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Xi defends China’s Covid response amid mounting economic woes

President Xi Jinping defended China’s lockdown-dependent approach to fighting the pandemic, even as he sought to reassure the world that the country was still committed to opening its economy.

Bangkok Post

China's Xi urges dispute resolution, opposes sanctions

Chinese leader Xi Jinping says his government supports talks to resolve international disputes, but opposes the use of sanctions

The Independent UK

China's Xi proposes 'global security initiative', without giving details

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday proposed a "global security initiative" that upholds the principle of "indivisible security", a concept also endorsed by Russia, although he gave no details of how it would be implemented.

Reuters

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Why Chinese bankcard chips may not ease Putin’s economic pain

Russia has turned to China for microchips it needs to meet surging demand for its domestic bank cards.

Al Jazeera

Peter Dutton warns China will expand its presence in Pacific after Solomon Islands pact

Defence Minister Peter Dutton is warning China will not waste any time expanding its presence in the South Pacific, after signing its controversial security pact with Solomon Islands.

ABC News

US defence chief speaks for first time with Chinese counterpart

The call comes amid continued US concerns that China could support Russia in the invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

US Pentagon chief speaks for 1st time to Chinese counterpart

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has spoken with his Chinese counterpart for the first time since becoming Pentagon chief more than a year ago

The Independent UK

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The deal that shocked the world: inside the China-Solomons security pact

A secret agreement that expands Chinese influence over Solomon Islands has now been signed. How did it come about, and what does it mean for the region?

The Guardian - AU

China looks to learn from Russian failures in Ukraine

With its ground troops forced to pull back in Ukraine and regroup, and its Black Sea flagship sunk, Russia’s military failings are mounting

The Independent UK

Analysis-China's Xi sticks with COVID stance despite anger, economic headwinds

For many leaders, mounting public anger and a rapidly worsening economic outlook would be cause for worry and a policy rethink.

Reuters

Doyle McManus: The cost of China's harsh 'zero COVID' policy? Human suffering and economic damage

The stories from Shanghai, a city of 25 million entering its fourth week of COVID-19 lockdown, have been harrowing.

Los Angeles Times

Shanghai’s lockdown protests reveal tensions over zero-Covid

China’s determination to enforce zero-Covid policies is pushing its vast, bustling financial hub to breaking point

The Guardian - UK

Chinese astronauts land after 6 months on space station

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after six months aboard China’s newest space station in the longest crewed mission to date for its ambitious space program

The Independent UK

Shanghai is China's richest city. But even billionaires and celebrities aren't safe from its extreme lockdown

As Shanghai enters its fourth week of lockdown, Chinese elites are finding themselves trapped by extreme COVID measures in a city where the welfare of lower-income residents remains unknown.

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Al Jazeera

China holds military exercises as US legislators visit Taiwan

Amid ongoing tensions with Washington, Beijing criticises US legislators’ visit to Taipei as ‘deliberately provocative’.

The Guardian - UK

Will China’s zero-Covid policy bring the world’s factory grinding to a halt?

Huawei executive warns of ‘massive losses’ in tech sector as tensions rise over strict lockdowns

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Crown Prince, China's Xi Agree on Bolstering Partnership

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, held telephone talks on Friday with China's President Xi Jinping. Discussions focused on bilateral cooperation between their countries and ways to develop them through the joint Saudi-Chinese council. They agreed to exert more efforts to bolster the…

Tribune News Service

Xi moves to stop Shanghai COVID rage from sweeping across China

BEIJING — President Xi Jinping now has a bigger problem than stopping COVID-19 infections: quelling escalating anger in Shanghai before it spreads across China, creating a wider crisis of confidence in the Communist Party.

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The Independent UK

Anti-virus shutdowns in China spread as infections rise

Anti-virus controls are shutting down some of China’s biggest cities and fueling public irritation as infections rise

The Times of India

Elderly Shanghai man’s pleas for medical help censored in China

BEIJING: China has censored an audio clip of an elderly man in Shanghai begging a local official for help seeing a doctor, a sign of the pressure confronting the government as it enforces an increasingly unpopular lockdown on the financial hub of 25 million people.

The Guardian - UK

The Age of The Strongman by Gideon Rachman review – a rogues gallery of autocrats

Putin is the archetype and role model for a generation of hardline populist leaders, from Bolsonaro to Trump

Al Jazeera

As ‘zero COVID’ bites, China’s leadership sounds alarm on economy

Beijing’s draconian ‘dynamic zero-COVID’ policies and global uncertainties cast doubt on 5.5 percent growth target.

Reuters

Shanghai cases hit record as Xi reiterates urgency of COVID curbs

China's financial hub Shanghai reported over 27,000 coronavirus cases on Thursday, a new high, a day after President Xi Jinping said that the country must continue with its strict "dynamic COVID clearance" policy and pandemic control measures.

The Times of India

Xi Jinping: China must stick to 'Covid Zero' even as costs mount

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping says his government will stick to its zero-tolerance approach to Covid even as public anger simmers in Shanghai and economic costs mount.

Tribune News Service

Xi says China must stick to COVID zero tolerance policy even as costs mount

Chinese President Xi Jinping says his government will stick to its zero tolerance approach to COVID-19 even as public anger simmers in Shanghai and economic costs mount.

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