上报: #China's state media announced the resignation of Zhuang Guotai, the head of the Meteorological Bureau, on 3 Feb., after US military officials confirmed that they were tracking a high-altitude spy balloon 找替罪羔羊？ 中國官媒發布氣象局局長免職消息
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DW: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung says that the Chinese reconnaissance balloon incident was a political signal from Beijing to Washington that #China has the ability to violate US airspace at any time 德语媒体：北京向华盛顿发出的政治信号
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China announced on February 3 that Zhuang Guotai, Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration, was relieved of his administrative appointment. The timing of this announcement matters even though Zhuang had been given another appointment last month.
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FT: Violent end to spy balloon flight dashes chance of US-#China reset
Fudan's Wu Xinbo: “The balloon issue was played up by hawkish Congressmen to stop Biden gradually improving relations with China”
环球: The US used force to attack #China's civilian unmanned airship, an obvious overreaction. We solemnly protest this move & reserve the right to use necessary means to deal with similar situations. 美方动用武力袭击我民用无人飞艇，中国国防部严正抗议！
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CNN: #China says it ‘reserves the right’ to deal with ‘similar situations’ after US jets shoot down suspected spy balloon
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BBC: US shoots down airship over Atlantic; #China's foreign ministry expresses "strong dissatisfaction & protest against the US's use of force to attack civilian unmanned aircraft".
SCMP: Are #Thailand’s ‘weak laws’ turning Bangkok heritage area into a ‘#China town’?
Observers say the country must better protect local businesses as Thai-Chinese residents say new money from mainland China is squeezing them out sc.mp/g71f?utm_sourc via
US officials spent hours debating whether Blinken should scrap the trip to Beijing. The sentiment was that the trip wasn’t worth the potential domestic political costs of going, given that Blinken’s talks were not expected to yield much in the first place
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AP: Former British PM Liz Truss will join the former leaders of #Australia & #Belgium at a conference in Tokyo later this month to call for a tougher international approach to #China, says the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China
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EurActiv: #CzechRepublic politicians remain thorn in #China’s side as speaker of the Czech lower house, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, plans visit to #Taiwan in March #台灣
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Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China’s Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan - review by Jeffrey Wasserstrom literaryreview.co.uk/tangled-tales- via —now free to read in full online cc
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Al Jazeera: #Apple, #Google profits squeezed on a #China, sluggish economies
Apple reports first drop in quarterly revenue since early 2019, as China’s zero-#COVID policy disrupted iPhone production. aje.io/ngr0n7 via
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CNBC: Oil weakens as market awaits signs of #China demand recovery with major benchmarks headed for their second week of straight losses
David Lubin for FT: #China’s recovery might be a bit less than meets the eye
Investors should not assume this upturn in economic growth will be just like previous ones, which were stimulus-driven & investment led
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SCMP: ‘Lessons learned’: John Lee on #HongKong #Covid policy ahead of full border reopening
PCR tests dropped for cross-border travellers with no history to overseas places in past week #香港 sc.mp/xhb4?utm_sourc via
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FT: US accuses #China of flying spy balloon over sensitive military sites
Discovery comes as tensions rise between Washington and Beijing in advance of Blinken's upcoming visit with Xi but Chinese officials accuse US of "hyping up the matter"
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The Hindu: #China asks #Japan to stop 'right-wing' provocations on #EastChinaSea islands
The disputed East China Sea islets claimed by both China & Japan have long been a sticking point in bilateral relations
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ABC News: China responds to US balloon speculation
"#China says it’s "looking into and verifying the situation" after US officials said a Chinese surveillance balloon was spotted over its airspace."
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"This is what I fear most… outwardly, you can't tell anything is wrong, but the only ones left here are those who believe this is the best version of Hong Kong there could ever be."
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The U.S. tracked what officials described as a Chinese reconnaissance balloon over the continental U.S. this week, days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken was to travel to Beijing
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In this advancer w/ we reviewed what this case is about, who are among those being charged, what are the key legal disputes, and how analysts observe / understand the trial.
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