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China's super-rich see fortunes plunge as economy slows

China's super-rich saw their wealth tumble by the most in over two decades this year, as the Russia-Ukraine war, Beijing's zero-COVID measures and falling mainland and Hong Kong stock markets pummelled fortunes, an annual rich list said on Tuesday.

Reuters

UN slams Xinjiang rights abuses

A high-level UN panel on Oct 26 slammed Beijing's ongoing and egregious human rights abuses in the western Xinjiang regions of the People's Republic. China's human rights violations have been committed through the use of "severe and undue restrictions" that are "characterised by a discriminatory component, as the underlying acts…

Bangkok Post

China taking ‘aggressive’ steps to gut Canada’s democracy, warns Trudeau

The prime minister’s comments come after a news report that Beijing had funded a ‘clandestine network’ of candidates in 2019

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China criticises British minister’s visit to Taiwan for trade talks

Beijing ‘resolutely opposes’ official exchanges between Taipei and UK government, says foreign ministry

The Guardian - UK

China lashes out at UK’s post-Brexit trade talks with Taiwan OLD

Britain’s trade minister in Taipei hoping to ‘boost trade with vital partner’

The Independent UK

China bristles as UK minister arrives in Taiwan for trade talks

China on Monday hit back at British Trade Policy Minister Greg Hands over his visit to Taiwan for talks with senior officials defying Beijing's warnings not to have official contacts with Taipei, saying the UK is going back on its commitment to the one-China policy. Read more on Dynamite News:

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China lashes out at UK over trade talks in Taiwan

Greg Hands is the latest foreign official to defy Beijing’s warnings over contacts with the self-governing island republic.

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Scott Morrison leaks revealed: A leader deciding to ‘up the ante with Beijing’

Cabinet Secretary Mark Dreyfus wrote to Scott Morrison on Monday, expressing concern over apparent “extensive disclosures”.

The New Daily

‘A brazen intrusion’: China’s foreign police stations raise hackles in Canada

Beijing says Toronto locations are ‘services stations’ to renew licenses – but China watchers say they monitor and pressure country’s diaspora

The Guardian - US

China lashes out at visit by UK trade minister to Taiwan

China has lashed out over a visit to Taiwan by British Trade Policy Minister Greg Hands, the latest foreign official to defy Beijing's warnings over contacts with the self-governing island republic

The Independent UK

Beijing to improve COVID prevention policy operation for residents leaving and returning to city

Beijing will improve the way its COVID-19 prevention policy operates to make it easier for people leaving and returning to the Chinese capital, and provide aid for urgent visits to the city such as hospital appointments and important business trips, government spokesperson Xu Hejian said on Monday.

Reuters

China covid cases jump to 6-month high as outbreaks flare

BEIJING: China's daily Covid cases jumped to the highest in more than six months, as outbreaks flared across the nation and health officials declared the nation will stick with its strict virus controls.

The Times of India

China’s vaccine vision turns crisis to opportunity

The COVID-19 outbreak could have decimated China’s reputation. Here's why it didn’t.

360info

Beijing marathon returns but China sticks to 'zero-COVID'

Thousands of runners have taken to the streets of China’s capital for the return of the Beijing marathon after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, even as another death blamed on China’s strict pandemic controls generated more public anger

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Asharq Al-Awsat

China Posts 6-Month High COVID Count as it Sticks with Strategy

China on Sunday reported its highest number of new COVID-19 infections in six months, a day after health officials said they were sticking with strict coronavirus curbs, likely disappointing recent investor hopes for an easing. China recorded 4,420 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the National Health Commission said,…

Reuters

China posts 6-month high COVID count as it sticks with strategy

Reuters

Scholz: Xi opposing nuclear weapons in Ukraine reason enough to visit China

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was heavily criticised for a trip to Beijing this week, said on Saturday his and Chinese President Xi Jinping's joint statement opposing the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine had been reason enough for the visit.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Doubles Down on Zero-Covid

China said on Saturday that it would "unswervingly" stick to its zero-Covid policy, dampening the outlook for global markets following their recent surge on hopes that Beijing would cast aside some of its economically damaging virus curbs. China is the last major economy wedded to a strategy of extinguishing outbreaks…

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Bangkok Post

Beijing slams Pentagon report calling China leading security threat

Beijing has protested the Pentagon's national strategy report that "smears" China as the primary security threat to the United States, China's defence ministry said on Friday.

ABC News

How will Elon Musk juggle running Twitter with his interests in China?

Critics of the Chinese government are worried that Beijing will use Elon Musk's interests in China as leverage to have their voices silenced on Twitter.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Xi, Scholz Warn against ‘Irresponsible’ Nuclear Threats over Ukraine

Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday condemned threats to use atomic weapons in Ukraine, with Scholz warning that Russia risked "crossing a line" in the international community by resorting to nuclear force. In the first visit by a G7 leader to China since the COVID-19…

Tribune News Service

Xi tells Scholz China opposes nuclear force in message to Putin

Chinese President Xi Jinping told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz he opposed the use of nuclear force in Europe, in his most direct remarks yet on the need to keep Russia’s war in Ukraine from escalating.

WEKU

Scholz and Xi agree Russia would cross a line with nuclear weapons in Ukraine

After a meeting with Xi in Beijing, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the two leaders agreed that with the use of nuclear weapons, Russia would cross a line drawn by the international community.

The Independent UK

German chancellor Scholz defends controversial China visit: ‘It’s right for me to be here’ OLD

‘I told president [Xi] that it is important for China to use its influence on Russia’

Radio France Internationale

Germany's Scholz calls for economic ties 'as equals' on first China trip

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday welcomed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Beijing, with both countries seeking to deepen economic cooperation on a trip that has prompted criticism over Berlin's growing reliance on China's power.

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