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Pacific investment counters China: expert

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has visited Palau as part of a bipartisan Pacific tour in a bid to deepen Australia's ties with the region's nations.

AAP

Germany’s Unlearned Lessons

Berlin must reduce its dependence not just on Russia but on China, too.

Foreign Affairs

Senior Tory accuses Government of ‘being opaque’ over Chinese consulate attack

Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said the Government’s ‘firm diplomacy and our actions demonstrate the seriousness with which we took this incident’.

The Independent UK

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Indonesia struggles to build military that can stave off China

Indonesia is confronting challenges overhauling its aging military despite a spending splurge to face down threats that include a long-running territorial dispute with its biggest trading partner, China.

Tribune News Service

J-K: Security Forces Increases Patrolling Along India-Pak Border After Tawang Face-Off In Arunachal Pradesh

The Border Security Force (BSF) has also increased vigil along the Indo-Pak international border in Samba. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Security minister raises concerns over TikTok as news source

Tom Tugendhat said ‘challenges’ could be created if Beijing declares the platform’s algorithms a national security asset.

Evening Standard

Japan ruling party tax panel agrees on tax hikes to beef up defence

A tax panel of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday agreed to raise the country's coroporate, income and tobacco taxes to pay for a doubling in the defence budget over the next five years as it confronts rising regional tensions.

Reuters

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China cranks up propaganda defending Xi Jinping as Covid cases explode

BEIJING: With Covid-19 running rampant after President Xi Jinping’s government swiftly abandoned its zero-tolerance policy, the Communist Party is still insisting its strategy will “stand the test of history.”

The Times of India

India says air exercise not connected to border clash with China

India's air force will hold an training exercise on Thursday and Friday in the country's east but it is not connected to last week's border scuffles with China in the region, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said.

Reuters

Beijing touts institutional advantages in fight against COVID

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Thursday that China has "institutional advantages" to fight COVID after the United States said it could help with a surge of infections if Beijing requests assistance.

Reuters

China vows 'strong' counter-measures over Manchester incident

The Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday that "strong and forceful counter-measures" will be taken after accusing Britain of failing to protect Chinese staff at the Chinese consulate in Manchester during a protest in October.

Reuters

"Beijing Gained Lot Over Time," Gen Naravane On China's 'Salami Slicing' Tactic Along LAC

In 'Podcast with Smita Prakash,' Gen Naravane said that the Chinese army has been trying to alter the status quo along the LAC in very "small incremental steps" and over a period of time Beijing has gained a lot. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Indian Air Force Set For Exercise In Northeast From Today

With an aim to check the combat readiness of its aircraft, the Indian Air Force will beginning Thursday carry out a two-day consolidated training exercise in the Northeast, officials said.Read on for details:

Dynamite News

China removes 6 diplomats from UK after protester assaulted

Britain's foreign secretary says China’s government has removed a Chinese consul general and five of his staff from the U.K. following the assault on a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester at the Chinese consulate in Manchester

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Taiwanese train for war after year of crises

As tensions rise in the Taiwan Strait, private companies are stepping forward to prepare Taiwanese civilians for war.

Al Jazeera

United Nations blocks Myanmar military taking UN seat

Rights groups say the National Unity Government, made up of elected members, must represent Myanmar at all UN bodies.

AAP

China relationship vital for Pacific: PM

Re-establishing dialogue with China is important for peace and stability, the prime minister has said after an Australian delegation wrapped its Pacific tour.

Wales Online

Armed forces chief warns of tensions rising between the West and Russia, Iran, North Korea and China

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin says a belligerent North Korea and 'increasingly authoritarian' China are challenging norms that have up until now guaranteed global security

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Honduras to sign agreement for U.N. anti-corruption mission

Honduras will sign an agreement Thursday to install a United Nations-backed anti-corruption mission in the country, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday, making good on a key campaign pledge of President Xiomara Castro to root out graft.

The Independent UK

Relaxed COVID rules, deadly crowd crushes mark year in Asia

Natural disasters and crowd-related tragedies claimed hundreds of lives in Asia and overshadowed the COVID-19 pandemic, with most countries easing or completely lifting the tough restrictions of the previous two years. Even China, the last major country to try to control virus transmission through a “zero-COVID” strategy, relaxed the rigorous…

Evening Standard

Armed forces head warns of ‘extraordinary and profound’ geopolitical crises

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin pointed to the four separate world tensions unfolding in parallel

The Independent UK

Armed forces chief warns of ‘extraordinary and profound’ geopolitical crises

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said ‘these are extraordinarily dangerous times’.

Reuters

Vietnam in big push to expand South China Sea outposts - U.S. think tank

Vietnam has conducted a major expansion of dredging and landfill work at several of its South China Sea outposts in the second half of this year, signaling an intent to significantly fortify its claims in the disputed waterway, a U.S. think tank reported on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ecuador's trade agreement with China is 'practically closed,' says Lasso

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso said on Wednesday that the country is on the verge of closing a free trade agreement with China, a deal that would increase exports and boost employment in the South American country's manufacturing industry.

The Independent UK

‘Extraordinarily dangerous time’ for world, warns armed forces chief

We are facing a ‘generational struggle for the future of the global order’

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