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WHO chief urges China to share information on COVID origins

Global health agency scientists say new Chinese study released this week offered some ‘clues’ on origins but no answers.

Al Jazeera

With lavish treatment of Macron, China's Xi woos France to "counter" U.S.

China's Xi Jinping has given French President Emmanuel Macron an unusually lavish welcome on a state visit, which some analysts see as a sign of Beijing's growing offensive to woo key allies within the European Union to counter the United States.

Reuters

China enters riskier space by positioning itself as diplomatic alternative to US

Recent meetings in Beijing mark a return to the world stage but with that comes increased scrutiny

The Guardian - UK

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China announces new sanctions against US after Taiwan president meets House speaker

Taiwan says sanctions ‘deepen our people’s antipathy’ and ‘expose irrational and absurd nature of communist regime’

The Independent UK

Macron's China visit reaps cultural, economic rewards but stalls on Ukraine

French President Macron's three-day visit to China has so far seen a strengthening of economic and cultural ties, but no firm commitments on Chinese mediation in the Ukraine war – one of the trip's main objectives.

Radio France Internationale

Editorial: Stand united on Taiwan: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy does in right in leading bipartisan meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who doesn’t always speak for America, did so with moral clarity when he met visiting Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen this week along with a bipartisan group including the House’s No. 3 Democrat, Pete Aguilar, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, and praised “a successful democracy, thriving…

Tribune News Service

Taiwan faces choice of 'peace and war', ex-president says after China trip

Tension with China has escalated under Taiwan's government and the island will in future have to choose between "peace and war", former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said on Friday at the end of a landmark visit to China.

Reuters

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Macron in Guangzhou on Final Day of China Trip

French President Emmanuel Macron meets students and dines with Xi Jinping in the southern city of Guangzhou Friday, wrapping up a three-day state visit to China that has been dominated by discussions of how Beijing could mediate the Ukraine conflict. The French president, who arrived in the capital on Wednesday,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Sends Warships, Aircraft near Taiwan for Second Day in Response to US Meeting

China sent warships and aircraft near Taiwan for a second day on Friday, Taipei said, after President Tsai Ing-wen angered Beijing by meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Three Chinese warships sailed in waters surrounding the self-ruled island, while a fighter jet and an anti-submarine helicopter also crossed the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China sanctions US and Taiwanese individuals and groups over Tsai visit

China has retaliated with sanctions against two US bodies and their senior executives who hosted Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during her stay in the United States, with Beijing claiming the Americans provided platforms and facilities for “Taiwan independence”.

Bangkok Post

Senior US lawmaker says doing everything possible to speed up Taiwan arms deliveries

A senior U.S. lawmaker said on Friday he was doing everything possible to speed up the delivery of weapons to Taiwan, suggesting other countries that have the arms could sell them onto the island with U.S. government permission.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 408

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 408th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Al Jazeera

China sanctions groups, Taiwan official in US as retaliation

China is sanctioning two organizations and Taiwan’s representative in the U.S. in response to the closely watched meeting between the U.S. House Speaker and Taiwan’s president

The Independent UK

South Korean president invited to address US Congress

U.S. congressional leaders have invited the president of South Korea to address a joint meeting this month

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Macron urges Xi to bring Putin ‘back to reason’ over Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron urged Xi Jinping to use his influence to help restore peace to Ukraine, saying the Chinese leader could bring all sides together to discuss a way to end the Russian invasion.

Radio France Internationale

Macron says he's counting on Xi Jinping to 'bring Russia to its senses'

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he is counting on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to "bring Russia to its senses" over Moscow's war in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

France implores China to ‘bring Russia to its senses’ on Ukraine

France’s president, accompanied by the European Commission chief, says he wants to ‘be a voice that unites Europe’.

The Guardian - UK

Macron urges Xi to bring Russia ‘back to reason’ over Ukraine

French president makes plea as two leaders hold first of series of high-level meetings in Beijing

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Analysis-Taiwan braces for new China pressure tactic in disputed strait

Taiwan officials and defence analysts are bracing for intensifying pressure on the "median line" that has for decades helped keep the peace in the Taiwan Strait as China begins inspecting civilian shipping across the waterway.

Daily Mirror

North Korea warns world is at 'brink of nuclear war’ as military drills underway

A North Korean analyst has said she hopes the "dark clouds of a nuclear war hanging over the Korean peninsula" will be cleared as early as possible.

Daily Mirror

Army helicopter carrying Japanese soldiers goes missing off Okinawa

The Ministry of Defence in Tokyo said that a Ground Self Defence Force helicopter which was circling Miyako Island, close to Taiwan, disappeared from the radar

The Week

The truth behind China’s ‘world-leading’ scientific research

China has for the first time become the world’s leading producer of high-quality scientific research, according to a Japanese study.

Radio France Internationale

Macron, von der Leyen meet with President Xi in Beijing

French President Emmanuel Macron met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, as the French leader seeks to dissuade China from supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Saudi Arabia and Iran work to restore relations as foreign ministers meet

Faisal bin Farhan and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Beijing for talks after Chinese-brokered agreement

Al Jazeera

Iran, Saudi Arabia take a step closer to repairing ties

The countries’ foreign ministers agree to open embassies, resume official visits and facilitate visas for citizens.

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