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The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.89% on Wednesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.35%

Caixin Global

China’s heaviest rains in 140 years kill at least 20, leave 27 missing

Tropical Storm Doksuri has been dumping heavy rains across China since Saturday.

Al Jazeera

How can the west best tackle the threat from China? First, it must stop panicking

An MPs’ report on Chinese intentions credits President Xi with a flattering level of strategic nous. The real problems lie closer to home, says former diplomat Kerry Brown

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Chinese firefighter ‘dies heroic death’ as Beijing reports heaviest rain in 140 years

Extreme weather comes as China’s foreign ministry denies reports that it obstructed discussions on climate crisis at G20 meetings

The Guardian - UK

29 inches of rain from Saturday to Wednesday was Beijing's heaviest rainfall in 140 years

China’s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in 140 years over the past few days

The Independent UK

US formally invites China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Washington

Washington says invite extended to Wang’s predecessor in June was officially transferred to Beijing’s new top diplomat.

Al Jazeera

Severe flooding kills at least 20 and affects 500,000 in Beijing

Rare heavy rainfall led to flooding in the mountains surrounding the Chinese capital

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Torrential Flooding Hits China As Typhoon Doksuri Wreaks Havoc

Thousands evacuated as Beijing faces worst floods in a decade while another typhoon looms

Zenger

11 dead and 27 missing in flooding around Beijing after days of rain, Chinese state media report

Chinese state media report 11 people have died and 27 are missing as rains flood the capital, Beijing, and the mountains surrounding it

The Independent UK

Beijing has invested $25.4B in Pakistan over the last decade, Chinese vice premier says

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng says Beijing has invested $25.4 billion dollars in Pakistan in the past ten years under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, or CPEC package

The Independent UK

Stock market today: European shares open mixed after Asia rallies on hopes for Chinese stimulus

Shares have opened mixed in Europe after most Asian markets logged gains on hopes for more stimulus from Beijing for the sluggish Chinese economy

The Independent UK

The New China Playbook by Keyu Jin review – the bright side of Beijing

The well-connected LSE scholar sheds light on the Chinese economic model but omits anything politically contentious in her attempt to demystify the country

The Guardian - UK

China’s capital records heaviest rainfall of year as Doksuri tapers off

Beijing’s 22 million people remain under a red alert for heavy rain as remnants of Typhoon Doksuri passes through city.

Al Jazeera

Skepticism prevails as Chinese leaders promise to back private businesses to spur slowing economy

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government is promising to drag the economy out of a crisis of confidence aggravated by tensions with Washington, wilting exports, job losses and anxiety among foreign companies about an expanded anti-spying law

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Italy seeking to leave ‘atrocious’ China Belt and Road plan without harming ties – minister

‘Improvised and atrocious’ decision in 2019 made Italy the only major western member, says Guido Crosetto, the defence minister

Salon

China's Great Leap Backward

The Chinese century is over. Facing upside-down demographic and economic trends, China is heading off the cliff

The Guardian - UK

‘A Trojan horse’? Taiwanese islands weigh plan for ‘peace bridge’ to China

Proposal to create demilitarised zone on Kinmen islands reflects feeling that close ties with Beijing are inevitable

Radio France Internationale

French finance minister says decoupling from China not possible

France's finance minister said during a visit to Beijing on Sunday that cutting all economic ties with China was "an illusion", as some Western countries question their reliance on the Asian giant.

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The Independent UK

France's Le Maire presses China on market access and lobbies for electric car investment

The French finance minister says he pressed Chinese leaders to open their markets wider to foreign companies

Zenger

Beijing’s Move To Limit Gallium And Germanium Exports Signals Escalation In Global Tech Battle

China Implements Export Restrictions on Semiconductor Metals Amid Escalating Tech War

The Guardian - AU

Pacific pulling power: western leaders rush to region in effort to counter China

Week of visits by Emmanuel Macron, Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin underlines concerns over Beijing’s growing influence

The Independent UK

China defends trade with Russia after the US says equipment used in Ukraine might have been exported

The Chinese government has defended its dealings with Russia as “normal economic and trade cooperation” after a United States intelligence report said Beijing possibly provided equipment used in Ukraine that might have military applications

The Independent UK

Vatican and Vietnam agree to open resident Holy See office in Hanoi, as relations improve

Vietnam has formally agreed to let a Vatican representative live in the country and open an office

Newsroom.co.nz

Why I'm cycling from Beijing to Birmingham

A vast sweep of 2,000 years of economic history will unfold over the next nine weeks as I cycle from Kazakhstan to Turkey along some of the Silk Roads

Al Jazeera

China viewed poorly by two-thirds of people in 24 countries, survey finds

Pew Research Center study shows negative views of China across the world, especially in high-income countries.

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