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  • Allies and partners described as more willing and comfortable to stand alongside Washington when they understand stance espouses ‘peace and stability’
  • Amid Beijing’s rhetoric and tactics, ‘much more productive to focus on concrete, tangible means to build Taiwan’s deterrent capability’, official adds
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The use of Uygurs for forced labour is impossible to properly document because of Beijing’s intentional moves, Biden administration official tells the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

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With new tariffs being imposed by Mexico on most Chinese imports, observers and analysts disagree on whether stricter measures are being considered – but most say pressure from the US is at play.

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Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies is eyeing opportunities in digital and artificial intelligence transformation to regain ground in Asia-Pacific, according to its deputy chairwoman Meng Wanzhou.

A highly placed scholar is encouraging China to offload more of its holdings in Treasuries as overseas assets become a riskier proposition thanks to erratic geopolitical shifts.

Japan’s ambition to send its first astronaut to the moon by 2028 is seen as a move to prevent China from scoring a propaganda coup, analysts say.

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Air China will start to add international flights from Sunday, while bookings ahead of May Day holiday have surged, but flights to US are having a sluggish recovery.

The privately held social media giant has rejected a report that said it was ‘exploring scenarios’ to sell a majority stake in TikTok’s US operations.

China-US ties are more stable but still at risk if ‘red lines’ are crossed, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday.

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