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Rivalries on show as SE Asia hosts annual security talks

JAKARTA: Foreign ministers of two dozen countries met in Indonesia on Friday with US.-China rivalry, the war in Ukraine and North Korean missiles set to dominate talks at Southeast Asia's annual security gathering.

Bangkok Post

Blinken meets Wang Yi in Indonesia. But the region remains wary of the US-China rivalry

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met China’s top diplomat to discuss thorny issues as part of efforts to nurture talks on the sidelines of regional diplomatic meetings in Indonesia

The Independent UK

Afternoon Update: cautious welcome for new RBA governor; Peter van Onselen loses case; and watch Fran Drescher’s fiery Hollywood strike speech

Labor hails appointment of first female Reserve Bank boss as ‘historic moment for Australia’

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Penny for her thoughts on China

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong had ‘frank’ talks with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi about jailed Australians and lifting trade bans, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers is expected to announce the ‘lucky’ man or woman to be the new governor of the Reserve Bank.

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Penny Wong holds talks with top Chinese diplomat

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has met with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi for the second time since December, at a forum for southeast Asian foreign ministers.

AAP

Blinken meets Chinese diplomat Wang amid hacking accusations

US says talks in Indonesia are part of effort to ‘responsibly manage competition’ between Washington and Beijing.

Al Jazeera

China says its foreign minister is ill. A senior diplomat will take his place at ASEAN

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang is ill and the country's senior diplomat will take his place at a two-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations this week in Jakarta, Indonesia

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Chinese diplomat slammed after telling Asian people 'they'll never be a Westerner'

The head of China's Communist Party's foreign affairs commission made racially tinged comments as he urged Japan and South Korea to 'join hands and cooperate' with the East Asian superpower

Daily Mirror

China dismisses criticism of top diplomat's comments appearing to push for race-based alliance

China is dismissing criticism of racially tinged comments by its top diplomat

The Independent UK

Remember your ‘roots’, China tells neighbours

 BEIJING: China’s top diplomat has called on South Korea and Japan to remember their “roots” and reject Western influences, in racially charged comments to officials from Seoul and Tokyo.

Bangkok Post

Blinken’s China trip yields best possible result: more talks

Secretary of State Antony Blinken got a muted reception when he arrived in Beijing: a lone Foreign Ministry official there to meet him and no red carpet, just red lines on the runway that social media users joked were a symbol of China’s unwillingness to compromise on issues like Taiwan.

Tribune News Service

Blinken says US ‘doesn’t support Taiwan independence’ in visit to ease relations with China

‘We remain opposed to any unilateral changes to the status quo by either side,’ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says

The Independent UK

Xi tells Blinken ‘very good’ that progress made on US-China ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Secretary of State Antony Blinken it was “very good” the U.S. and China had made progress in steadying bilateral ties between the world’s two largest economies during his trip to Beijing.

Tribune News Service

‘Progress’ as Xi Jinping, Antony Blinken agree to stabilise US-China relations

China and the US have agreed to try and stabilise their intense rivalry during a rare visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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The Guardian - UK

Antony Blinken and Xi Jinping hold ‘candid’ talks in Beijing

Meeting between China’s president and US secretary of state takes place at time of heightened tension

Al Jazeera

Xi, Blinken agree to stabilise US-China ties in Beijing talks

The two sides ‘made progress’, Chinese President Xi Jinping says after talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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Antony Blinken meets China's Xi in a bid to ease soaring U.S.-China tensions

In footage released by China's state broadcaster, Xi is heard to say "The two sides have agreed to follow through on the common understandings President Biden and I have reached in Bali."

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Antony Blinken meets Xi Jinping in Beijing

Russia urged to fulfil ‘obligations under international humanitarian law’ as death toll from destruction of Kakhovka dam rises to 52. Plus, who really came up with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos?

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Bangkok Post

Blinken meets with Xi to pave way for US-China summit

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday amid heightened tensions, with the talks expected to pave the way for a summit between Xi and his American counterpart Joe Biden later this year.

The Independent UK

US and China hail ‘progress’ in improving frosty relationship after Beijing talks

Hints at a truce in acrimony between Beijing and Washington during the first visit by a US secretary of state in five years

Evening Standard

Antony Blinken will meet Xi Jinping on his trip to China, US confirms

Mr Blinken became the first American diplomat to visit China in almost five years after touching down on Sunday for two days of high-stakes talks aimed at cooling relations between the nations

Al Jazeera

‘Baby steps’ for Blinken as he tries to revive US-China ties

Top US diplomat holds talks with Wang Yi in Beijing amid reports he might also meet President Xi Jinping.

Bangkok Post

Asian markets fail to build on rally with eye on China policy

HONG KONG: Markets saw a limp start Monday as traders turned more cautious after last week's rally, with eyes on China as speculation grows that officials will unveil a raft of economic stimulus measures.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blinken opens second day of talks in Beijing on mission to ease soaring U.S.-China tensions

On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met for nearly six hours with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, but there was no sign of a resolution to many fractious issues between the two nations.

The Independent UK

Blinken opens second day of talks in Beijing on mission to ease soaring US-China tensions

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened a second and final day of critical meetings with senior Chinese officials as the two sides expressed willingness to talk but showed little inclination to bend on hardened positions that have sent tensions soaring

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