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POLITICS3h agoPhilippines’ ‘China-free’ manufacturing strategy is a high-risk betSouth China Morning Post
POLITICS3h agoGrowing number of ex-officials enter race for Hong Kong Election Committee seatsA growing number of former senior government officials have joined the race for seats on Hong Kong’s Election Committee, a trend observers say will enhance the prestige and legitimacy of the body tasked with choosing the city’s next leader. As the two-week nomination period draws to a close next Tuesday, the Registration and Electoral Office had received 1,115 nominations for 982 elected seats on the Election Committee as of Friday. The poll will be held on November 22 and the elected members...South China Morning Post
POLITICS4h agoJapan’s Takaichi sends offering to controversial Yasukuni war shrinePrime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, regarded by Japan’s neighbours as a symbol of the country’s past militarism, at the start of its three-day autumn festival. Takaichi, known as a conservative who routinely visited the Shinto shrine before becoming prime minister a year ago, was unlikely to visit the shrine during the festival, a source close to her said, amid strained relations with China and relatively stable ties with South Korea. The...South China Morning Post
POLITICS4h agoMexico seeks to match tariff relief achieved by South Korea with the U.S.Mexico seeks to match automotive tariffs with South Korea after the 25% tariff imposed by the U.S., which affects its key industry. Mexican exports to the U.S. exceed $872 billion; Ebrard proposes aligning tariffs to facilitate T-MEC revisions.Clarín
POLITICS5h agoMarcos regime implodingThe Marcos regime is reported to be imploding. This indicates significant political instability or collapse within the government.tribune.net.ph · Philippines
POLITICS5h agoAlleged Chinese agent has ties to overseas scam groupCalifornia realtor Wanying "Heather" Zhang was charged last week with acting as an unregistered foreign agent. She was arrested after she allegedly surveilled the Taiwanese president's son. now, a CBS News investigation has found connections between Zhang and an alleged Cambodian criminal organization accused of using forced labor to carry out multi-billion-dollar scams targeting Americans. CBS News investigative reporter Josh Boswell has more.CBS News
POLITICS6h agoChina warns EU not to ‘fantasise’ on trade approach as Brussels confirms new ‘kill switch’Beijing warned Brussels not to “fantasise” that taking a hard line will force it into concessions, as the bloc confirmed plans for a gung-ho new kill switch that will allow Brussels to “immediately” kick China out of the single market. Exactly a week after the two sides struck a surprise deal to restrict the volume of hybrid cars China ships to Europe, the flare-up suggests the threat of a trade war between two of the world’s three biggest economies has far from subsided. “The EU should not...South China Morning Post
POLITICS6h agoNew details emerge in US investigations of Chinese-American scientists over China linksA US congressional committee has released details of investigations into dozens of researchers, many of them Chinese-American, revealing the scale of government scrutiny sweeping academia over alleged links to China. The documents – running to hundreds of pages – were released alongside a separate report by the House Select Committee on China. Titled “How to Stop China’s Theft of Taxpayer-Funded Research”, the report pushes back against arguments by universities and academic groups that tighter...South China Morning Post
POLITICS7h agoAmericans see China more positively than Russia, but both near bottom of G20: Pew reportAs the US prepares to host the G20 summit in Miami in December, Americans’ views of participating countries vary, with China viewed more favourably than Russia, although both rank near the bottom, according to the latest Pew Research Centre report. Americans gave China an average rating of 37 out of 100, compared with 27 for Russia, Pew found in a report released on Friday. Canada, Australia, Japan and Italy received the warmest ratings, with average scores in the mid-to-high 60s. “Russia stands...South China Morning Post
POLITICS10h agoChina pushes back as US lawmaker seeks blacklist of universities and tech labsA Republican lawmaker is requesting the Pentagon blacklist 58 Chinese universities and 62 technology labs as national security threats, a move Beijing calls Cold War-style overreach and critics warn could freeze US-China scientific collaboration and ultimately undermine American innovation itself. In a letter to US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar urged the Pentagon to add several prestigious Chinese institutions – some linked to Nvidia,...South China Morning Post
POLITICS10h ago«Seoul will not choose a side»: Ukraine and South Korea clash under Pyongyang's gazeDÉCRYPTAGE - Lee Jae-myung et Volodymyr Zelensky s’affrontent sur le sort de prisonniers de guerre nord-coréens.Le Figaro International
POLITICS13h agoA US scholar’s take on how shifts in US-China relations are felt in a Tsinghua classroomChina and America are talking again. There are leaders’ meetings, phone calls and a new channel for discussing artificial intelligence. Officials are cautiously trying to keep the relationship from veering into crisis. And yet some of the hardest questions remain untouched. Neither side is giving much ground on advanced chips, export controls remain a battlefield and neither Washington nor Beijing appears ready to slow its race to develop increasingly powerful AI. So what, exactly, does it mean...South China Morning Post
POLITICS14h agoZacharia on China: ‘They don’t even have proper toilets’White House press secretary Katie Zacharia took a jab at China, saying the country lacked proper toilets, less than a week into the job where she’s already come under fire over her qualifications and performance. “I remember this very distinctly having just come from China, thinking, how is China the next country on the horizon?…The Hill
POLITICS17h agoMalaysia’s welcome for Min Aung Hlaing undermines its stand on justiceAs the US attacks the ICC, Kuala Lumpur welcomes a leader the court’s prosecutor wants arrested.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICS17h agoChina’s Wang Yi urges Israel to end West Bank settlement expansion and ease Gaza crisisIn talks with Israel’s president on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for an immediate easing of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and for Israel to reverse its West Bank settlement expansion. “The imperative priority is to fully open access routes into Gaza. Two million civilians must not be left to struggle on the brink of survival, nor can this humanitarian catastrophe be allowed to spread,” Wang said, according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement on Friday. The meeting with...South China Morning Post
POLITICS17h agoChina invites Trump press secretary Katie Zacharia to visit after ‘proper toilets’ slurBeijing has invited White House press secretary Katie Zacharia to visit the country more often after she said in an interview that China “doesn’t even have proper toilets”. The newly appointed spokeswoman for the Trump administration made the controversial remarks in an interview on Thursday with conservative commentator Jack Posobiec, when talking about the perception around 2016 that “the gold days, the glory days of the US were over and China was on the horizon”. “I remember this very...South China Morning Post
POLITICS18h agoThe power of China panda diplomacy seems to be waningChina's 'panda diplomacy,' a tool for international relations, appears to be losing its effectiveness. This suggests a potential shift in the impact of a significant element of Chinese soft power.theglobeandmail.com · Canada
POLITICS19h agoRubio Heads To Central Asia As US Seeks Bigger Role In Region Dominated By Russia, ChinaUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Uzbekistan this weekend for talks with five Central Asian countries as the Trump administration seeks to strengthen commercial ties and expand Washington's strategic presence in the region.RFE/RL
POLITICS20h agoTrump's new press chief downplays China's potential due to lack of "adequate bathrooms"La vocera de prensa minimiza a China por falta de "baños adecuados", generando controversia por sus credenciales legales. Zacharia, quien asumió el cargo recientemente, enfrenta escrutinio por no haber aprobado el examen del Colegio de Abogados.Clarín
POLITICS20h agoChina Strategic Reassessment of IndiaChina is undertaking a strategic reassessment regarding India. This indicates potential shifts in geopolitical dynamics and bilateral relations between the two nations.warontherocks.com · United States
POLITICS21h agoHong Kong housewife gets 3 months in psychiatric institution over seditious postersAn elderly woman who pasted materials containing pro-independence slogans and Hong Kong’s colonial-era flag outside her flat has been sentenced to three months in a maximum-security psychiatric institution for displaying seditious publications. West Kowloon Court ordered housewife Yang Chau-ki, 62, to undergo mandatory psychiatric treatment at the Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre on Friday. She was charged with knowingly displaying publications with seditious intent under Hong Kong’s Article 23...South China Morning Post
POLITICS21h agoChina’s Strategic Reassessment of IndiaAs China and India have improved their relations in recent months, many observers have attributed this improvement to the end of U.S. strategic altruism toward India. Indeed, in the past year, China has watched India lose its balance and simmer in a sense of strategic disorientation due to America’s change of heart. Delegation after delegation of Indian strategists visited China, trying to mend ties in search of balance in the Chinese view. Many Chinese experts see India as returning to middle-power alignment for “economic authority and strategic freedom,” which translates inWar on the Rocks
POLITICS1d agoXi pledge to ‘uproot sick trees’ aired weeks ahead of major party conclavePresident Xi Jinping has pledged to “uproot sick trees” in the anti-corruption fight, according to a speech transcript published by the party’s flagship magazine ahead of a major party conclave later this month. The warning appeared on Thursday in the magazine Qiushi, which carried fresh details of a speech Xi delivered in January at the fifth plenary session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party’s top anti-corruption watchdog. The speech contained a series of...South China Morning Post
POLITICS1d agoMyanmar’s coup leader-turned-president wins back neighbours despite warASEAN leaders are embracing Min Aung Hlaing, but critics warn it emboldens a military still bombing civilians.Al Jazeera [en]
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