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Xi tells Hong Kong to control Omicron-fuelled outbreak

Directive in territory’s Chinese language media comes with authorities expected to report record number of daily cases.

Al Jazeera

China's Xi: Control of Hong Kong surge is 'overriding task'

A Hong Kong news outlet says China's leader Xi Jinping has taken a personal interest in the city's coronavirus outbreak, saying it was the Hong Kong government's “overriding task” to control the situation

The Independent UK

Xi tells Hong Kong's leaders to control COVID as infections spiral

(Adds government statement on food supply)

Reuters

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The Quad has a strategy to counter China and Russia: be a force for global good without ideological warfare

The stakes were high when the foreign ministers of the Quad security group met in Melbourne this week. The US has warned a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be imminent. And Russian President Vladimir Putin had just met with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and announced a “no limits” partnership…

The Conversation

BEIJING DIARY: A taste of Tibet with Chinese characteristics

People attending the Beijing Winter Olympics can't visit Tibet because they're in China's “closed loop" system for foreign visitors

The Independent UK

Remember the 'pivot' to Asia? US wants to reassure Pacific allies it's still on

MELBOURNE, Australia — Like many U.S. governments before it, the Biden administration intended a foreign policy "pivot" toward China and Asia. Instead, Washington quickly faced war in Gaza, a chaotic pullout from Afghanistan and a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Los Angeles Times

Russia and China's growing 'friendship' is more a public relations exercise than a new world order

Against the backdrop of a western diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China and Russia have marked the occasion by showing off their increasingly close relationship. Russia’s president Vladimir Putin posed for pictures with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the opening of the 2022 Winter Games, declaring their opposition…

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Qatar and UAE leaders meet for first time since Gulf crisis ended

Sheikh Tamim meets Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed on sidelines of lunch hosted by China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Al Jazeera

Xi Meets Poland, Pakistan Leaders in Olympic Diplomacy

Chinese President Xi Jinping met Sunday with leaders from Poland and Pakistan in a flurry of diplomacy on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Xi told President Andrzej Duda that China seeks to further improve ties with Poland, whose warm relationship with Beijing has not sat well with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Xi meets Poland, Pakistan leaders in Olympic diplomacy

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with leaders from Poland and Pakistan in a flurry of diplomacy on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games

The Independent UK

Egyptian-Chinese Summit Focuses on Renaissance Dam, Palestinian Cause

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed, at their summit in Beijing on Saturday, to strengthen cooperation in fighting terrorism and reviewed developments regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. A statement by the Egyptian presidency said: “The Chinese president welcomed the Egyptian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ecuador sees trade deal with China at end of year, debt talks to begin

Ecuador expects to pull together a trade deal with China at the end of this year and will begin formal debt re-negotiations with the Asian country, Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso said on Saturday, after a Beijing visit with his counterpart Xi Jinping.

Reuters

China’s Xi Meets More Heads of State in Winter Games Diplomatic Push

Chinese President Xi Jinping met the leaders of several more countries on Saturday as Beijing used the start of the Winter Olympics to score diplomatic points amid simmering tensions with the United States. Following a groundbreaking agreement with Russia on Friday over Taiwan and against NATO expansion, Xi held meetings…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Xi says China, Egypt hold 'similar visions and strategies'

Chinese leader Xi Jinping says his country and Egypt share similar visions and strategies in defending their own interests

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China's Xi meets more heads of state in Winter Games diplomatic push

The Hindu

Beijing Olympics | Xi to meet with leaders of Serbia, Egypt

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic are among more than a dozen world leaders who attended the opening ceremony on Friday night

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Beijing Winter Olympics open, with Xi center stage

BEIJING -- The 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off in Beijing on Friday with the world still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reuters

Xi had opportunity to urge Putin to pursue Ukraine diplomacy in meeting -U.S. official

A meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing should have been an opportunity for China to encourage Russia to de-escalate tensions with Ukraine, the U.S. State Department's top diplomat for East Asia, Daniel Kritenbrink, said on Friday.

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Al Jazeera

Russia wins China’s backing in NATO showdown over Ukraine

Beijing agrees with Moscow that US-led NATO military alliance should not admit new members.

The Guardian - UK

China opens Winter Olympics with peace doves and a mighty provocation

The ‘genocide games’ begin with a ceremony proclaiming that they will be held on Xi Jinping’s terms

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin pretends to sleep as Ukraine athletes emerge at Winter Olympics opening ceremony

While attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics at Bird's Nest stadium, Russian leader Vladimir Putin appeared to fall asleep as Ukraine's athletes emerged

Radio France Internationale

Beijing Winter Olympics opening downplays geopolitical uncertainty

The Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics began on Friday as China's reputation is marred by human rights concerns, while Russia, whose president Vladimir Putin is a guest of honor, is at loggerheads with the West over Ukraine.

Chicago Sun-Times

Beijing Olympics open amid lockdown and boycotts

Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the Games open during an opening ceremony heavy on ice-blue tones and winter imagery that was held in the same lattice-encased National Stadium that hosted the inaugural event at the 2008 Olympics.

Reuters

Factbox-Moscow-Beijing partnership has 'no limits'

China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin met in Beijing on Friday and announced a strategic partnership that they said was aimed at countering the influence of the United States and that would have "no 'forbidden' areas of cooperation".

Tribune News Service

Putin and Xi close ranks against the West on Ukraine and Taiwan

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping closed ranks against the U.S. and its allies on key security issues as they declared that there’s no limit and “no forbidden zones” in the friendship between Russia and China.

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