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US, China top diplomats hold 1st meeting after balloon crisis

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China’s top diplomat against providing lethal aid to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rebuked him over an alleged Chinese spy balloon that heightened tensions between the world’s largest economies.

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Blinken rebukes China’s top diplomat on balloon, Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rebuked China’s top diplomat in their first in-person meeting since the uproar over an alleged spy balloon, telling Wang Yi that the craft’s entry into U.S. airspace was an “irresponsible act that must never again occur.”

Tribune News Service

How will Raisi’s Beijing visit affect Iran-China ties?

Tehran wants to expand ties with its ‘strategic’ partner, but it faces serious hurdles.

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Detained activist fears for missing zero-Covid protesters in China

Ding Jiaxi also tells lawyer he is worried about health after being held for more than three years

The Guardian - UK

Trudy Rubin: On the first anniversary of Putin's invasion, Ukraine fights on for its independence and for the security of the West

It's not an anniversary anyone wants to celebrate.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ukraine invasion reshaped global alliances, renewed fears

Nearly a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, the diplomatic consequences of the war still reverberate worldwide

The Independent UK

Marcos: China laser not enough to activate US defense pact

The Philippine president has said the Chinese coast guard’s aiming of military-grade laser that briefly blinded some crew aboard a Philippine patrol vessel in the disputed South China Sea was not enough for him to invoke a mutual defense treaty with the United States but added he told China that…

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Chinese balloon saga is part of a long history of U.S.-China tensions

It’s not surprising the recent Chinese “weather balloon” incident has set off alarm bells.

The Conversation

Brazil's Lula to meet China's Xi on March 28 in Beijing

Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping on March 28 on Lula's first trip of his current term to his country's largest trading partner, official sources told Reuters.

Reuters

US Developing ‘Sharper Rules’ To Monitor Unknown Aerial Objects Says Biden

US President Joe Biden said the country is developing “sharper rules” to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects. Speaking to media on Thursday, Mr Biden said he expects to speak with China’s President Xi Jinping “to get to the bottom of things” after the balloon was shot…

Evening Standard

‘I was naive about Russia’: Central Asians on the Ukraine war

Central Asian states keep close ties with Moscow, but younger citizens of ex-Soviet nations are questioning alliances.

Al Jazeera

China claims ‘decisive victory’ over Covid amid doubt over figures

More than 200m people treated for virus and death rate now ‘lowest in the world’, says government

The Guardian - UK

Truss urges west to safeguard Taiwan security ‘before it’s too late’

In Tokyo speech to conservative lawmakers, former British PM issues warning about Chinese aggression

The Guardian - AU

Liz Truss’s delusional speech about China is digging the trenches of a second cold war

Does she really think Xi’s threats to Taiwan will be stopped by the sabre-rattling of the failed PM of a former colonial power? asks foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Asharq Al-Awsat

China’s Xi Plans ‘Peace Speech’ on Ukraine Invasion Anniversary, Italy Min Says

China's President Xi Jinping will deliver a "peace speech" on the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Italy's foreign minister said on Friday, citing top diplomat Wang Yi. Wang Yi "told me that Xi will deliver a peace speech on the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine" on Feb. 24,…

Reuters

China's Xi plans 'peace speech' on Ukraine invasion anniversary, Italy min says

China's President Xi Jinping will deliver a 'peace speech' on the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Italy's foreign minister said on Friday, citing top diplomat Wang Yi.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chinese President to Visit Iran

Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to Iran, Beijing’s foreign ministry said Thursday, as a three-day trip to China by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi drew to a close. The Chinese president “gladly accepted the invitation” by Raisi, said a joint statement by both countries, although no date…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Says He Will Speak to China’s Xi about Balloon Incident

President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China's president, Xi Jinping, about what the United States says was a Chinese spy balloon that a US fighter jet shot down early this month after it transited the United States. "We are not looking for a new cold…

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Al Jazeera

China’s top tech dealmaker Bao Fan goes missing

The billionaire investment banker is unreachable, according to the investment bank he founded.

Los Angeles Times

Biden says the 3 most recent aerial objects shot down were probably tied to scientific research

WASHINGTON — The mysterious objects U.S. fighter jets shot down over North America in recent days were probably balloons tied to private scientific research and have no connection to the large Chinese spy balloon the U.S. military destroyed off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4, President Joe Biden…

The Guardian - UK

Truss to call for tough sanctions against China if it escalates Taiwan tensions

Former PM will warn in Tokyo ‘free world is in danger’ in apparent attempt to put pressure on Rishi Sunak

ABC News

US President Joe Biden says unidentified objects do not appear to be tied to China or espionage

President Joe Biden says three unidentified objects shot down by US fighter jets do not appear to have been used for spying on the United States and are likely tied to benign purposes.

Reuters

Soros says Russian defeat in Ukraine would trigger dissolution of 'Russian empire'

Billionaire financier George Soros said on Thursday that if Russia was defeated in the Ukraine war it would result in the dissolution of what he called the 'Russian empire,' something he said would be greeted by former Soviet republics.

The Independent UK

China says 200 million treated, pandemic 'decisively' beaten

China says more than 200 million of its citizens have been diagnosed and treated for COVID-19 since it lifted strict containment measures beginning in November

Caixin Global

Xi Says China Must Boost Consumer Spending, Foreign Investment This Year

The president stresses the importance of consumption in bolstering the economy at a key annual meeting to set the economic policy agenda for 2023

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