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Anti-Covid protests in China triggered by deadly fire

Police used pepper spray to stop around 300 protesters who had gathered in Shanghai

Wales Online

Anti-lockdown protests spread in China as anger rises over zero-Covid strategy

Beijing students shout ‘freedom will prevail’, as Urumqi fire prompts levels of disobedience unprecedented in Xi era

The Guardian - UK

Attention turns to presidential poll after Taiwan ruling party thrashing

Attention is turning to Taiwan's next presidential election in 2024 after the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was thrashed at local elections on Saturday, with President Tsai Ing-wen's move to focus on China backfiring with voters.

Reuters

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Chiang Kai-shek’s great-grandson claims key Taiwan poll win

Chiang Kai-shek’s great-grandson declared victory in the race to be mayor of Taiwan’s capital, as the ruling party suffered a resounding defeat in island-wide local elections a little more than a year before a new president is chosen.

Tribune News Service

Chiang Kai-shek’s great-grandson claims win in key Taiwan race

Tribune News Service

Chinese protesters, fed up with COVID restrictions, call for Xi Jinping's resignation

Protesters called for Xi to "step down" while still others shouted, "don't want dictatorship, want democracy!"

Axios

Taiwan's president resigns as party leader after election losses

Voters in Taiwan overwhelmingly chose the opposition Nationalist party in several major races across the self-ruled island in an election in which threats from China took a backseat to local issues.

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Vatican says China violated pact on bishops, expresses regret

The Vatican on Saturday accused Chinese authorities of violating a bilateral pact on the appointment of bishops by installing one in a diocese not recognised by the Holy See.

Reuters

Taiwan votes in local elections amid tensions with China

As polls open, Taiwan's president frames local elections as being about sending a message to the world about the island's determination to defend its democracy.

ABC News

Taiwan votes on lower voting age, mayors, city councils

Voters are headed to the polls across Taiwan in a closely watched local election that will determine the strength of the island’s major political parties ahead of the 2024 presidential election

The Independent UK

Taiwan president quits as party head after China threat bet fails to win votes

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Saturday after her strategy to frame local elections as showing defiance to China's rising bellicosity failed to pay off and win public support.

Reuters

China's Xi, in message to North Korea's Kim, says willing to work together for regional, global stability -KCNA

Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that China would be willing to work together with North Korea for regional and global peace, stability and prosperity, North Korea's state media KCNA reported on Saturday, citing Xi's letter to Kim.

Reuters

EU, US edging toward trade spat when both want unity instead

The European Union and the United States are treading precariously close to a major trans-Atlantic trade dispute at a time when the two Western giants want to show unity in the face of challenges from Russia and China

The Independent UK

Looking for a boost, Taiwan’s oldest political party turns to the great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Between internal strife, muddled campaign messages and a stance on China that has become a political liability, Taiwan’s oldest political party is deep in existential crisis.

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France 24

Faced with threat from mainland China, Taiwan holds its breath

After decades of threats from mainland China, tensions over Taiwan are arguably higher than at any time since 1949. As Chinese President Xi Jinping considers the use of force to invade the island and steps up military preparations, the threat of war hangs over 23 million Taiwanese citizens. FRANCE 24's…

Reuters

Explainer-Why Pakistan's army chief matters far beyond its borders

Pakistan named Lieutenant-General Asim Munir as the head of the country's nuclear-armed military, the most powerful institution in a nation seldom far from its next crisis.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishida planning to visit U.S. in Jan.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will likely visit Washington in early January for the first time since taking office and meet with U.S. President Joe Biden, it has been learned.

Bangkok Post

EU faces scrap over control of tool to counter China coercion

BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) is quickly advancing with a powerful new trade weapon designed to curb economic bullying by China and other actors, but Brussels is girding itself for a scrap over who decides when to use it.

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The Independent UK

China's Xi pledges support for Cuba on 'core interests'

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Cuban counterpart have pledged mutual support over their fellow communist states' “core interests.”

AAP

Pavlou renews fight with Chinese diplomat

Drew Pavlou says a systematic harassment campaign against him won't stop even if he wins what he describes as a landmark case against a Chinese diplomat.

The Independent UK

Asian shares mixed as investors eye Tokyo inflation data

Asian shares are mixed as worries about the regional economy deepen and government data show higher-than-expected inflation in Japan

Tribune News Service

China, Arab nations to hold Summit in Saudi Arabia next month

China and Arab nations will hold a summit in Saudi Arabia early next month, setting up the possibility that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the key energy partner for the first time in nearly seven years.

Tribune News Service

China hustles on Summit sidelines to challenge US trade deals

When Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo sat together last week to watch a trial run of a new China-backed high-speed railway, it was a clear sign of their expanding economic involvement. “Begin,” was the command they gave, as the train pulled out of a Bandung…

The Guardian - AU

China threat looms in Taiwan’s local elections as voters weigh island’s future

Ruling DPP campaigns on rising Beijing threat while rival KMT steers clear, in first vote since tensions in the Taiwan Strait escalated

Bangkok Post

Geopolitical takeaways from SEA meets

Southeast Asia's summit season has come and gone with takeaways that concurrently eased geopolitical tensions and underlined risks that could lead to future global conflict. The three major summits -- the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Phnom Penh, the G20 in Bali, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) in Bangkok…

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