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Taiwan’s Tsai says can be ‘no compromise’ on democracy or freedom

Speaking on the island’s national day, president says the people of Taiwan have developed their own sense of identity.

Al Jazeera

How China's Xi Jinping amassed power over last decade

BEIJING: China's Xi Jinping became the country's top leader a decade ago when he was named general secretary of the Communist Party and chairman of the Central Military Commission at the party's 18th congress.

Bangkok Post

Explainer-The ways China's Xi Jinping amassed power over a decade

China's Xi Jinping became the country's top leader a decade ago when he was named general secretary of the Communist Party and chairman of the Central Military Commission at the party's 18th congress. The following March he became president.

Reuters

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Analysis-How China's Xi accumulated power, and why it matters in a third term

One of Xi Jinping's first moves after winning China's top job as general secretary of the Communist Party in 2012 was to reinstate regular "democratic life sessions" with fellow leaders in the 25-member Politburo, a staple of the Mao Zedong era.

Reuters

Chinese celebs push One China messaging

The Chinese government has a new ally when it comes to pushing its official line on Taiwan: celebrities

Salon

Alan Kohler: America, Britain, Russia and China are killing themselves, all in their own way

Australia is a spectator to the efforts at self-destruction going on elsewhere, and will be participants in their misery when they succeed.

The New Daily

Xi to convene final party meeting before big leadership congress

President Xi Jinping will preside over the final meeting of China’s top leaders, days before the opening of a twice-a-decade Communist Party congress that’s set to hand him a landmark third term in power.

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In China, fire without smoke

The recent rumour fest showed lack of context and the unwillingness of most Indian media houses to take foreign news coverage seriously

The Hindu

Ukraine recap: bad news from the battlefield for Putin, renewed nuclear threats from Russia

Vladimir Putin had barely finished his speech last Friday welcoming four new regions into Mother Russia, when his mouthpiece, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov admitted that they didn’t actually know where the borders of these regions were. “We will clarify everything today,” he said, when quizzed as to whether Russia…

The Conversation

Cop15: ‘World leaders might have to invite themselves’ to summit

In its role as president, China has sent invitations only to ministers and NGO heads, raising fears it is downplaying the crucial talks

The Guardian - UK

Zero-Covid measures cause chaos as China prepares for Beijing summit

President Xi Jinping expected to start third term while citizens express frustration with restrictions

The Guardian - UK

China's vast Xinjiang hit with COVID-19 travel restrictions

Sprawling Xinjiang is the latest Chinese region to be hit with sweeping COVID-19 travel restrictions, as China further ratchets up control measures ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this month

The Independent UK

Taiwan foresees more Chinese coercion, intimidation in Xi's next term

Taiwan expects China to increase its coercion and intimidation to achieve its goal of bringing the island under Beijing's control once President Xi Jinping assumes a third term in office, a senior Taiwanese minister said on Thursday.

Reuters

Nationalist fervour ratcheted up in lead-up to China’s Communist party congress

Senior Communist party officials present a united front, quashing internet rumours of a coup

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Al Jazeera

Will North Korea conduct a nuclear test during China’s Congress?

Expectations grow that Pyongyang may soon test a nuclear weapon — and its relations with its closest ally.

Bangkok Post

Xi Jinping's radioactive friend outstays welcome

Vladimir Putin's ongoing failure in Ukraine has put his strategic alliance with Chinese President Xi Jinping to the test. With Mr Putin growing ever more desperate, Mr Xi must finally realise the scale of the threat that his "friendship without limits" with the Russian president poses to China's economic health,…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Xi's possible successors could rise during party congress

BEIJING -- Who will be chosen to serve on China's Politburo Standing Committee with President Xi Jinping? The decisions will be made during the Chinese Communist Party's National Congress, scheduled to open Oct. 16.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin knows this is a numbers game — and that he is losing badly

Only last week, few of us could place Lyman and the village of Dudchany on a map of Ukraine. Today they mark two of the biggest defeats of Russian arms in the Ukraine war – and these may prove decisive.

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The dragon in the room

Testimony from an expert witness on China's overseas influence operations never made it to the High Court trial of local Chinese and others hiding donations to Labour and National.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: China's lukewarm support for Russia is likely to benefit Kyiv – here's why

Things are not going well for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. On September 30 he announced the annexation of four Ukrainian regions that are partially controlled by Russia. Yet less than a day later, Ukrainian troops captured the strategic town of Lyman in the north of the annexed Donetsk region.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Since the Founding of the Communist Party

Here are the key dates in China since the founding of the Communist Party (CCP) which has grown into one of the world's most powerful political organizations as brought by AFP. - July 1921: Founded in secret - In the summer of 1921, Mao Zedong and a clutch of Marxist-Leninist…

ABC News

How believers in China keep the faith under Xi Jinping's watchful eye

China is a communist and atheist state but religious belief and practice continue under the watchful eye of President Xi Jinping and the Party.

Financial Times

China’s demographic crisis looms over Xi Jinping’s third term

The world’s most populous country will start shrinking this year, weakening the government’s economic tools

The Guardian - UK

Think Putin is a global threat? Then we need to talk about Xi Jinping

The Chinese dictator is reversing the reforms of his predecessors

ABC News

Could weakened Russian influence in Central Asia be an opportunity for China?

Ukraine's lightning offensive in Kharkiv may have damaged more than just Russia's depleted army — it's also tarnished Russia's status as a regional power in Central Asia.

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