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Taiwan’s defense ministry criticized the uptick in Chinese military activity, saying Beijing should “stop such destructive unilateral actions.”

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Taiwan’s defence ministry said that since Sunday it had spotted 103 Chinese military aircraft over the sea, a number it called a ‘recent high’
Taiwan’s defence ministry has urged China to stop “destructive, unilateral action” after reporting a sharp rise in Chinese military activities near the island, warning such behaviour could lead to an increase in tensions.
China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has in recent years around the island as it seeks to assert its sovereignty claims and pressure Taipei.

Police do not list charges against arrested workers but urge public to report any suspected fraud
Police in China have arrested several employees at a subsidiary of Evergrande, the troubled property giant that is struggling under debts running into the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Employees at Evergrande’s financial subsidiary, Evergrande Wealth Management, were arrested, police in the southern city of Shenzhen said in a statement, without specifying the number of employees or the charges against them.

Faced with record high youth unemployment and bankrupt local councils, the country’s population is beginning to feel the weight of the economy’s flaws
When finding a job feels as unlikely as winning the lottery, playing the actual lottery may seem like a more productive use of time. In the first half of 2023, faced with a struggling economy, Chinese consumers spent 273.9bn yuan ($37bn/£30bn) on lottery tickets, an increase of more than 50% on the same period in 2022.
It’s just the latest symptom of an . A record high youth unemployment rate of 21.3% in June prompted the government to data on the issue – along with other areas such as the consumer confidence index – all which showed China’s economy was struggling.

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‘Candid, substantive and constructive’ talks were held as a possible prelude to a Joe Biden-Xi Jinping meeting in November
Top US and Chinese diplomats met in Malta over the weekend as the world’s two largest economies attempted to smooth strained relations and clear a path for their respective presidents – and Xi Jinping – to meet in November.
According to both Beijing and Washington, the White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, met multiple times with ’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, in Malta, where – according to separate statements – “candid, substantive and constructive” talks were held.