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Mr. Trudeau and his cabinet ministers are calling on democracies to increasingly turn their backs on China and other autocratic nations.

Australian prime minister says it ‘would be positive’ if he and Xi Jinping met at Asean summit
Anthony Albanese has sent a clear public signal to the Chinese leadership that Australia is open for dialogue during international summits over the coming days, saying he is prepared to meet his counterpart without “preconditions” .
With the US president, Joe Biden, set to meet the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, at the G20 summit in Bali on Monday, Australia’s prime minister told reporters at the Asean-Australia summit in Cambodia on Saturday a conversation was “not locked in at this point” and he was awaiting “finalisation of any meeting”.

President Biden is expected to address mounting tensions over Taiwan in his first face-to-face meeting with President Xi Jinping of China on Monday.

Treasury Secretary Yellen wants India to be part of the Biden administration’s “friend-shoring” agenda, but trade tensions linger.

Chinese military's top aviators 'able to write papers and study reports like aircraft designers', observer says Pioneering five-member team that played key role in J-10 project trained in UK People's ...

As geopolitical and economic pressures mount, homegrown businesses are increasingly the preferred choice over Western competitors in a more insular China.

Investors cheered the changes, although officials emphasized that measures “must not be relaxed.”

Plus cryptocurrency chaos and Ukraine’s wary advance toward Kherson.

Chinese American scientist Sherry Chen has won a historic settlement with the U.S. government in her two lawsuits seeking accountability for her wrongful prosecution and termination from her job. Chen ...

Despite Vladimir Putin saying he will not be at summit, attendees do not want to pose alongside deputy Sergei Lavrov
World leaders will not take part in an official “family photo” when they meet at the G20 in Bali next week because of widespread discomfort at Russia’s presence at the summit.
It is traditional for world leaders to stand together for an opening photograph at the start of summits, usually the source of interesting dynamics as leaders rub shoulders and greet one another in public. But there will be no photograph at the Indonesian-hosted summit, which starts next Tuesday – even though Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has said he will not attend.

Quarantine periods shortened by two days but Beijing government ‘will not waver’ from strict zero-Covid policy
China has eased some of its in an apparent attempt to alleviate and cool escalating discontent, though authorities insist their “war” against the pandemic remains unchanged.
The changes include shortening quarantine periods by two days for close contacts of infected people and for travellers arriving in the country, as well as scrapping a rule that penalises airlines for bringing in too many cases.

The CCP’s tyranny extends even to U.S. college campuses, where Chinese and Taiwanese students fear censorship.