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Minister: UK must balance national security concerns over China with trade aims

Catherine West made the remarks as she defended Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ trip to China.

Evening Standard

Minister defends Reeves’ China trip after warrants issued for UK-based activists

The UK ‘must sometimes be involved’ with countries whose values ‘may not completely align with ours’, Foreign Office minister Catherine West has said.

Evening Standard

China sentences filmmaker to over 3 years in jail for Covid lockdown protests documentary

The 2022 protests against Covid lockdown and subsequent crackdown on people marked a rare show of dissent in China

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China’s economy took centre stage in Xi’s new year address, spinning slow growth as a ‘remarkable’ achievement

Chinese president Xi Jinping delivered his annual televised new year address on December 31, and commentators have been quick to share their interpretation. Some have emphasised Xi’s passing reference to Chinese reunification as a threat against Taiwan. Others have focused on Xi’s comments about China’s economy, framing them as a…

The Conversation

Why Trump’s blow-hot, blow-cold on China worries India

After a four-year-long border standoff, India and China arrived at a detente in October. But can it survive Trump?

Al Jazeera

Paris museum accused of 'erasing' Tibet under pressure from China

Tibetans in France have been sounding the alarm over the Guimet Museum of Asian Arts' relabelling of its art and artefacts from Tibet, saying it has caved to pressure from China to "erase" Tibetan culture.

Radio France Internationale

Stocks Climb Before the Open on Tech Boost, U.S. Economic Data in Focus

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are up +0.56%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are up +0.73% this morning as trading resumed after the New Year’s Day holiday, with investors awaiting a new batch of U.S. economic data.

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The Guardian view on Russia and China: an old friendship poses new threats

Editorial: Over the holidays, this column is looking ahead at the urgent issues of 2025. Today, the expansion of the partnership between Beijing and Moscow

The Guardian - UK

Can India become the world’s third superpower? It faces huge challenges in 2025

If India is to realise its dreams of ranking alongside the US and China it must maintain high growth rates and ensure the benefits of development reach the population as a whole – no easy task, as Shweta Sharma reports

The Independent UK

Xi Jinping says no one can stop China’s reunification with Taiwan as they are one family

Taiwanese president Lai Ching Te says he hopes to have healthy and orderly exchanges with Beijing

The Independent UK

Xi Jinping Asserts Taiwan Reunification Cannot Be Stopped

Chinese President Xi Jinping's New Year address emphasizes Taiwan's reunification with China, sparking international interest and debate.

Top News

Xi says China’s economy on course to expand by 5% despite Trump concerns

President seeks to allay fears that world’s second-largest economy will falter in 2025 because of high US tariffs

The Guardian - UK

Xi Says China Must Apply 'More Proactive' Macroeconomic Policies In 2025

President Xi Jinping said China will put in place "more proactive" macroeconomic policies next year, state media reported, as he addressed a top political advisory body on Tuesday.

International Business Times

How the world is getting ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve

From Paris to Tokyo

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The Conversation

Five things at the top of China’s agenda for 2025

2024 has been a challenging year for China. As its government has tackled economic problems at home, internationally it has handled the complexities of an alliance with Russia. And, while China has continued to play a significant role in the global economy, there are five possible areas that could derail…

Newslaundry

Five challenges that will continue to shape India’s foreign policy in 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kuwait, his last foreign engagement of 2024, where he collected another “highest civilian honour” from an Arab state, helped Delhi work up some cheer into an otherwise sobering year for India's engagement with the world.

Fortune

China’s Xi Jinping asked ‘What’s so bad about deflation?’ amid economic slowdown, report says

“Don’t people like it when things are cheaper?” Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly asked his advisers.

International Business Times

China's Xi Takes Steps To Halt Recent Mass Killings Dubbed As 'Revenge On Society'

Some see the violence as a reaction to the Chinese state's oppressive control of its citizens

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Friday briefing: Will Trump 2.0 turn America into an autocracy?

In today’s newsletter: Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum says the president-elect won’t transform into a dictator – but he could set in motion an unstoppable democratic decline

The Independent UK

China probes personal disputes after mass killings. Many fear further infringement on freedoms

China’s leader Xi Jinping wants the recent spree of mass killings that shocked the country not to happen again

The Independent UK

UK should designate China a national security threat, claims Priti Patel

Shadow foreign secretary accuses China of ‘all sorts of incursions in our country’

The Guardian - UK

Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos

Chinese president calls for city to ‘focus on cultivating new industries’ as he attends inauguration of new leader

The Independent UK

China's Xi swears in new leader of casino hub Macao, telling the city to diversify economy

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the casino hub of Macao to diversify its economy as he swore in the former Portuguese colony’s new government on Friday at an event marking the 25th anniversary of its handover to China

International Business Times

China's Xi To Lead Macau Handover Anniversary Celebrations

Chinese President Xi Jinping will preside over a day of celebrations in Macau and inaugurate the city's new leader on Friday to mark 25 years since the former colony was returned to China.

The Conversation

Peace on earth doesn’t look very likely any time soon

They don’t make world leaders like they used to, as far as Vladimir Putin is concerned. Talking to a Kremlin-friendly gathering of journalists at his traditional end-of-year press conference earlier today, the Russian president spoke with fond nostalgia of the old gang, saying he’d like to spend more time with…

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