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Macron Urges Xi to Help End War in Ukraine
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New York Times
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As President Emmanuel Macron of France visited China, its leader, Xi Jinping, said his country would play a constructive role in ending the fighting.
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Taiwan’s Opposition Leader, Once for Independence, Turns Toward China
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New York Times
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She says Taiwan must embrace its Chinese heritage to avoid war. Her critics say she wants to steer the island into Beijing’s orbit.
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Beyond NYU: Exploring Asian-American identity in film
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Washington Square News
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Katarina Zhu is a writer, director and actor all in one. The Tisch alum debuted her feature film, “Bunnylovr,” at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, kicking off her entertainment career by ...
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China, Japan and a New Narrative About World War II
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New York Times
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Arguments about history are proliferating as the postwar order led by the United States crumbles.
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Share of Asian residents in Chinatown decreasing, new report says
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Bing
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Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood has grown significantly over the past decade, but a majority of its new gains in population and business have resulted in a decline in the share of Asian ...
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Hong Kong warns ‘external forces’ working to exploit apartment fire, as death toll rises to 159
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The Guardian
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Police say number of dead may still be revised as ‘suspected human bones’ found during search require forensic testing
Hong Kong and Beijing officials have warned against what they claim are “external forces” threatening to exploit last week’s deadly for political disruption, as rescuers say at least 159 people have been confirmed dead.
The fire at the Wang Fuk Court in northern Hong Kong is the city’s worst disaster in 75 years, and the world’s most fatal residential...
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After the Hong Kong inferno: inside the 5 December Guardian Weekly
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The Guardian
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Power, corruption and negligence. Plus: The rise of extremist Buddhism
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Watching with horror from London last week as flames ripped through seven adjacent apartment blocks in Hong Kong, it was impossible not to think back to the Grenfell Tower fire of 2017, which exposed major systemic failures around UK social housing and eventually led to law changes around safety and accountability for high-rise buildings.
The comparisons with Hong Kong were not just visually obvious but...
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‘Failed former Tory MPs’ who join Reform unlikely to be selected as candidates, Zia Yusuf says – as it happened
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The Guardian
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This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage
This is from Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, on Nigel Farage’s denial of the FT story. (See .)
A handy reminder that in 2019 Farage did a deal to put Boris Johnson in No10 and push through his disastrous Brexit deal.
But instead of taking responsibility, of course Farage plays the victim.
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Judge orders suspect in Asian American burglaries to stay in custody, citing flight risk
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Bing
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A federal judge in Eugene has ordered that a suspect in the burglaries that targeted the Asian American community remain in federal custody.34-year-old Derinson ...
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EU looks at legally forcing industries to reduce purchases from China
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The Guardian
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Commission unveils €3bn strategy to de-risk and diversify supply chains for critical rare earth metals and elements
The EU is considering legally forcing industries to reduce purchases from China to insulate Europe from future hostile acts, the industry commissioner, Stéphane Séjourné, says.
He made his remarks as the European Commission unveiled a €3bn (£2.63bn) strategy to reduce its dependency on China for critical raw materials amid a global scramble caused by Beijing’s ...
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