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Graffiti war breaks out after Chinese Communist Party slogans appear on London’s Brick Lane

After Chinese propoganda slogans painted, artists respond with anti-China graffiti

The Independent UK

Journal of Free Speech Law: "The 'Constitutional' Rise of Chinese Speech Imperialism," by Prof. Ge Chen

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Reason

The world's most powerful democracies were built on the suffering of others

United States President Joe Biden has cast the conflict between the western world and its competitors as a clash between “democracies and autocracies.” This masks the American desire for power and the complex realities of creating democracy.

The Conversation

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China signals ‘business as usual’ in foreign policy with return of Wang Yi

Mystery surrounds removal of Qin Gang as foreign minister, but one thing is clear: Xi Jinping retains tight control

The Guardian - UK

Rumours swirl over dramatic fall of Xi loyalist Qin Gang

Sacked foreign minister’s rise was linked to his ties to president; his disappearance and dismissal have caused a scandal

The Guardian - AU

The growing list of Chinese elites who disappear but later resurface subdued

Foreign minister Qin Gang’s mysterious absence and replacement follows a pattern of falls from grace for rising stars

The Guardian - UK

China’s race for growth is fading. So too is its dream of middle-class security

Xi Jinping’s 31-point strategy may not be enough to halt the economy’s decline

The Guardian - UK

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Where is China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang?

Qin’s absence from public view has prompted rampant speculation and highlighted Beijing’s lack of transparency.

Al Jazeera

Democrats call for probe into whether ‘whistleblower’ Gal Luft made claims about Biden to help China

Reps Jamie Raskin and Daniel Goldman want the Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee to probe whether an accused foreign agent has been manipulating the panel in service of Chinese interests

The Independent UK

China sends 'spy disguised as tourist to infiltrate UK briefing' by Hong Kong dissidents

Pro-democracy activists Finn Lau and Christopher Mung were speaking at the briefing in a private room at the Commons when a man believed to be sent by China's Communist Party tried to get in

Daily Mirror

The Solution to Chinese Censorship Is Not Show Hearings

Government bullying won’t fix censorship caused by government bullying.

Reason

The Barbie movie’s South China Sea flap is turning into a Republican political football

Warner Bros. insists that a “childlike crayon drawing” has no geopolitical significance, but Vietnam is so enraged it’s banned the movie entirely.

Fortune

China-based development bank rejects claims of CCP control

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank says internal review shows lender follows ‘highest standards’ of governance.

Al Jazeera

We’re a Tory MP and a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, and China is trying to silence us both

Beijing will go to any lengths to harass the Hong Kong diaspora and its allies. But we will keep speaking out, say activist Finn Lau and Conservative MP Tim Loughton

The Guardian - UK

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Reason

Barbie Banned in Vietnam!

The glitter-filled movie got involved in authoritarian geopolitics by allegedly displaying Chinese propaganda.

The Guardian - UK

UK Hong Kong scheme ‘funding charity with links to Chinese Communist party’

Community groups accuse leadership of Wai Yin Society of having ‘unusually close’ ties with CCP

The Guardian - AU

Chip wars: how semiconductors became a flashpoint in the US-China relationship

The fight for the 21st century’s most critical technology has become a major source of hostility between the world’s two superpowers

TechRadar

I asked ChatGPT the same question in Russian and Ukrainian – and the results worried me

ChatGPT is leaving non-English speakers behind – and that could impact us all.

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The Conversation

Sorry prime minister, Joe Biden was right – Xi Jinping really is a ‘dictator’

It’s not every day that a New Zealand prime minister takes China’s side in a disagreement between Washington and Beijing over whether the leader of China is a dictator.

Radio France Internationale

Chinese premier in France for charm offensive targeting businesses, politicians

Chinese Premier Li Qiang is visiting France this week where he's meeting with the country's top politicians. According to an EU-based thinktank, Beijing has built an extensive network inside France's policy structures that serves to influence Paris's decision making in favour of China.

TechRadar

Eve Online's Microsoft Excel plug-in is now live and will help players analyse data

The unique Microsoft Excel add-in is finally available for EVE Online.

PC Gamer

They actually did it: EVE Online becomes the first videogame with Microsoft Excel integration

New ways to excel oneself in New Eden.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Antony Blinken’s visit to China didn’t resolve tensions, but it’s a start

For the first time in five years, a U.S. secretary of state set foot on Chinese soil for an official visit. Antony Blinken, America’s top diplomat, spent the weekend in multiple meetings with senior Chinese officials in the hope that a little jaw-jaw will begin the process of defusing the…

The Guardian - UK

Chinese couple barred from UK over Communist party donation allegations

Home Office wrote to pair, who had leave to remain, accusing them of involvement in giving money to political figures on CCP’s behalf

Al Jazeera

China targets ‘unity in thought’ with campaign on Xi’s philosophy

Millions of party members are learning the finer points of Xi Jinping Thought to advance China’s ‘great rejuvenation’.

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