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China names former navy chief Dong Jun as new defence minister

Appointment comes two months after Li Shangfu was ousted from the role amid corruption allegations

The Guardian - UK

Growing tensions as China asserts reunification with Taiwan, US stance uncertain

Join Victoria Coates as she discusses the growing tensions in the Middle East and the looming threat of China's reunification with Taiwan. A creative take ...

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‘I already miss Hong Kong’: Democracy activist Tony Chung flees to the UK

The 22-year-old says his probation conditions meant he was under surveillance and could not work

The Guardian - UK

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After serving jail term over security law, a Hong Kong pro-independence activist seeks asylum in UK

An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was jailed under its sweeping national security law has fled to Britain to seek political asylum

The Independent UK

Pro-democracy activist Tony Chung flees Hong Kong to seek asylum in UK

Chung says supervison order put him under ‘enormous amount of stress’

The Independent UK

China cracks down on negativity over economy in bid to boost confidence

Record high youth unemployment and struggling property sector are among increasingly sensitive topics

The Guardian - UK

‘Filled with fear’: Former Hong Kong student leader seeks UK asylum

Tony Chung was released in June after serving jail term under security law but said he lived under constant pressure.

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India’s stationary course in the shipping value chain

In India, with a long coastline and a strategic location as the geographic pivot of global shipping, shipbuilding would be an integral part of any serious attempt to deepen strategic power

The Hindu

Old and strong: On India-Russia ties

The visit of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to Russia and the result agreements indicate that bilateral relations and multilateral cooperation are on track

The Hindu

Anti-corruption authorities to investigate Zambia's foreign minister over cash-counting video

Zambian anti-corruption authorities say they will investigate after a video on social media allegedly showed the foreign minister receiving piles of cash from a Chinese businessman

The Independent UK

Three defence industry leaders removed from China advisory body

Departures are part of purge of figures linked to military, thought to be related to a procurement investigation

The Guardian - UK

China reaffirms its military threats against Taiwan weeks before the island's presidential election

Weeks before Taiwan holds elections for its president and legislature, China has renewed its threat to use military force to annex the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory

The Independent UK

China accuses Taiwan of ‘hyping up’ military threat ahead of elections

Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary polls on January 13 are expected to shape the island’s relations with Beijing.

Al Jazeera

South Korea's top court orders a 3rd Japanese company to compensate workers for forced labor

South Korea’s top court has ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its former wartime Korean employees for forced labor

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Indian foreign minister meets Vladimir Putin despite western concerns

India-Russia relationship, rooted in defence collaborations, is increasingly facing strains amid concerns that Moscow’s pariah status may drive it closer to China

Al Jazeera

China asks citizens to evacuate Myanmar border area over security risks

Fighting continues in restive border area despite Beijing’s attempts to broker truce between military, armed groups.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong man jailed for 6 years after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge over a foiled bomb plot

A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge under a Beijing-imposed national security law

The Independent UK

US companies are picky about investing in China. The exceptions? Burgers, lattes

It was a tumultuous 2023 for the Chinese economy

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The Independent UK

North Korea's Kim vows to bolster war readiness to repel 'unprecedented' US-led confrontations

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for bolstered war readiness to repel what he says are unprecedented U.S.-led confrontational moves in comments during a key political meeting tasked with setting state objectives for 2024

The Independent UK

China sanctions a US research firm and 2 individuals over reports on human rights abuses in Xinjiang

China says it is banning a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on claims of human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups native to the country’s northwest

The Hindu

Pakistan prepares for crucial elections in 2024 as ties with India remain frozen

Pakistan-India relations remain strained over Kashmir issue, but analysts hope for improvement with Nawaz Sharif's potential return to power.

The Independent UK

North Korea's Kim boasts of achievements as he opens key year-end political meeting

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised what he called achievements and victories that strengthened national power this year, as he opened a key political meeting to set new policy goals for 2024

The Hindu

A new economics for inclusive growth

Targets of trillions of dollars of GDP will not be achieved if economic growth does not become inclusive and sustainable

International Business Times

Taiwan Man Charged Over Voter Trips To China Ahead Of Election

A Taiwanese man has been charged with violating the island's election laws by arranging sponsored visits to China ahead of the January poll.

The Guardian - UK

A Christmas that changed me: I dragged myself to work – and had one of the best moments of my life

My first Christmas away from England was tough, until my students made an incredibly thoughtful and unexpected gesture

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