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India-China ties seeing a positive impetus, says Chinese Ambassador

In rare media briefing, Ambassador Sun Weidong discusses LAC tensions, Taiwan and terror listings

The Hindu

Xi Jinping faces stumbling blocks, as crucial Communist party meeting looms

At a time when he wants to project stability, China’s president is grappling with a long-term crisis over Taiwan, a faltering economy and ongoing Covid outbreaks

The Guardian - UK

US to conduct ‘air and maritime transits’ in Taiwan Strait

White House says US’s ‘freedom of navigation’ transits will reflect its response to China’s ‘provocative’ behaviour.

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Morning Digest | Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage in New York; India tells China to not alter the status quo around Taiwan, and more

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The Hindu

US and Chinese officials discuss Biden-Xi meeting amid Taiwan friction

Two leaders raised possibility of in-person encounter when they last talked by phone in late July, US official confirms

The Guardian - US

Hong Kong diaspora say billboards in Australia are Beijing propaganda and spread lies

Hongkongers in Melbourne and Sydney say billboards in the cities proclaiming Hong Kong has entered a "new era" of stability, prosperity and opportunity are humiliating and "very upsetting".

ABC News

Xi ‘let missiles fall in Japanese waters’

TOKYO: Chinese President Xi Jinping personally decided to let ballistic missiles launched by the military during recent drills near Taiwan fall in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to deter Tokyo’s interference in any cross-strait contingency, according to sources close to the matter.

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China renews Taiwan threats, island cites 'wishful thinking'

China has renewed its threat to attack Taiwan following almost a week of war games near the island, amid international condemnation and a stinging rebuke from the self-governing democracy's government

The Independent UK

China foreign ministry: No information to offer on report about any Xi visit to Saudi Arabia

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that he had no information to offer at the moment when asked to comment on a media report that President Xi Jinping will visit Saudi Arabia next week.

Reuters

Chinese president Xi Jinping expected to visit Saudi Arabia next week

The planned gala reception is in stark contrast to the low-key audience afforded Joe Biden in June, as ties between China and the kingdom grow closer

The Guardian - UK

China says the US is the ‘main instigator’ of the war in Ukraine

China’s ambassador to Moscow criticises the US for backing NATO expansion and imposing sanctions on Russia.

Al Jazeera

China calls U.S. 'main instigator' of Ukraine crisis

China, which Russia has sought as an ally since being cold-shouldered by the West over its invasion of Ukraine, has called the United States the "main instigator" of the crisis.

Reuters

China says Taiwan military drills over, plans regular patrols

China’s military said exercises held around Taiwan in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit had concluded, while pledging to continue regular patrols near the island.

Tribune News Service

China reaffirms threat of military force to take Taiwan

Beijing’s new white paper on Taiwan released as Chinese military suggests live-fire drills around island are ending.

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The Guardian - AU

Ambassador’s fiery speech was the sound of China laying out terms that Australia has already declined

China’s rules of rapprochement unveiled in Canberra were: don’t squabble outdoors, don’t pick sides and don’t humiliate Beijing by failing to respect red lines

Evening Standard

Why Xi Jinping still sees Vladimir Putin as his ‘best, most intimate friend’

When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, some analysts suggested that Vladmir Putin had “played” his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. The pair had stood together in Beijing three weeks earlier and declared that there were “no limits” to their relationship. It made Xi look like an accomplice.

Reuters

China withdraws promise not to send troops to Taiwan if it takes control of island

China has withdrawn a promise not to send troops or administrators to Taiwan if it takes control of the island, an official document showed on Wednesday, signalling a decision by President Xi Jinping to grant less autonomy than previously offered.

The Guardian - UK

‘This is about striking fear’: China’s Taiwan drills the new normal, analysts say

Show of force by China has eased off, but observers say it will strike ‘fear and a sense of inevitability in Taiwanese hearts and minds’

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Celebrating a newly-retired Shanshan Feng, the pioneering Chinese player who broke barriers with humor and one-of-a-kind style

It has been a great career for Feng.

The Independent UK

Top Chinese, South Korean diplomats pledge closer ties

The top South Korean and Chinese diplomats have pledged to develop closer relations and maintain stable industrial supply chains at a time of deepening rivalry between Beijing and Washington

The Independent UK

Could China-Taiwan conflict escalate to a full blown military crisis?

Experts believe Beijing’s military aggression is largely a face-saving exercise, but conflict poses significant costs for Taiwan

The Guardian - AU

What is Mar-a-Lago? Trump’s ‘winter White House’ at the centre of FBI investigation

The private club in Florida served as Donald Trump’s home and de facto seat of power at times, drawing world leaders and tycoons alike

The Independent UK

Trump’s 108-minute CPAC speech is branded ‘unapologetic fascism’ with ‘blood-and-soil rhetoric’

‘Trump’s rhetoric is significantly more extreme than even a few years ago’

The Independent UK

Could China-Taiwan conflict escalate to a full blown military crisis?

Experts believe Beijing’s military aggression is largely a face-saving exercise, but conflict poses significant costs for Taiwan

Bangkok Post

Time to tone down Taiwan tensions

It was a picture-perfect shot, really. That was my thought when I saw US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi standing side by side with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei last Wednesday. But the one-day visit to the self-ruled island by the 82-year-old American politician has created no end of tension,…

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