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President Trump said his planned meeting with President Xi Jinping would be a grand display, but tensions over trade and defense could dampen the mood.

Friedrich Merz to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing as China overtakes US as country’s leading export destination
China has overtaken the US as Germany’s top trading partner, figures have shown, as the chancellor, Friedrich Merz, prepares for his first visit to Beijing since taking office.
Merz will head to China on Tuesday and will be welcomed with military honours on Wednesday in Beijing by the prime minister, Li Qiang, before later meeting the president, Xi Jinping, for talks over dinner, his spokesperson Sebastian Hille said.

A Russian driver also died when their mini-bus plunged under the ice to the bottom of the lake in Siberia.

Get to know the family behind Eileen Gu's America-Chinese citizenship.

Iran has shown how plausible blackouts now are, with far-reaching consequences for the internet as we know it
During the height of Iran’s blackout in January, people could still access a platform that, in some senses, was like the internet.
Iranians could message family members on a government-monitored app and watch clips of Manchester United on a Farsi-language video-sharing site. They could read state news and use a local navigation service.

Chinese American athletes Alysa Liu and Eileen Gu face contrasting views over Olympic loyalties as Liu represents Team USA and Gu competes for China.

From earthquake warnings to bear attack alerts, Beijing is deploying a campaign of exaggeration and disinformation to punish Tokyo’s support for Taiwan.

Purdue says no ban on Chinese students exists, but reportedly rescinded dozens of offers after warnings from legislators
Several have scrapped partnerships with Chinese institutions in recent months as a direct result of pressure from US legislators. But no university appears to have gone as far as Purdue University in .
Students and faculty at the public university say that an unofficial policy is in effect to automatically reject students from and a number of other countries altogether.

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Clips of Deadpool and other film characters have sparked alarm within Hollywood over copyright infringement.

The former PM is expected to testify in the foreign interference trial of businessman Alexander Csergo

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Security and defence advice falsely claimed to have come from the former prime minister Kevin Rudd was supplied to Chinese intelligence agents by an Australian businessman, a jury has heard.
Rudd is expected to testify in the foreign interference trial of businessman Alexander Csergo, which began on Thursday.

Lunar new year has ushered in a rare zodiac symbol with a reputation for energy and independence
As the lunar new year begins, the focus has turned to the Chinese zodiac and the arrival of the year of the fire horse – a rare pairing in the 60-year lunar cycle.
Drawing on Chinese metaphysics, the fire horse blends the horse’s reputation for energy and independence with the intensity of the fire element, giving it a distinct place in the zodiac tradition.