China prevents exposure of human rights violations in Tibet and Xinjiang in foreign media (greekcitytimes.com)
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China faces more scrutiny from the West over its aggressive export practices — overcapacity and huge subsidies. (www.dw.com)
Chinese firms can often undercut their Western counterparts for many reasons, including cheaper labor and economies of scale. But they also benefit from very generous state incentives, which help to make foreign rivals uncompetitive....
US President Joe Biden has said that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (www.bbc.com)
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Hong Kong denies entry to Reporters Without Borders staffer in latest blow to media freedoms (abcnews.go.com)
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Legal pressures mount on Germany to cut aid to Israel (www.dw.com)
Last week, Berlin-based lawyers filed an “urgent appeal” on behalf of Palestinians against the German government in a German court, according to a statement by the European Legal Support Center, a nonprofit aligned with the Palestinian solidarity movement....
Tallinn to demolish illegally constructed building (news.err.ee)
New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity (www.vaticannews.va)
This transphobic, anti-gender theory, anti-abortion doctrine of theirs has me completely done with them....
Delay ‘not credible any longer’: Recognition of state of Palestine by Ireland and some EU states expected in coming weeks (www.irishtimes.com)
It is understood that Ireland and some other EU states will announce formal recognition of Palestine once a peace initiative – expected in the coming weeks – is under way. Sources were reluctant to put a date on this but said it would be “sooner rather than later”, and was a matter of weeks rather than months....
Chinese purchases of Russian crude are helping to oil Russia’s war machine, researcher says (theconversation.com)
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European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction (www.bbc.com)
Children in Gaza dying from starvation-related complications since Israeli government began using starvation as a weapon of war, Human Rights Watch says (www.hrw.org)
Concerned governments should impose targeted sanctions and suspend arms transfers to press the Israeli government to ensure access to humanitarian aid and basic services in Gaza, in accordance with Israel’s obligations under international law and the recent International Court of Justice order in South Africa’s genocide...
The Microchip Pipeline: Hong Kong’s Hidden Role in Ukrainian Deaths (dominotheory.com)
Putin has had to rely on a clique of enablers across the globe, especially since his botched lightning attack on Kyiv at the start of the war bogged him down into a protracted conflict....
China: Video Exposes Chinese authorities’ Forceful Seizure of Farmers’ Land owned by the Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region (uyghurtimes.com)
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'An alarming attempt to muzzle an independent press': Philippine media groups condemn China’s claim of ‘manipulated’ coverage of maritime tension (globalvoices.org)
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Russian trolls target U.S. support for Ukraine, Kremlin documents show (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Foreign correspondents in China are facing heightened intimidation and surveillance, both in-person and through digital means (fccchina.org)
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‘We Jews are just arrested; Palestinians are beaten’: Protesters in Germany (www.aljazeera.com)
Philippines beefs up defences on its northernmost edge amid China tensions (www.aljazeera.com)
The Philippines has turned towards its longstanding military alliance with the US after multiple confrontations with China in the waters of the South China Sea....
Ukraine-sceptic government ally Peter Pellegrini wins Slovakian presidential election (amp.theguardian.com)
Russ Cook: The Hardest Geezer who ran the length of Africa (www.bbc.com)
‘Insane’: Xi’s call for ethnic Chinese to tell Beijing’s story stirs anger (www.aljazeera.com)
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"They treated us like sacks of potatoes without showing any care": Ukrainian orphan abducted by Russia tells of how he escaped Putin’s grasp (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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Chinese media feel pressure to tell ‘positive’ China story as party tightens grip and freedom of expression declines (www.aljazeera.com)
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Wirecard fugitive helped run Russian spy operations across Europe (libranet.de)
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An Australian citizen under surveillance by the Chinese Communist Party: "I’m not the only China scholar who lives in fear of abduction or assassination" (www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au)
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