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China’s Li backs closer communication, global cooperation

Premier Li Qiang tells ‘Summer Davos’ delegates globalisation means countries must work together.

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Transgender Delaware lawmaker Sarah McBride launches trailblazing bid for Congress

Tribune News Service

PM not expecting repeat of Mahuta 'haranguing' in China

Chris Hipkins will be in full diplomat-mode for his first face-to-face with China's President Xi after a reportedly robust meeting between their respective foreign ministers earlier this year.

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Why NZ’s support of China’s climate change engagement makes sense

China is the world’s largest producer of solar and wind energy components. The PM's visit is a chance not just to discuss what we can sell to China, but also to secure supplies for our transitioning economy, argues Alistair Crozier

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Doyle McManus: Blinken tried to build a floor under US-China relations. He may have to keep doing it

When Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken went to Beijing last week to try to repair the frayed relationship between the United States and China, both sides kept expectations low.

Los Angeles Times

Xi’s bet on Putin looks even more risky after Russian rebellion

Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Xi Jinping’s gamble on a “no limits” friendship with Vladimir Putin has looked like it could backfire. This weekend’s brief uprising against Moscow again underscored the risks facing the Chinese leader.

Tribune News Service

Xi weighs up support for Putin after rebellion

Beijing’s support for Moscow is based on pragmatism and ideology, with China’s most powerful ally damaged by recent events

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Russia’s ‘internal affair’: China plays down Wagner mutiny impact

Beijing stresses ‘national stability’ as state media reports the collapse of the Wagner revolt strengthened Putin.

Al Jazeera

Amid the battle of Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, a new global order struggles to take shape

While the US and China vie for supremacy, smaller countries, championed by Barbados PM Mia Mottley, are speaking out on key challenges of climate, poverty and migration

The Guardian - UK

Trump dubs Russia coup a ‘big mess’ as fellow presidential candidates weigh in on Wagner rebellion

Former president says ‘be careful what you wish for’ amid paramilitary crisis

The Independent UK

Hipkins' first big diplomatic test meeting Xi

China’s locked doors have swung wide open in recent months with President Xi Jinping welcoming world leaders after years of isolation. Chris Hipkins makes the trip to the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday, in what will be the biggest test yet of his diplomacy skills

Newsroom.co.nz

Paris summit on climate and finance ends without deal on global shipping tax

Participants at the Paris summit on finance and climate stopped short of a deal to create a tax on greenhouse gas emissions produced from international shipping.

France 24

First Thing: number of Britons who want to rejoin EU highest since 2016

Data showed 58% would vote to re-enter bloc, while more respondents trust the European Commission over the UK government than vice versa. Plus, the 1,572 US politicians who have helped ban abortion

The Guardian - UK

China reportedly rebukes US ambassador after Biden called Xi a ‘dictator’

US president sought to play down the impact of his comments, saying ‘I don’t think it’s had any real consequence’

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The Conversation

Sorry prime minister, Joe Biden was right – Xi Jinping really is a ‘dictator’

It’s not every day that a New Zealand prime minister takes China’s side in a disagreement between Washington and Beijing over whether the leader of China is a dictator.

Al Jazeera

Biden defends calling China’s Xi a ‘dictator’ during fundraiser

Comment came after both China and US hailed progress at lowering tensions after top US diplomat’s recent Beijing visit.

Bangkok Post

Dismissing tensions, Biden expects to see Xi despite 'dictators' jab

WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden voiced confidence Thursday that he would meet Xi Jinping soon, as he refused to back down after angering Beijing by likening the Chinese leader to "dictators."

The Conversation

Ukraine war: failed African peace mission underscores need for more powerful political and military pressure on Putin

African peace missions to Ukraine and Russia last week came up empty-handed. Led by South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa, the delegation included leaders and senior officials from Congo-Brazzaville, Comoros, Egypt, Senegal, Uganda and Zambia.

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Radio France Internationale

Chinese premier in France for charm offensive targeting businesses, politicians

Chinese Premier Li Qiang is visiting France this week where he's meeting with the country's top politicians. According to an EU-based thinktank, Beijing has built an extensive network inside France's policy structures that serves to influence Paris's decision making in favour of China.

Al Jazeera

Why does the West love Modi?

Modi is being feted at the White House despite concerns over India’s democratic decline. The reason? China.

Evening Standard

Yinchuan: Restaurant gas explosion kills 31 people in northwestern China

President Xi Jinping demands probe into the blast which tore through the Fuyang Barbecue Restaurant in Yinchuan

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand PM disagrees with Joe Biden over Xi Jinping ‘dictator’ remark

Chris Hipkins, who is about to meet the Chinese president on a trip to Beijing for the first time, said China’s system of government is ‘a matter for them’

WEKU

Cooking gas explosion kills 31 people at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China

The blast tore through the restaurant Wednesday night on a busy street in Yinchuan, the capital of the traditionally Muslim Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

WEKU

Blinken visited China. Then Biden called Xi a dictator. So what comes next?

Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent visit to China was considered a success by government officials. In such a complicated relationship, what does that even look like?

Tribune News Service

China says Biden salling Xi Jinping a dictator is ‘provocation’

China said U.S. President Joe Biden had made a “public political provocation” by referring to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as a “dictator,” as fresh tensions flared in bilateral ties just days after meetings to stabilize relations.

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