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Beijing reports 31 new local COVID-19 infections

China, Australia launch duelling South Pacific charm offensives

China Calls for 'Green Corridor' to Enable Grain Exports From Ukraine, Russia - Beijing

Xi speaks with Bachelet, defends China's rights progress

Japan Voices Protest to North Korea Over Missile Launches - Defense Minister

Joint Russia-China Bomber Drills Show Their Partnership 'Alive, Well' - State Dept.

Joint Russia-China Bomber Drills Show Their Partnership 'Alive, Well' - State Dept.

Joint Russia-China Bomber Drills Show Their Partnership 'Alive, Well' - State Dept.

Joint Russia-China Bomber Drills Show Their Partnership 'Alive, Well' - State Dept.

Joint Russia-China Bomber Drills Show Their Partnership 'Alive, Well' - State Dept.

The joint Russia-China exercise involving strategic bombers during US President Joe Biden's trip to Asia shows the two countries' "no limits" partnership is "alive and well," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday

Tedros, from 'child of war' to two-term WHO chief

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the first African to head the WHO, was re-elected on Tuesday, tearfully accepting a second term as he recalled his humble upbringing as "a child of war" and pleading for peace

Japan says China, Russia jets flew nearby as Quad met

Chinese and Russian fighter jets carried out joint flights near Japan on Tuesday as leaders of the Quad bloc met in Tokyo, the Japanese defence minister said

Beijing reports 23 new local COVID-19 infections

Beijing reported 23 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections during the first 15 hours of Tuesday, according to the municipal disease prevention and control center

Beijing reports 41 confirmed, 7 asymptomatic local COVID-19 cases

Beijing reported 41 new confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and seven local asymptomatic cases on Monday, the Beijing municipal health commission said Tuesday

Quad opposes 'change by force' with eyes on China

Leaders of Japan, Australia, the United States and India said Tuesday they oppose all attempts to "change the status quo by force, particularly in the Indo-Pacific"

Asian markets fall on China growth concerns

Austin, Miley Refuse to Confirm US Ready to Send Troops to Protect Taiwan

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley on Monday avoided answering the question about the possibility of sending troops to defend Taiwan should China invade it

Blinken, Japan Foreign Minister Discuss Maintaining Peace in Taiwan Strait - State Dept.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Japanese counterpart Hayashi Yoshimasa in Tokyo and discussed maintaining peace in the Taiwan strait among other issues, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a readout of the conversation on Monday

Biden Says Lifting Tariffs on China's Imports 'Under Consideration'

US President Joe Biden said on Monday that the issue of removing the Trump-era trade tariffs imposed on Chinese imports is currently "under consideration" amid spiraling inflation mainly caused by Western sanctions against Russia

Chinese, Pakistani scholars propose CPEC digital transformation center

Beijing reports 63 new local COVID-19 infections

848 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals, released from quarantine in Beijing

A total of 848 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from hospitals or released from quarantine as of Monday noon, Wang Xiao'e, an official with the Beijing municipal health commission, told a press briefing on Monday

Biden vows military defence of Taiwan if China invades

President Joe Biden vowed Monday that US forces would defend Taiwan militarily if China attempted to take control of the self-ruled island by force, warning Beijing was already "flirting with danger"

China warns Biden not to 'underestimate resolve' on Taiwan

Beijing on Monday said it was ready to defend its national interests over Taiwan, in a rebuke to US President Joe Biden's vow to protect the island from any invasion by China