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Balloon bursts hopes for end to spiraling US-China tensions

Monday was supposed to be a day of modest hope in the U.S.-China relationship

The Independent UK

China's strategic support command linked to balloon

BEIJING -- The Chinese reconnaissance balloon shot down off the United States on Saturday by U.S. forces is believed to have been operated with the involvement of the Strategic Support Force (SSF), a command tasked with strategic space, cyber and electronic warfare missions for China's military.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Editorial: Direct superpower confrontation with China no longer seems a distant scenario

Ominous signs are growing about the potential for direct military conflict between the United States and China. It’s not every day when a top military commander predicts in a memo that military confrontation could happen by 2025 with Beijing. But that’s exactly what Gen. Michael A. Minihan warned a few…

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China-Australia trade ministers hold 1st meeting since 2019

Australian and Chinese trade ministers are holding their first bilateral meeting since 2019 as Australia urges China to lift barriers that are costing exporters $14 billion a year

The Independent UK

How the United States can avoid war with China

'I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me we will fight [with China] in 2025," declared US Air Force Gen Mike Minihan last weekend. He didn't mention what his elbow told him, or if he ever consulted his head on the matter.

Bangkok Post

China moves from contrite to confrontational over balloon

Beijing’s abrupt shift from expressing regret to threatening retaliation over the United States' claims about a spy balloon reflects the domestic imperative for Xi Jinping to show he’s standing up for China against external pressure, further narrowing the window to reset ties before the U.S. election season gets into full…

Tribune News Service

China has reasons to keep cool after U.S. downs suspected spy balloon

China may respond to the U.S. shooting down its suspected spy balloon after warning of "serious repercussions", but analysts say any move will likely be finely calibrated to keep from worsening ties that both sides have been seeking to repair.

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The Observer view on the real threat behind China’s spy balloon

Washington and Beijing need to resume talks quickly before the hawks bring the world to war

The Guardian - UK

US downs Chinese balloon, prompting protests from Beijing

The U.S. shot down an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon off the South Carolina coast on Saturday, capping days of waiting as it traversed the country and injected new tension into relations with China.

Tribune News Service

US downs alleged Chinese spy balloon that lingered for days

U.S. fighter jets shot down an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon off the South Carolina coast on Saturday, capping days of waiting as it traversed the country and prompted new tension in relations with China.

Tribune News Service

President Biden on China’s balloon: ‘We’re going to take care of it’

President Joe Biden said the U.S. will “take care of” an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon that flew over the country and prompted Secretary of State Antony Blinken to postpone an official trip to China.

Tribune News Service

Chinese balloon punctures Blinken's plans, leaving U.S.-China ties adrift

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called off his trip to China after the discovery of a Chinese "surveillance" balloon over the U.S. It's the latest setback in an increasingly fraught relationship.

WEKU

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken postpones China trip over 'unacceptable' Chinese spy balloon violation

Antony Blinken calls off a trip to Beijing as US authorities describe a high-altitude Chinese balloon flight over sensitive sites as a violation of international law.

ABC News

Blinken Scraps Rare Beijing Trip over Alleged China Spy Balloon

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday scrapped a rare Beijing trip aimed at easing escalating tensions between the two global powers, after the Pentagon said that China sent a spy balloon over the United States. Moments before the decision, China issued a rare statement of regret and blamed…

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With rare China trip, Blinken aims to steady rocky relationship

When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets his Chinese counterpart in Beijing next week there will be plenty to disagree about, from Taiwan to chips and trade. But they will both be trying to answer the same question: How can the world's two biggest economies avoid a new Cold…

Reuters

Blinken to meet China's Xi during Beijing visit -Financial Times

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with China's President Xi Jinping during a visit to Beijing next week, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the plans.

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US general’s ‘gut’ feeling of war with China sparks alarm over predictions

Leaked memo forecasting Taiwan strait conflict in 2025 triggers debate about ‘undisciplined’ comments

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Red Memory by Tania Branigan review – the toxic afterlife of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

The Guardian’s former China correspondent assembles a cast of eye-witnesses to tell a story now being suppressed once more

The Independent UK

Xi Jinping to visit Moscow likely around anniversary of Ukraine invasion

This will mark Xi Jinping’s first visit to Russia since the Kremlin’s all-out invasion on Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Red Memory by Tania Branigan review – the Cultural Revolution up close

In gathering histories from one of the country’s darkest, most divisive periods, the former Guardian China correspondent has created a gripping and important document

Bangkok Post

Wuhan trip to clear engine doubts

The Royal Thai Navy will send a team of officers to observe performance tests on the Chinese-built CHD620 submarine engines between Feb 7 and March 4, a source in the RTN said.

ABC News

How Xi Jinping's past helps explain the China of today

The Chinese leader may be one of the most powerful people in the world, but how did he get there? And what makes him tick?

Daily Mirror

Chilling prediction US will be at war with China by 2025 with officers urged to prepare

US general Mike Minihan has warned that the United States will be at war with China in 2025, saying his "gut tells me we will fight" as he tells his troops to be "integrated, and agile"

The Guardian - UK

‘It was all for nothing’: Chinese count cost of Xi’s snap decision to let Covid rip

After three years of lockdowns, the country was ill prepared for its abrupt ‘freedom’. Now, with some estimating 1m deaths, public anger is growing

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