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Japan Says It Scrambled Jets to Monitor Chinese Aircraft Carrier Operations

January 2, 2023
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TOKYO—Japan said on Monday it scrambled jet fighters and dispatched aircraft and warships over the past two weeks to keep tabs on China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier and five warships that conducted naval manoeuvres and flight operations in the Pacific. Japan monitored the operations after the Chinese naval group, which included missile destroyers, sailed between the…

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UK Surveillance Tsar Voices Concern Over Chinese Equipment

January 2, 2023
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The UK’s surveillance watchdog said a timeline should be set up to assess the risks of using Chinese-made equipment and to remove or replace them if appropriate. In an interview published on Monday in The Times of London, Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson likened the widespread use of Chinese cameras and drones to “digital asbestos,”…

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More Than 60 Percent of South Korean Staff Infected With COVID-19 in Embassy and Consulates Across China

January 2, 2023
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In the past two weeks, more than 60 percent of Korean employees at South Korean diplomatic and consular offices across China have been infected with COVID-19, as a new wave of the virus sweeps through the country. South Korea has announced that it will suspend its issuing of short-term visas in China from Jan. 2…

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More Than 60 Percent of South Korean Staff Infected With COVID-19 in Embassy, Consulates Across China

January 2, 2023
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More than 60 percent of Korean employees at South Korean diplomatic and consular offices across China have been infected with COVID-19 over the past two weeks, as a new wave of the virus sweeps through the country. South Korea has announced that it will suspend its issuing of short-term visas in China until Jan. 31. Rep….

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Government Regards New COVID Testing Requirements on Chinese Travellers as Modest Measure

January 1, 2023
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Health Minister Mark Butler has said that Australians welcome the renewed travel with China despite placing new entry requirements on Chinese visitors. Travellers will have to return a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of departure from Thursday as cases spike after Beijing dismantled restrictions. Butler said he welcomed China opening its borders and allowing…

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Australian Government Regards New COVID Testing Requirements on Chinese Travellers as Modest Measure

January 1, 2023
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Health Minister Mark Butler has said that Australians welcome the renewed travel with China despite placing new entry requirements on Chinese visitors. Travellers will have to return a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of departure from Thursday as cases spike after Beijing dismantled restrictions. Butler said he welcomed China opening its borders and allowing…

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Putin and Xi Hold Talks Against Mounting Crisis in the Backdrop

December 30, 2022
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said he expects his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to pay a state visit early next year in a show of solidarity as the two grapple with mounting tensions that leave them increasingly isolated on the world stage. Speaking at a video conference with Xi, Putin described the two countries’ ties as…

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Chinese Fighter Jet Makes ‘Unsafe Maneuver’ Near US Military Aircraft Over South China Sea: Pentagon

December 29, 2022
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A Chinese fighter jet recently carried out “an unsafe maneuver” while it was close to a U.S. Air Force plane over the South China Sea, forcing the U.S. aircraft to “take evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision,” the U.S. military announced on Dec. 29. The encounter on Dec. 21 involved a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy…

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CDC Raises Alert on China, Urges Americans to Reconsider Travel

December 29, 2022
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U.S. health officials are telling Americans to “reconsider travel” to Chinese territory due to the soaring infections in the country. In a travel alert released on Dec. 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) flagged China’s mainland, Hong Kong, and Macao as regions where U.S. travelers need to “practice enhanced precaution.” Since the…

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EU Declining to Impose Curbs Amid China’s COVID Surge Is ‘Huge Gamble’: Expert

December 29, 2022
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When Milan started testing arrivals from China for COVID amid the country’s explosive virus spread, it found that about half of the travelers on two flights had the virus. That prompted Italy, the first European country to be hit hard by the pandemic in 2020, to impose mandatory COVID testing on all passengers from China…

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