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China Demands US Stop Trade Talks with Taiwan

China’s government on Thursday accused Washington of jeopardizing peace after US envoys began trade talks with Taiwan aimed at deepening relations with the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing. Talks that started Wednesday cover trade, regulation and other areas based on “shared values” as market-oriented economies, according to the Office…

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China demands US stop trade talks with Taiwan

China’s government has accused Washington of jeopardizing peace after U.S. envoys began trade talks with Taiwan aimed at deepening relations with the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing

The Independent UK

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Burke advocates on wages and arts

Tony Burke is the minister for employment and workplace relations and minister for the arts, as well as the leader of the House of Representatives.

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China's Tiananmen Square demonstrations and crackdown

Saturday marks the 33rd anniversary of China's bloody crackdown of pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing's Tiananmen Square, when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people.

Reuters

China says it will work with Russia to promote ‘real democracy’

China’s top diplomat said Beijing will work with Moscow to promote “real democracy,” reaffirming his country’s ties with Russia.

Tribune News Service

The India I love is multicultural, spiritual, says outgoing German envoy

Walter Lindner says Germany will never criticise India for import of Russian oil

The Hindu

Elections: a global ranking rates US weakest among liberal democracies

Defending democracy has suddenly become one of the central challenges of our age. The land war in Ukraine is widely considered a front line between autocratic rule and democratic freedom. The United States continues to absorb the meaning of the riot that took place on January 6 2021 in an…

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Cambodian opposition rises from the ashes ahead of local elections

Speaking from the back of a pickup truck decked out with campaign posters and loudspeakers, veteran politician Son Chhay is determined to convince voters that democracy in Cambodia is not dead.

Reuters

Political debates in Kenya: are they useful or empty media spectacles?

It is a few months to Kenya’s August 2022 general election. That means it is time for the theatrical, skeleton-revealing spectacle also known as the political debate.

The Conversation

Mongolia under pressure to align with Russia and China

Landlocked state is pursuing neutrality despite neighbours’ efforts to create triangle of anti-western cooperation

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: Courting theocracy

Ordinarily, the word “unprecedented” is hyperbole, similar to “Breaking news!” or “Greatest ever!” When used to describe the current danger to American democracy, however, it is all too appropriate. Never in the nation’s history have democratic institutions been so at risk under what would first appear to be banal circumstances.

Tribune News Service

Taiwan may get economic deal with US after exclusion from IPEF

Economic agreement similar to new IPEF would underline US commitment to self-ruled democracy, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

Democracy is in danger as Boris Johnson rips up the rulebook

Letters: After the prime minister weakened the ministerial code, Lynne Copley, Anne Carslaw, Roy Boffy, Joe Locker and Pauline Caldwell write about the constitutional risks that he poses

The Guardian - UK

Is Merrick Garland coming for Trump?

Author of "Overcoming Trumpery" says "methodical" Garland is still building a case against Trump and his regime

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Sudan’s Burhan Lifts State of Emergency from Coup

Sudan’s leading general lifted a state of emergency Sunday that was imposed in the country following the October coup he led. The decision by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of Sudan’s ruling sovereign council, came hours after the Security and Defense Council, Sudan’s highest body that decides on security matters, recommended…

The Guardian - UK

Negative views of Russia mainly limited to western liberal democracies, poll shows

Annual global survey of attitudes to democracy finds many countries maintain positive views of Russia

Tribune News Service

Garland warns of threats to US democracy in Harvard speech

Attorney General Merrick Garland warned of threats to U.S. democracy, citing violence including the 2021 riot at the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, rollbacks in voting rights and possible legislative efforts to overturn the outcome of elections.

Chicago Sun-Times

O (You Aren’t Fleeing to) Canada

With democracy in danger, some liberals want to run away.

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UN Envoy Decries Sudan Violence after 2 Killed in Protests

The UN envoy for Sudan on Sunday decried the killing of two people in a violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters who once against took to the streets of the capital to denounce an October military coup. Hundreds of people marched Saturday in Khartoum, where security forces violently dispersed the crowds…

The Independent UK

UN envoy decries Sudan violence after 2 killed in protests

The U.N. envoy for Sudan has decried the killing of two people in a violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters

The Independent UK

Labour call Boris Johnson a ‘tinpot despot’ and push for vote on ministerial code changes

Labour accuses ‘tinpot despot’ prime minister of ‘watering down standards and integrity’

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese’s choice of Speaker will be key to transforming our testosterone-fuelled parliament

There is speculation the prime minister might choose a truly independent umpire, with Andrew Wilkie’s name mentioned

Chicago Sun-Times

Memorial Day: A time to honor fallen heroes and pledge to defend democracy

On the battlefield, soldiers pride themselves on leaving no fellow soldier behind. Let us, as a nation, vow to leave the rights of no citizen behind.

Newcastle Herald

Not a sausage on the road to democracy

No sizzle in the drizzle, I grizzled. What's happening to this country?

Reuters

Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua condemn exclusion from U.S. summit

A bloc of leftist countries meeting in Havana on Friday condemned the exclusion of certain nations from next month's Summit of the Americas, after the United States said that it only wanted the leaders of governments that respect democracy to attend.

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