20 h. ago China likens Albanese’s US minerals pact to ‘warplane intrusion’

China likens Albanese’s US minerals pact to ‘warplane intrusion’  AFR

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27 h. ago China accuses Australia of covering up airspace intrusion in South China Sea

China accuses Australia of covering up airspace intrusion in South China Sea  Reuters

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62 h. ago South China Sea: Australia accuses China of dropping flares near its jet; Beijing claims intrusion

South China Sea: Australia accuses China of dropping flares near its jet; Beijing claims intrusion  Times of India

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3 d. ago 3 decades after Beijing declaration,133 million girls still out of school: UNESCO Global Education Monitoring team

3 decades after Beijing declaration,133 million girls still out of school: UNESCO Global Education Monitoring team  Tribune India

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6 d. ago Beijing’s Decade of Intrusion: China Breached UK Government Systems for Over Ten Years

Beijing’s Decade of Intrusion: China Breached UK Government Systems for Over Ten Years  Sri Lanka Guardian

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2 w. ago Unfair funding is holding back science in China. Can Beijing fix it?

As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we explore why achieving equitable funding distribution is important for Beijing to break free from Western sci-tech containment and lead the world. For more stories in this series, click here. Yusufu Aibibula, a theoretical physicist from Xinjiang University in China’s west, decided to change careers to raising chickens...

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2 w. ago Lawsuit targeting Chinese mining companies poses dilemma for Zambian government

An US$80 billion lawsuit filed by Zambian farmers against two Chinese mining companies over a major toxic acid spill has produced a major diplomatic headache for the southern African country as it tries to balance its long-standing relationship with Beijing against the needs of local communities. For decades, Lusaka and Beijing have maintained strong political and economic ties, with China funding multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects ranging from airports to dams. Zambia relies heavily...

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2 w. ago Chinese mining firms sued over toxic acid spill pose dilemma for Zambian government

An US$80 billion lawsuit filed by Zambian farmers against two Chinese mining companies over a major toxic acid spill has produced a major diplomatic headache for the southern African country as it tries to balance its long-standing relationship with Beijing against the needs of local communities. For decades, the two countries have maintained strong political and economic ties, and China has funded multibillion-dollar Zambian infrastructure projects ranging from airports and railways to...

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2 w. ago North Korea's relations with Beijing have been 'strong for decades,' Gordon Chang says

North Korea's relations with Beijing have been 'strong for decades,' Gordon Chang says  Fox Business

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3 w. ago Why this Hong Kong financial rebound is built on firmer ground

Hong Kong’s markets hit their lowest point in more than a decade in 2022, squeezed by rising friction between Washington and Beijing. With the US Federal Reserve tightening monetary policy aggressively, Asian markets were starved of liquidity. Hong Kong’s benchmark fell below 16,000 points in 2022, one of the steepest drops among global indices. Three years later, the story has flipped. The Hang Seng Index has surged about 30 per cent so far in 2025, marking the stock market’s strongest...

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3 w. ago China’s ethnic affairs chief hails Xinjiang policies in Xi’s ‘new era’

China’s top official overseeing ethnic and religious affairs has saluted Beijing’s approach to Xinjiang over the past decade, bookending a landmark trip by President Xi Jinping to the region to mark its founding. Addressing a major event in Urumqi on Thursday for the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Wang Huning said that over the decades, especially since “the new era” – the period after Xi took power in 2012 – people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang had “continuously...

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