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China executes former Communist Party official in £324m corruption case
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China executes former Communist Party official in £324m corruption case

The Independent  

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China-Australia relations in focus during G20 meeting between Anthony Albanese and Xi Jinping
1 month ago

China-Australia relations in focus during G20 meeting between Anthony Albanese and Xi Jinping

ABC  

Chinese President Xi Jinping has described relations with Australia as having faced "twists and turns" in recent years, urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to take "great care" to maintain the improved partnership. "Over the past decade, we have made some progress in China-Australia relations and also witnessed some twists and turns," Mr Xi told Mr Albanese in opening remarks broadcast …

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Xi Jinping lays out four red lines US must not challenge in meeting with Joe Biden
1 month ago

Xi Jinping lays out four red lines US must not challenge in meeting with Joe Biden

The Independent  

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Xi Jinping says China 'ready to work' with Donald Trump's administration during talks with Joe Biden
1 month ago

Xi Jinping says China 'ready to work' with Donald Trump's administration during talks with Joe Biden

ABC  

Xi Jinping insists he will work with Donald Trump's new administration, despite concerns that already-strained relations between their two nations could deteriorate further if the incoming US president follows through on his threat to launch a trade war against China. Mr Xi met with outgoing US President Joe Biden for two hours after the completion of a two-day meeting of …

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Chinese President Xi Jinping snubs meetings with world leaders at APEC summit
1 month, 1 week ago

Chinese President Xi Jinping snubs meetings with world leaders at APEC summit

ABC  

Chinese President Xi Jinping has snubbed meetings with world leaders despite travelling to South America for the two-day talks among Pacific-rim nations. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters he was unsure why Mr Xi did not attend the leaders' meeting, in which he informally caught up with outgoing US President Joe Biden. Before flying to South America, Mr Albanese said …

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Liberalism is far from dead in China
1 month, 1 week ago

Liberalism is far from dead in China

Live Mint  

Walk into the All Sages Bookstore in north-western Beijing, and you enter a different world. In “China as Number One: The Emerging Values of a Rising Power", a multi-author work published this year, John James Kennedy of the University of Kansas wrote that a poll in 2018—the latest in a series by an international project called the World Values Survey—suggested …

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Is Xi Jinping an AI doomer?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Is Xi Jinping an AI doomer?

Live Mint  

IN JULY last year Henry Kissinger travelled to Beijing for the final time before his death. Until recently, China’s regulators have focused on the risk of rogue chatbots saying politically incorrect things about the Communist Party, rather than that of cutting-edge models slipping out of human control. Earlier this year Yin Hejun, the minister of science and technology, used an …

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Who is going to Putin-hosted Brics summit in Russia – and why has Brazil’s Lula dropped out?
2 months ago

Who is going to Putin-hosted Brics summit in Russia – and why has Brazil’s Lula dropped out?

The Independent  

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Top Chinese economist disappears after privately criticising Xi Jinping
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Top Chinese economist disappears after privately criticising Xi Jinping

The Independent  

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Surprise Beijing meeting raises hopes of Biden-Xi talks
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Surprise Beijing meeting raises hopes of Biden-Xi talks

The Independent  

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To Lam's rise to the top in Vietnam has been 'spectacular'. Are we witnessing the emergence of a new strongman leader?
3 months, 4 weeks ago

To Lam's rise to the top in Vietnam has been 'spectacular'. Are we witnessing the emergence of a new strongman leader?

ABC  

A new leader has rapidly ascended to power in Vietnam and some are already comparing him to Xi Jinping. Nguyen Khac Giang, a Vietnam expert at Singapore think tank the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, said Mr Lam's rise had been "spectacular". A 'cascade' of political downfalls Dr Giang said Mr Lam's rise was thanks to a "cascade" of other senior members …

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Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin pledge closer ties, discuss 'political solution' to war in Ukraine
7 months ago

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin pledge closer ties, discuss 'political solution' to war in Ukraine

ABC  

In short: Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have condemned what they cast as aggressive US behaviour and pledged to deepen defence and military ties between China and Russia. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have condemned what they cast as increasingly aggressive US behaviour and pledged to deepen their countries' already close defence and military ties. Mr …

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Putin and Xi Jinping claim their ‘unprecedented partnership’ is a stabilising influence at Beijing talks
7 months, 1 week ago

Putin and Xi Jinping claim their ‘unprecedented partnership’ is a stabilising influence at Beijing talks

The Independent  

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Former spy for China's secret police reveals operations targeting dissidents in Australia and overseas
7 months, 1 week ago

Former spy for China's secret police reveals operations targeting dissidents in Australia and overseas

ABC  

In short: A former spy for China's secret police has revealed his identity and exposed how the regime targets people overseas who are critical of the Chinese government. A former spy for China's secret police has revealed his identity and exposed how the regime targets people overseas who are critical of the Chinese government. 阅读中文版 The inner workings of China's …

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China's Xi in France for Macron talks on Ukraine
7 months, 2 weeks ago

China's Xi in France for Macron talks on Ukraine

The Hindu  

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday arrived in France on a state visit hosted by Emmanuel Macron where the French leader will seek to push his counterpart on issues ranging from Ukraine to trade. Mr. Xi's arrival for the visit marking 60 years of diplomatic relations between France and China heralded the start of his first trip to Europe since …

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Who’s the big boss of the global south?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Who’s the big boss of the global south?

Hindustan Times  

SNIFFY TYPES disdain the notion of “the global south”, which has become something of a meme in recent years. According to the index, China’s “influence capacity” over the G77 is roughly double that of France, the third-most influential country, and around three times that of Britain, India or the UAE. Last year Mr Xi and senior Chinese officials began referring …

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China’s leaders are less popular than they might think
11 months ago

China’s leaders are less popular than they might think

Hindustan Times  

CHINA’S LEADERS have no qualms about using intimidation and force to stay in power. “Such high approval ratings are beyond the wildest dreams of American politicians,” boasted Hua Chunying, a foreign-ministry spokeswoman, in 2020. So researchers at the University of Southern California tried to get around this problem by using a survey method called a “list experiment”. Those in the …

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Xi Jinping worries that China’s troops are not ready to fight
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Xi Jinping worries that China’s troops are not ready to fight

Live Mint  

The last time Chinese troops were caught in a major firefight, they learned a painful lesson. One, known as the “Two Inabilities", states that the PLA’s ability to fight a modern war and its officers’ ability to command are both lacking. The new structures, unveiled in 2016, are meant to break down silos and to enable the PLA to conduct …

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Xi Jinping’s grip on Chinese enterprise gets uncomfortably tight
1 year ago

Xi Jinping’s grip on Chinese enterprise gets uncomfortably tight

Hindustan Times  

AS THE HEAD office of Northern Heavy Industries comes into view, so does a huge slogan fixed permanently to its roof in metre-high red Chinese characters, where you might usually see a company name. Many global investors increasingly view China’s private sector as a captive of the Communist Party. A recent paper from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, …

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Containing China's technology ecosystem will remain a US policy priority
1 year, 1 month ago

Containing China's technology ecosystem will remain a US policy priority

Live Mint  

The most significant achievement of last week’s meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping was that it took place. The post-meeting readout by the White House conceded little, saying that the meeting was “candid and constructive" and set the tone at the outset by noting that the US president “emphasized that the United States and China are in competition, noting …

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Invading Taiwan would be a logistical minefield for China
1 year, 1 month ago

Invading Taiwan would be a logistical minefield for China

Hindustan Times  

The beaches of the tiny island of Kinmen are still dotted with reminders of the PLA’s first attempt to invade Taiwan. The deficiencies of Russian military logistics and supplies “deserve our close attention” especially in regard to future sea crossings and island seizures, a Chinese defence-industry journal said in October 2022. He also ordered the PLA to make better use …

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DC Edit | Spark of hope as Xi, Biden meet
1 year, 1 month ago

DC Edit | Spark of hope as Xi, Biden meet

Deccan Chronicle  

China, the closest competitor today to the United States’ pre-eminence as the world’s military, technological and economic power, had been perceived as aiming to take that competition to confrontation. The world may not be breathing much easier as the ground covered in the highly anticipated meeting between Presidents Joe Biden of the US and Xi Jinping of China was restricted …

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Biden calls Xi a dictator after carefully planned summit
1 year, 1 month ago

Biden calls Xi a dictator after carefully planned summit

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had not changed his view that Chinese President Xi Jinping was effectively a dictator, a comment likely to land with a thud in Beijing after the two leaders held straightforward summit talks. Mr. Biden held a solo news conference after four hours of talks with Mr. Xi on the outskirts of San …

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Why Xi Jinping is playing hard to get with Joe Biden
1 year, 1 month ago

Why Xi Jinping is playing hard to get with Joe Biden

The Telegraph  

Xi Jinping, China’s president, will finally sit down with Joe Biden, the United States president, on Wednesday after months of playing hard to get. The two leaders have not spoken since, but Washington dispatched four cabinet-level officials to Beijing over the summer in an effort to get things back on track. And once nailed down, China initially suggested Mr Xi …

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