16 h. ago ‘Do you want to show strength here?’: Russia’s ads recruiting Chinese mercenaries

More than 150 Chinese nationals are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, recruited via videos on social mediaThe videos are across Chinese social media. Some are slickly produced Russian propaganda about being “tough” men; some sound more like influencer advertisements for a working holiday. Others are cobbled-together screenshots by regular citizens about to leave China. But they all have one thing in common: selling the benefits of becoming a Chinese mercenary for Russia.On Tuesday, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced that two Chinese nationals had been captured in the eastern Donetsk region and accused Moscow of trying to involve China “directly or indirectly” in the conflict. A day later, he said the men were among at least 155 other Chinese members of Russia’s armed forces. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago More than 150 Chinese mercenaries 'recruited on Tiktok' are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Zelensky claims

The Ukrainian president accused the Kremlin of recruiting fighters from China by advertising on social media, but Beijing has branded the allegations ‘totally unfounded’

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54 h. ago Asia markets sink after US hits China with 104% tariff in trade war

China vows to ‘fight to the end’ in trade war, accusing Trump of ‘blackmail’ and ‘economic bullying’

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54 h. ago World bracing for market turmoil after US hits China with 104% tariffs in midnight ultimatum

China vows to ‘fight to the end’ in trade war, accusing Trump of ‘blackmail’ and ‘economic bullying’

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64 h. ago Ukraine captures two Chinese soldiers fighting for Putin as WW3 fears grow

China is an ally of Russia and has been accused of helping its war in Ukraine, though Beijing has repeatedly denied allegations that it has supplied Mad Vlad's forces with weapons

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2 d. ago China vows to 'fight to the end' and accuses Trump of tariffs blackmail in escalating trade war

‘The US threat to escalate tariffs on China is a mistake on top of a mistake and once again exposes the blackmailing nature of the US’ - China’s Commerce Ministry

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2 d. ago China vows to ‘fight to the end’ against latest Trump tariff threat

Beijing accuses US of blackmail and adding a ‘mistake on top of a mistake’ as Wednesday deadline for latest levies loomsTariff market reaction –live updatesChina’s government says it will “fight to the end” if the US continues to escalate the trade war, after Donald Trump threatened huge additional tariffs in response to China’s retaliatory measures.On Tuesday, China’s commerce ministry accused the US of “blackmail” and said the US president’s threats of additional 50% tariffs if Beijing did not reverse its own 34% reciprocal tariff were a “mistake on top of a mistake”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump tariffs live: President threatens new 50% China duties while Asian stocks rebound

China vows to 'fight to the end' as it accuses Trump of blackmailing Beijing

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3 d. ago China accuses US of unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying with tariffs

China on Monday accused the U_S_ of unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying with tariffs for "putting the U_S_ first over international rules.”

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7 d. ago China vows to retaliate against Trump's Liberation Day 'bullying' and accuses US of 'violating trade rules' while SE Asia is left reeling from huge tariffs

'History proved that raising tariffs will not solve US problems. There can be no winners in a trade war,' the Commerce Ministry in Beijing said as it vowed to take 'firm countermeasures'

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2 w. ago Wong calls ‘reprehensible’ letter targeting Hong Kong activist in Australia a ‘threat to national sovereignty’

Ted Hui received letter offering reward for information about his family after China accused Australia of interfering with its internal affairsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has described another threatening letter sent to an exiled Hong Kong dissident in Australia as “reprehensible”, a “threat to our national sovereignty” and “the safety and security of Australians”.The anonymous letter, mailed from Hong Kong and sent to Ted Hui’s Adelaide office, offered his colleagues $203,000 for information on his whereabouts and his family. It arrived just days after China’s foreign ministry accused the Albanese government of interfering with its internal affairs.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong activist in Australia targeted with letter offering reward for information about his family

Adelaide lawyer and former Hong Kong legislator Ted Hui received letter after China accused Australia of interfering with its internal affairsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn exiled pro-democracy campaigner from Hong Kong has been targeted with another threatening letter that offers his colleagues $203,000 for information on his family shortly after China’s foreign ministry accused the Albanese government of interfering with its internal affairs.The anonymous letter, which was mailed from Hong Kong earlier this month, was sent to Ted Hui’s Adelaide law firm. It claims he is a “wanted person” for a “range of national security related offences including incitement to secession” and “collusion with a foreign country”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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4 w. ago China says ‘US should have said big thank you’ over fentanyl crackdown

China accuses Trump of using fentanyl issue to ‘spread all kinds of lies’ against Beijing

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