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• Zheng Yanxiong: China appoints hard-line Hong Kong security chief

  03-07-2020 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Zheng Yanxiong is best known for a crackdown on protesters over a land dispute in 2011.
  
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• Philippines aims to buy US missile launcher in move likely to anger China

  10-11-2024 10:30
  
  Typhon intermediate-range system first deployed in archipelago for bilateral exercises
  
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• Indian investors lukewarm over Swiggy’s $1.3bn listing

  10-11-2024 06:00
  
  The food delivery app’s IPO has landed during a backdrop of dismal earnings across the corporate subcontinent
  
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• Can India reverse its manufacturing failure?

  10-11-2024 06:00
  
  The industrial boom in the southern state of Tamil Nadu offers a model for the rest of the country to emulate
  
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• Arthur Sinodinos on what Trump keeping his promises means for Australia - podcast

  09-11-2024 20:00
  Guardian Australia’s political editor Karen Middleton speaks with Arthur Sinodinos AO, former ambassador to the US, chair of the Australia Practice at the Asia Group, as well as a former Liberal senator and adviser to John Howard.They talk about why Americans voted as they did, what the outcome means for Australia’s upcoming election, and how big a threat Donald Trump’s plans are to the Australian economy and security in the regionRead more: Continue reading...
  
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• Bland, soggy slop or scratch-cooked chilli and pancakes? The best and worst hospital food around the world – in pictures

  09-11-2024 08:00
  
  From Kenya to Brazil, patients need tasty, nutritious food more than most – so which countries do it best?• ‘We have learned to have low expectations’: why is UK hospital food so bad?One of the best meals of my life was the platter of food that I ate in a Taipei hospital after I gave birth to my son last year. There was tofu braised in five-spice, shiitake mushrooms, steamed cauliflower with diced carrot, and sauteed spinach with ginger. It was paired with plenty of liquid
  
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• North Korea accused of GPS jamming attacks on South Korean ships and aircraft

  09-11-2024 06:09
  
  Seoul’s military says several vessels and dozens of civilian planes disrupted, a week after Pyongyang fired what it called its most powerful solid-fuel ICBM missileNorth Korea staged GPS jamming attacks on Friday and Saturday, Seoul’s military said – an operation that was affecting several ships and dozens of civilian aircraft in South Korea.The jamming allegations come about a week after the North test-fired what it said was its most advanced and powerful solid-fuel ICBM missi
  
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• New Zealand gallery hunts for thousands of people captured by famed photographer Ans Westra

  08-11-2024 19:00
  
  Campaign under way to identify subjects of images shot in 1970s and 1980s by Westra, one of New Zealand’s best-known social documentary photographersWhen a black-and-white photo of a man and a woman sitting on a patterned sofa outside an old weatherboard house appeared on a billboard in central Wellington recently, Arthur Uruamo’s phone lit up.“A lot of people have rung me about that photo,” Uruamo tells the Guardian. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump asks arch protectionist Robert Lighthizer to run US trade policy

  08-11-2024 17:57
  
  Tariff hawk's potential reappointment to top economy role likely to alarm trading partners
  
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• Trump asks arch protectionist Lighthizer to run US trade policy

  08-11-2024 17:57
  
  Tariff hawk's potential reappointment to top economy role likely to alarm trading partners
  
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• China unveils 10tn yuan support for debt-stricken local government

  08-11-2024 17:06
  
  Cash stops short of hoped-for ‘bazooka option’, with critics calling it ‘an accounting exercise’ that will not bolster growthChina has announced 10tn yuan in debt support for local governments and other economic measures, but stopped short of the “bazooka” stimulus package that many analysts had expected.The fiscal package included raising debt ceilings for local governments by 6tn yuan (£646bn) over three years, so they could replace hidden debt, which
  
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• Trump’s tariff threats a ‘clear and present danger’ to Australia, Arthur Sinodinos warns

  08-11-2024 15:00
  
  Former ambassador to US says president-elect’s vow to slap up to 60% tariffs on imports from China would have knock-on effects on Australian economyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDonald Trump’s threats of hefty tariffs on imports – especially from China – pose a “clear and present danger” to Australia that must be taken seriously, according to a former Australian ambassador to Washington, Arthur Sinodinos.Speaking to Guardian Austra
  
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• Coffee, sandwiches, underwear, beer: a day in the life of Japan’s beloved konbini stores

  08-11-2024 15:00
  
  Convenience stores are a neat and functional retail institution in Japan, where customers can access the daily essentials, from buying breakfast to paying billsKenji Yamamoto was unsure that his business would survive when he opened Japan’s first convenience store in a Tokyo neighbourhood in May 1974. The 7-Eleven outlet he ran with his wife stocked tinned food and detergents, items that most people had previously bought from supermarkets. His first sale was a pair of sunglasses.Half a cen
  
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• Justin McCurry's day of eating only Japanese convenience store food – video

  08-11-2024 14:57
  Unlike their western counterparts, convenience stores – or konbini – are a neat and functional retail institution in Japan. A place where customers can access the daily essentials, from buying breakfast to paying bills. The Guardian's Justin McCurry takes up the challenge of buying breakfast, lunch and dinner – and a nightcap – exclusively from konbiniCoffee, sandwiches, underwear, beer: a day in the life of Japan’s beloved konbini stores Continue reading...
  
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• TSMC to close door on producing advanced AI chips for China from Monday

  08-11-2024 11:41
  
  World’s biggest contract chipmaker acts to ensure it is in line with US restrictions on Chinese access to latest processors
  
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• China unveils $1.4tn package to shore up economy

  08-11-2024 10:03
  
  Beijing braced for increased trade tensions with US under Donald Trump
  
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• Japan’s new kingmaker pushes for income tax threshold rise

  08-11-2024 09:55
  
  Yuichiro Tamaki’s once-fringe DPP has leverage over Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s weakened ruling party
  
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• Japan’s new kingmaker calls for raising income tax threshold

  08-11-2024 09:55
  
  Yuichiro Tamaki’s once-fringe DPP has leverage over Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s weakened ruling party
  
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• Indian officials misplace Rushdie book ban order

  08-11-2024 08:04 via bbc.com
  
  India’s ban on the import of Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses is under scrutiny - here's why.
  
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• Tariffs, tech and Taiwan: how China hopes to Trump-proof its economy

  08-11-2024 07:09
  
  With $500bn worth of trade in the crosshairs of Donald Trump’s tariffs, Xi Jinping is preparing for four more years of unpredictabilityChina is bracing itself for four years of volatile relations with its biggest trading partner and geopolitical rival, as the dust settles on the news that Donald Trump will once again be in the White House.On Thursday China’s president, Xi Jinping, congratulated Trump on his victory and said that the two countries must “get along with each other
  
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• ‘A total waste of time’: why Papua New Guinea pulled out of Cop29 and why climate advocates are worried

  08-11-2024 05:02
  
  Country’s foreign minister says UN climate summits have produced ‘no results’ as Pacific nation takes the rare step of withdrawing from upcoming Cop29Papua New Guinea’s decision to pull out of an upcoming UN global climate summit due to frustration over “empty promises and inaction” has prompted concern from climate advocates, who fear the move will isolate the Pacific nation and put vital funding at risk.Prime minister James Marape announced in August the cou
  
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• Indonesia’s president seeks closer ties to Xi and China

  08-11-2024 02:52
  
  First foreign trip in office signals Beijing’s importance for investment but will be followed by US visit
  
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• Indonesia’s new president heads to China for first foreign trip in office

  08-11-2024 02:52
  Prabowo Subianto’s itinerary signals Beijing’s importance as a source of investment but will be followed by visit to US
  
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• US businesses strike China deals in shadow of Trump victory

  08-11-2024 02:28
  Thousands of companies at Shanghai trade fair as relationships enter new era of uncertainty
  
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• Japan is having a moment but will it survive Trump?

  08-11-2024 02:00
  Some believe the country’s economy could benefit from the result of the US election
  
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• Chinese state television lionises Xi Jinping’s father in 39-part serialised drama

  08-11-2024 01:24
  
  The historical series, Time in the Northwest, chronicles the life of Xi Zhongxun from peasant roots to Communist revolutionary in ChinaXi Jinping’s father is the subject of a rousing new historical drama that premiered on Chinese state television on Tuesday.Funded by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist party (CCP), Time in the Northwest chronicles the life of Xi Zhongxun, the father of the Chinese president, who was himself a CCP elder and key figure in the party und
  
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• Indian experts hail breakthrough in bid to save huge native bird

  08-11-2024 01:01 via bbc.com
  
  The birth of a great Indian bustard chick through artificial insemination has given hope to conservationists.
  
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• China is trying to fix its economy. Trump could derail those plans

  08-11-2024 01:01 via bbc.com
  
  Trump won the election on a platform of steep import taxes, including tariffs as high as 60% on China.
  
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• How a Chinese maths 'prodigy' unravelled in cheating storm

  08-11-2024 00:06 via bbc.com
  
  A 17-year-old student was hailed as a genius, until it emerged she'd cheated.
  
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• South Korean president sorry for controversies surrounding wife

  07-11-2024 18:51 via bbc.com
  
  The first lady is accused of accepting a luxury Dior handbag and stock manipulation.
  
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