalizing information about a “list of persons under U.S. sanctions for invading…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

China's economy faces obstacles despite end of Shanghai lockdown

SHANGHAI -- The lockdown imposed on Shanghai has been lifted after two months, but there is little likelihood of economic activity returning to normal in the immediate future. Although the administration of Chinese President Xi Jinping is scrambling to deal with the aftermath of an approach that prioritized "zero-COVID" policies…

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The Independent UK

China's Russia dealings irk US, but don't breach sanctions

China’s support for Russia through oil and gas purchases is irking Washington and raising the risk of U.S. retaliation

Reuters

Shanghai revives after two-month COVID lockdown, wary of a new one

Shanghai sprung back to life on Wednesday after two months of bitter isolation under a ruthless COVID-19 lockdown, with shops reopening and people going back to offices, parks and markets, hoping to never go through a similar ordeal again.

Al Jazeera

Li Keqiang: China’s sidelined premier back in the limelight

China’s No 2 has kept a low profile for most of his time in office but his re-emergence could signal deeper schisms.

Caixin Global

Xi Vows That China ‘Will Always Be a Good Friend’ of Pacific Island Countries

Chinese president makes comment in written address to China-Pacific foreign ministers following U.S. President Joe Biden’s Asia tour

ABC News

Celebrations at midnight as Shanghai reopens after draconian two-month COVID-19 lockdown

Small groups have gathered in Shanghai's former French Concession neighbourhood at midnight, whistling, shouting "ban lifted" and clinking glasses of champagne.

Asharq Al-Awsat

After Two Months, a Scarred Shanghai’s COVID-19 Lockdown Ends

Following two months of frustration, despair and economic loss, Shanghai's draconian COVID-19 lockdown ended at midnight on Wednesday morning, prompting celebrations tempered with fear that an outbreak could return. Most of Shanghai's 25 million residents can now freely leave home, return to work, use public transport and drive their cars…

Reuters

After two months, a scarred Shanghai's COVID-19 lockdown ends

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