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North Korea test-fires ICBM as US and South Korea prepare joint drills

North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Saturday which landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone, Seoul and Tokyo said, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming US-South Korean military drills.

France 24

Harris says "troubled" that China has deepened relationship with Russia

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday she was troubled that China had deepened its relationship with Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine, noting Chinese support to Russia would undermine the rules-based international order.

Reuters

How will Raisi’s Beijing visit affect Iran-China ties?

Tehran wants to expand ties with its ‘strategic’ partner, but it faces serious hurdles.

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Secretary of State Blinken and China's top diplomat Wang Yi are set to meet in Munich

The two diplomats will meet for the first time in the aftermath of the balloon crisis earlier this month.

WEKU

Taiwan says crashed balloon was used for weather monitoring

A balloon that came down on a remote Taiwanese-held islet close to China's coast was used for weather monitoring and had no audio-visual recording equipment on board, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said on Saturday after analysing the remains.

Reuters

China blasts 'hysterical' US balloon claims

MUNICH: China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday blasted the United States' reaction to what Washington has called a Chinese spy balloon as "hysterical and absurd", in uncharacteristically strong remarks against the top Western power.

Bangkok Post

China's top diplomat reiterates calls for dialogue over Ukraine crisis

China has "neither stood by idly nor thrown fuel on the fire" regarding the crisis in Ukraine, and continues to call for peace and dialogue, top diplomat Wang Yi said at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

Reuters

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Top Chinese diplomat: U.S. response to balloon "absurd and hysterical"

"This incident doesn't show American strength but the opposite," Wang Yi said.

Axios

North Korean missile lands in Japanese waters

TOKYO: North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Seoul and Tokyo said on Saturday, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming US-South Korean military drills.

Bangkok Post

Beware: we could be entering a dangerous new era of US-China relations

Incidents like the Chinese spying balloon could too easily spiral out of control in the future, ending in disaster

The Guardian - US

FBI lab to assess what ‘Chinese balloon was capable of,’ says White House

Four objects have now been shot down over North America

Evening Standard

U.S. handling of balloon incident 'hysterical', says China's top diplomat

China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Saturday that the U.S. handling of the balloon incident had been "unimaginable" and "hysterical" - an "absurd" act that had violated international norms.

Reuters

Detained activist fears for missing zero-Covid protesters in China

Ding Jiaxi also tells lawyer he is worried about health after being held for more than three years

The Guardian - UK

US to hold private ‘special channel’ talks with top Taiwan officials, report says

Talks come as China becomes increasingly assertive around Taiwan

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China representative met with protests on visit to Taiwan

A visit by a Chinese official at the invitation of the Taiwanese capital’s newly elected China-friendly mayor has drawn protests on the self-ruled island

Al Jazeera

Philippine president says nation won’t lose ‘inch’ of territory

Marcos Jr earlier summoned Beijing’s envoy to express ‘serious concern’ over China’s harassment of a Philippine ship.

The Independent UK

Marcos: China laser not enough to activate US defense pact

The Philippine president has said the Chinese coast guard’s aiming of military-grade laser that briefly blinded some crew aboard a Philippine patrol vessel in the disputed South China Sea was not enough for him to invoke a mutual defense treaty with the United States but added he told China that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Ends Search for Downed Chinese Balloon Debris, Other Objects

The United States has ended its search for debris from an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down earlier this month as well as two other objects downed near Alaska and on Lake Huron, the military's Northern Command said Friday. "Recovery operations concluded February 16 off the coast of South…

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The Independent UK

Why balloons are now in public eye — and military crosshairs

A giant Chinese balloon has changed our awareness of all the stuff floating up in the air over our heads, and how defense officials watch for it and respond to it

Reuters

White House to hold talks with Taiwan officials in Washington - FT

The White House will meet senior Taiwan officials next week in Washington for talks meant to be private to avoid an angry reaction from China, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, at a time of heightened tensions between Taipei and Beijing.

Bangkok Post

Alleged Chinese 'triad' leader detained, visa revoked

Immigration police have revoked a visa of a Chinese man for his alleged involvement in a shady business network in Thailand.

Reuters

Paraguay president seeks to calm China jitters on Taiwan trip

Paraguayan President Mario Abdo on Saturday sought to calm jitters that an election in April could see his country ditch long-standing ties with Taiwan in favour of China, saying at the end of a Taipei trip that nobody would dare to end relations.

Reuters

Chinese officials arrive in Taiwan on first post-pandemic visit

(This Feb. 18 story has been corrected to fix the family name to Li, not Lu, in paragraphs 2 and 3)

Reuters

President Marcos says Philippines 'will not lose an inch' of territory

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Saturday that the country "will not lose an inch" of territory, his remarks coming on the heels of continuing maritime tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea.

Los Angeles Times

California lawmaker leads delegation to Taiwan amid already high US-China tensions

WASHINGTON — Despite heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing over the recent spy balloon downing , a U.S. congressional delegation led by California Rep. Ro Khanna plans to visit Taiwan this weekend, a move sure to be seen by China as a provocation.

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