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Chinese military short of troops trained in high-tech operations, state media reveals in rare show of candour
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China outbreak ‘a very fast moving situation’: Health Minister Mark Butler has revealed why the government has introduced new rules for passengers travelling ...
news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/warnings/health-minister-mark-butler-reveals-reason-behind-new-covid-rule-for-china/news-story/2d3faa917d8f19459960688419071aef
Xi Jinping had an unexpectedly rough 2022. The year ahead is likely to be rougher still #WorldAhead

China’s tricky foreign relations pose a challenge to Xi Jinping: Tensions with America and Europe are just the start. With limited prospects in the West ...
economist.com/the-world-ahead/2022/11/18/chinas-tricky-foreign-relations-pose-a-challenge-to-xi-jinping
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China Is Preparing for War, Retired General Warns: "Xi Jinping has made it quite clear...that he is going to make, from his perspective ...
newsweek.com/china-preparing-war-retired-general-warns-1770645

Tibetan writer held by China for ‘discussing’ Dalai Lama: Rongwo Gangkar was arrested in Rebgong early last year, a source in the region says.
rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibet-writer-arrested-12302022125556.html

Booster jab urged for tourism staff: The Tourism Authority of Thailand is urging business operators to ensure their staff have received a booster of the Covid-19 ...
bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2473242/booster-jab-urged-for-tourism-staff

Don’t expect US-China relations to improve in 2023: Xi and Biden may have managed to avoid a US-China conflict in 2022, but their meeting won’t change the ...
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Technology is reshaping Chinese farms – and boosting its national security
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How Xi Jinping’s sweeping military purge echoed at a top Chinese leaders’ meeting
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OpinionThe Unsettling Implications of Xi’s Military Purge: Why His Impatience With Chinese Commanders Should Worry U.S. Policymakers
foreignaffairs.com/china/unsettling-implications-xis-military-purge

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Under Fire After Chinese National Rides a Speedboat to New Taipei
thediplomat.com/2024/06/taiwans-coast-guard-under-fire-after-chinese-national-rides-a-speedboat-to-new-taipei/

‘War is not an option’, Taiwan president says amid China tensions: Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen vowed on Saturday to maintain the status quo of peace and ...
english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/05/20/-War-is-not-an-option-Taiwan-president-says-amid-China-tensions

Taiwan bear badge punches back after China drills: The badge depicts a Taiwanese black bear punching Winnie the Pooh, who often symbolises Xi Jinping.
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China has some doubt on ability to invade Taiwan: CIA chief: WASHINGTON: US intelligence shows that China's President Xi Jinping has instructed his ...
channelnewsasia.com/asia/china-has-some-doubt-ability-invade-taiwan-cia-chief-3306986

The Chinese Spy Balloon Incident: An Urgent Need for Communication: There is an urgent need for standard operating procedures and open communication ...
thediplomat.com/2023/02/the-chinese-spy-balloon-incident-an-urgent-need-for-communication/
Propaganda often clarifies how leaders see themselves, and would like to be seen. Look closely, and it can also expose insecurities

What a new drama series reveals about China: The propaganda machine creates a virtuous, village-born Communist Party chief
economist.com/china/2023/01/26/what-a-new-drama-series-reveals-about-china

The economic and political price of China and New Zealand's zero-Covid policies
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Xi Jinping had an unexpectedly rough 2022. The year ahead is likely to be rougher still #WorldAhead

China’s tricky foreign relations pose a challenge to Xi Jinping: Tensions with America and Europe are just the start. With limited prospects in the West ...
economist.com/the-world-ahead/2022/11/18/chinas-tricky-foreign-relations-pose-a-challenge-to-xi-jinping

Xi Jinping Acknowledges “New Phase” of Pandemic After China Halts “Zero-COVID”: The World Health Organization has once again called on China to share real-time ...
democracynow.org/2023/1/3/headlines/xi_jinping_acknowledges_new_phase_of_pandemic_after_china_halts_zero_covid

With Record Military Incursions, China Warns Taiwan and the U.S.: Taiwan said China sent 71 military aircraft near the island days after President Biden ...
nytimes.com/2022/12/26/world/asia/china-taiwan-jets.html
Key FactsXi Jinping has a difficulty as a result of China's tricky foreign relations.
Apr 17, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- With little opportunities in the West, Chinese diplomacy in 2023 will most likely concentrate on the global South.
- European governments were already worried about Chinese espionage, technology acquisition, and the deterioration of the international order.
- If the war in Ukraine ends, China's image may be saved by helping to broker peace and rebuild the country.
- Taiwan and Ukraine are minor issues, and many developing countries continue to view China as a key source of commerce and investment.

China Relations Key to Situation in North Korea: A recent edition of the party newspaper makes that very clear.
thediplomat.com/2022/12/china-relations-key-to-situation-in-north-korea/
Tensions with America and Europe are just the start. With limited prospects in the West, Chinese diplomacy in 2023 is likely to focus on the global South

China’s tricky foreign relations pose a challenge to Xi Jinping: Tensions with America and Europe are just the start. With limited prospects in the West ...
economist.com/the-world-ahead/2022/11/18/chinas-tricky-foreign-relations-pose-a-challenge-to-xi-jinping

The Chinese city that covid forgot: Chinese experiences of the zero-covid policy vary greatly. That helps Communist Party bosses
economist.com/china/2022/11/03/the-chinese-city-that-covid-forgot

China Covid: Millions back in lockdown as Beijing doubles down on zero-Covid: Dozens of cities across the country have been affected by varying degrees of ...
bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63410341
Key FactsDiplomacy in Crisis: Xi Invites Defilee to Beijing
Apr 21, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- Following the party congress, a slew of heads of state and government will visit China.
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is not the first foreign official to pay his respects to China's head of state and party leader Xi Jinping following his election.
- It subjects Chinese officials to a seven-day quarantine following encounters with foreign guests.
- Several visitors are said to be vetted in a package before China's leadership delegation retreats for collective quarantine.

Biden: China's Xi knows we are not seeking conflict: President Joe Biden, meeting his top military advisers, said on Wednesday that the United States does not ...
reuters.com/world/biden-chinas-xi-knows-we-are-not-seeking-conflict-2022-10-26/

US must prepare now for China invasion of Taiwan: Admiral: WASHINGTON: The US military must be ready to respond to a potential invasion of Taiwan as soon as this ...
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Apr 21, 2023 · Reading time: ~10 sec.
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U.S. Insists It Will Operate Around Taiwan, Despite China’s Pressure: The confrontation threatens to overwhelm President Biden’s efforts to find a series of ...
nytimes.com/2022/08/10/us/politics/taiwan-china-us.html
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