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Australia imposes new Covid restrictions on China arrivals; full freedoms remain in NZ
Australia will introduce mandatory Covid testing for travellers from China.
John Key: NZ must form its own mature view of China
Opinion: Although much has changed under Xi, China's potential is mind-blowing.
Top Aussie medical figures in stoush over China Covid treatment
State's AMA president called for arrivals from virus-stricken country to be quarantined.
Nun investigated by India for ‘spying’ on Dalai Lama amid rising tensions with China
Telegraph: She was arrested at a pilgrimage site where the leader was speaking.
China's Covid-19 deaths hitting ‘9000 a day’ - experts
Experts fear the worst is yet to come as evidence shows the virus is not under control.
Missing bags misery: Airline group head ‘feels’ passengers’ frustration
Resources may be stretched even thinner with the return of tourists from China.
US economy can still pull off ‘soft landing’
Financial Times: Biden administration sees large-scale investments blunting downturn.
Brazil’s President-elect picks Amazon defender for environment minister
The new administration has said it will crack down on illegal deforestation.
Lack of info on China’s Covid-19 surge stirs global concern
It comes after China said it would start reissuing passports and visas for Lunar New Year.
US will require Covid-19 testing for travellers from China
The US will join other nations in imposing restrictions because of a surge of infections.
China to resume issuing passports, fuelling infection fears as virus surges
The tourism move is China's latest big step away from its harsh Covid restrictions.
Terrifying clips expose China’s Covid crisis
China is experiencing a Covid-19 surge unlike any other.
China will scrap Covid quarantine for incoming travellers from early January
But some restrictions will remain.
China’s Covid-19 surge raises odds of new coronavirus mutant
The country of 1.4 billion has largely abandoned its “zero-Covid” policy.
Stock markets' unexpected and rare end-of-year crash
Indices across the globe plunged overnight.
Power move? China building on reefs in critical shipping routes
Beijing is controlling access to crucial shipping lanes and strengthening its military.
China buckling under ‘tsunami’ of Covid infections
A video shared on social media shows chaotic scenes in a Chinese hospital.
From zero-Covid to no plan: Behind China’s pandemic u-turn
New York Times: After micromanaging, Xi Jinping has left China to improvise.
India moves to build military road along border with China
Telegraph: The ‘frontier highway’ will allow Delhi to combat potential aggression.
Russia and China to hold joint naval drills
The exercise will showcase increasingly close defense ties between the two countries.
Traumatised by Covid, but ruled by a party that never apologises
New York Times: Many in China want national reckoning over hard-line “zero Covid” policy.
Jarden Brief: Semiconductor wars heat up with billions at stake
Tech stocks up after rumours Beijing will mimic Biden's semiconductor package.
China removes 6 diplomats from UK after protester assaulted
British police wanted to question the officials over assault on a pro-democracy protester.
China won’t report asymptomatic Covid cases in further shift
It’s another step in China’s uncertain exit from some of world’s strictest Covid measures.
As Covid spreads fast, Beijing isn’t in lockdown. But it feels like it
New York Times: Almost no one is venturing out, even after easing of restrictions.
China maps out plans to put astronauts on the moon and on Mars
New York Times: China has plans a new space station and reusable rockets.
NZDF personnel warned after signing up with China-linked South African flight school
The warning involves four New Zealanders.
Chinese celebrate after government ends Covid contact-tracing app
Telegraph: ”Goodbye itinerary card, concerts here I come” - resident
Covid-19: China expanding hospitals, ICUs
China is preparing for more cases after dialling back restrictions in the region.
Analysis: Xi's zero-Covid U-turn shows how much he fears his own people
OPINION: President Xi’s unpopular Covid policy a mistake resulting from power obsession.
Serbia mulls sending troops to Kosovo, criticises Nato
Return of Belgrade troops to former Serbian province could drastically increase tensions.
Hong Kong jails pro-democracy media tycoon over fraud
It is the latest of a series of cases against prominent pro-democracy activists.