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China To Impose Temporary Duties On EU Pork Over 'Dumping'

China said Friday it would impose temporary anti-dumping duties on European Union pork imports, delivering another blow to shaky ties between the economic powerhouses.

International Business Times

‘People can get younger, perhaps even immortal’: Putin’s pursuit of longevity

Russian leader was caught musing about immortality with Xi Jinping but his fascination with long life is nothing new

The Guardian - UK

No surprises in Tianjin show: Xi’s power trip, with Modi and Putin as props

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s China visit to attend the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summit at Tianjin held no surprises. Everything about it, including the separate and different statements from India and China after Modi’s talks with Xi Jinping, was predictable.

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North Korea's Kim Tells Xi Hopes To 'Steadily Develop' Ties: KCNA

North Korea's Kim Jong Un told China's President Xi Jinping that it was his "steadfast will" to "steadily develop" bilateral relations, state media said Friday, after the two leaders met in Beijing.

International Business Times

Kim, Xi hail bond as North Korea says it will protect China’s interests

Goodwill messages continued this week’s public display of diplomatic unity between Beijing, Pyongyang and Moscow.

Al Jazeera

The Guardian view on Xi, Putin and Kim: heed China’s statement of intent, but don’t take it as fact

Editorial: Images of the autocrats at Wednesday’s military parade reflected the shifting global order. But Donald Trump is hastening Beijing’s rise

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Putin and Xi’s hot mic moment wasn’t even the oddest thing to emerge from China

COMMENT: When the dictators were accidentally recorded at their China summit debating organ transplants and other outlandish scientific means to help them achieve immortality, was anyone really surprised, asks Mary Dejevsky

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China's Xi Holds Talks With North Korea's Kim In Beijing

President Xi Jinping reassured Kim Jong Un of North Korea's enduring importance to China as the two leaders met for talks in Beijing on Thursday, state media reported.

International Business Times

Chinese Regulators Question Nvidia Orders But Alibaba And ByteDance Keep Buying

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA), ByteDance, and other major Chinese technology firms are continuing to seek out Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA) artificial intelligence chips despite Beijing's growing pressure to adopt domestic alternatives.

Benzinga

Alibaba, ByteDance Defy Beijing Warnings As Chinese Tech Titans Race To Secure Nvidia's $12,000 H20 Chips, Eye Next-Gen B30A At Double The Price

Chinese tech giants are pushing ahead with Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) purchases even as regulators in Beijing caution them against heavy reliance on U.S. chips.

Benzinga

Grattan on Friday: Dan Andrews’ red carpet walk in Beijing puts Albanese on the spot

Despite he and his government being in an overwhelmingly dominant position politically, Anthony Albanese sounded quite tetchy at times this week.

The Conversation

Kim Jong Un’s staff seen scrubbing every surface he touched after meeting with Putin

Analysts say extreme security measure meant to prevent foreign intelligence agencies from gathering samples that may reveal North Korean leader’s health condition

The Independent UK

Daniel Andrews defends decision to attend China military parade alongside Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un

Former Victorian premier describes his attendance in Beijing as a chance to ‘meet and engage with regional leaders’

The Guardian - AU

Who else was in Daniel Andrews’ group photo with Xi, Putin and Kim?

Group photo taken after Beijing military parade raised eyebrows in Australia for featuring former Victorian premier alongside other leaders. Here’s who else was in the frame

The Guardian - AU

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The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: China flexes its muscle in the tussle for global dominance

In today’s newsletter: In hosting anti-western leaders at its largest ever military parade, Beijing sent a defiant message that will be heard loud and clear across the world

Benzinga

John Bolton Says Russia's President Using 'KGB Training' To Exploit Trump: 'Good Personal Rapport' Won't Protect You From The Worst

President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to exploit Trump and that U.S. policy has pushed India's prime minister closer to Moscow and Beijing.

Euronews

Hot mic captures conversation between Xi and Putin discussing organ transplants and immortality

Hot mics caught what appeared to be a private conversation between Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin discussing the prospects for immortality as they attended China’s Victory Day military parade in Beijing on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

China accused of drilling for oil and gas inside Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone

China was reportedly building oil and gas rigs inside Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone, in what analysts claimed was part of a campaign to slowly chip away at the island’s defences and expand Beijing’s control of disputed waters.

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Al Jazeera

Putin and Xi caught on hot mic talking about living to 150

Putin confirms the conversation, saying modern medicine gives hope for longer, healthier lives.

The Guardian - UK

Nuclear triad and ‘robot wolves’: parade shows off array of Chinese weapons

On display in Beijing were nuclear weapons launched by air, sea and land, laser weapons and four-legged drones

International Business Times

China Lets Yuan Gain As Diplomatic Signal Amid US Trade Talks

Beijing's decision to allow the yuan to appreciate, after months of weakness, signals a diplomatic overture to Washington while also shoring up confidence at home.

International Business Times UK

Can America Stand Against Xi, Putin and Kim? Trump Sounds Alarm After Leaders Unite at Beijing Military Parade

China marks 80 years since World War II's end with a vast military parade, unveiling hypersonic missiles, nuclear triad and laser weaponry before Xi, Putin and Kim — drawing sharp criticism from the US.

The Independent UK

A summit and parade in China may signal a geopolitical shift. They might also be political jockeying

The pictures from this week’s military parade in Beijing commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the earlier economic gathering would seem to offer a striking, maybe even sinister, message to the United States and its allies — evidence of a possible new reconfiguration of…

The Conversation

What Xi Jinping hosting Modi and Putin reveals about China’s plans for a new world order

China’s president, Xi Jinping, has been busy on the diplomatic front. China has just hosted the largest annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), followed by an impressive military parade to mark the defeat of Japan in the second world war – all accompanied by key bilateral meetings with…

The Guardian - AU

Xi, Putin and Kim: behind the choreographed image that could symbolise a shift in the global balance of power

In an unprecedented spectacle the leaders of Russia, China and North Korea led a group of more than 20 world leaders at a victory day parade in Beijing

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