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China says holding US citizen suspected of spying

China has detained an American citizen, Min Zin, accusing him of espionage. He is a political analyst with the Institute for Strategy and Policy Myanmar. Chinese authorities state he is suspected of activities endangering national security. The US consulate in Guangzhou has been notified. Min Zin was reportedly arrested at…

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At least 11 dead after train slams into group of railway workers in China

Rail services at the Luoyang station in Kunming were suspended after the incident

The Independent UK

Threatened species have declined 2% a year since 2000. Nature positive? Far from it.

Our government has great aspirations. It has committed to end extinctions and expand our protected areas to cover 30% of every Australian ecosystem by 2030. This is part of its Nature Positive Plan, aligned with the 2022 Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity pact. The goal is not just to conserve nature but…

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130th joint patrol on Mekong River begins

KUNMING: Law-enforcement authorities from China, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand joined forces on Wednesday to begin the 130th Mekong River joint patrol.

Bangkok Post

Phase 1 of high-speed rail ready ‘by 2026’

The first phase of a high-speed railway that will eventually link the Chinese city of Kunming with Bangkok will be completed in 2026, government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Rights of nature

The idea that nature — forests , rivers, mountains — could have rights, in the same way that human rights, or corporate rights exist has been building momentum.

360info

Five options for restoring global biodiversity after the UN agreement

To slow and reverse the fastest loss of Earth’s living things since the dinosaurs, almost 200 countries have signed an agreement in Montreal, Canada, promising to live in harmony with nature by 2050. The Kunming-Montreal agreement is not legally binding but it will require signatories to report their progress towards…

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Cop15: what does the biodiversity pact mean for Australia’s land, sea and threatened species?

The pact has been likened to the Paris agreement for climate and commits countries to targets to protect and restore biodiversity

The Guardian - AU

China's Yunnan boosts coffee-related tourism

KUNMING: The cultural and tourism authorities of southwest China's Yunnan province have recently rolled out six tourist routes in a bid to further boost the high-quality development of tourism related to coffee resources.

Bangkok Post

China-Laos Railway sees freight volume exceed 10m tonnes

KUNMING: The total quantity of freight transported by the China-Laos Railway had exceeded 10 million tonnes as of Monday, according to local railway authorities on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

China's property market crisis: Homeowners forced to live in unfinished apartments

After years of accelerated growth, the real estate sector in China is in crisis. The biggest developers are crumbling under colossal debts. Due to a lack of funds, the construction of hundreds of buildings has been put on put on hold for months, if not years. New apartment owners find…

France 24

Over 1m tonnes of goods transported on China-Laos Railway

KUNMING: The total volume of imported and exported goods transported via the China-Laos Railway has reached 1.02 million tonnes since the railway's opening eight months ago, with total worth of about 9.14 billion yuan (48 billion baht).

Bangkok Post

U.N. Biodiversity Conference Moved From China to Canada

December session was originally intended to be held in the southwestern city of Kunming

Caixin Global

UN biodiversity meet moved from China amid ‘zero-COVID’ approach

December’s UN Convention on Biological Diversity will now take place in Montreal, Canada, world body says.

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U.N. says global biodiversity talks to move from China's Kunming to Montreal

The United Nations said on Tuesday it would move talks to secure a global post-2020 biodiversity agreement from Kunming in China to Montreal, Canada, following multiple pandemic-related delays.

Caixin Global

Two Carriers to Resume Domestics Flights Out of Shanghai This Week

Juneyao and Spring Airlines will restart passenger services to the cities of Kunming and Longyan

The Guardian - UK

What really happened at Geneva’s crucial biodiversity negotiations?

Talks ahead of the key Cop15 summit on halting mass extinction of life were slow – and much has been asked of the developing world

The Guardian - UK

Biopiracy row at UN talks in Geneva threatens global deal to save nature

More talks needed on targets to protect wildlife as developing countries call for payment for finds based on their biodiversity

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China Finds Second Black Box of Crashed Plane

Recovery crews on Sunday found the second black box - the flight data recorder - from the wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) Boeing 737-800 jet that crashed into a mountainside in southern China. Flight MU5735, with 132 people onboard, was en route from the southwestern city of Kunming…

Daily Mirror

China plane crash: Second black box recovered after mystery smash killed 132

It is still a mystery as to what caused the Boeing 737 plane to suddenly nose dive as it headed from Kunming to Guangzhou in China last Monday, killing 123 passengers and nine crew

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Confirms All on Board China Eastern Plane Died in Crash

China confirmed late on Saturday that all 132 passengers and crew on a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week had died. Flight MU5735 was traveling from the southwestern city of Kunming to the port city of Guangzhou on Monday when it plummeted from cruising altitude to crash in…

Reuters

'We have nothing but grief' says father of plane crash victim

As recovery crews sifted through the mud at the China Eastern Airlines crash site, dozens of relatives of those on board flight MU5735 remained nearby in an anxious wait for further news.

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 26 March 2022

Everyday in China some 12,500 domestic flights arrive safely at their destinations. On Monday, China Eastern flight MU5735 did not. It took off from Kunming in the early afternoon but never made it to Guangzhou.

Reuters

China expands crash search as second black box eludes

Recovery crews on Friday expanded the search area of the China Eastern Airlines crash, as the second of the plane's two black boxes eluded search-and-rescue workers for a fourth day.

Reuters

China examines cockpit voice recorder from crashed airliner

Chinese investigators began examining the cockpit voice recorder from a China Eastern Airlines jet that plunged into mountainside with 132 people on board as recovery crews searched muddy fields on Thursday for a second black box.

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