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#theguardian.com. × Dutton accuses Albanese of ‘ducking and weaving’ as PM at odds with ADF timeline of Chinese live-fire drill notification. Opposition leader says Albanese ‘failing to answer basic questions’ as PM claims civilian and military notification happened ‘at around the same time’

#theguardian.com. × UK battery firm says it has learned from others’ errors as it licenses Chinese tech. Volklec aims to start making batteries at part-government-funded site near Coventry before building its own factory

#theguardian.com. × Donald Trump orders new tariff investigation into US copper imports. President opens new front in assault on global trade norms as advisers claim China moving to dominate copper market

#theguardian.com. × Ex-US security officials urge funding for science research to keep up with China. Appeal from officials, including two senior figures from Trump’s first term, comes amid reports National Science Foundation’s budget will be slashed

#theguardian.com. × Taiwan detains Chinese-crewed cargo ship after undersea cable damaged. Taiwan’s coastguard says it ‘cannot be ruled out that it was a grey zone intrusion by China’

#theguardian.com. × Australian aviation authorities first informed about Chinese live firing drill by Virgin pilot. Airservices Australia notified Australian defence force about drills 10 minutes after initial contact with pilot, estimates hears

#theguardian.com. × Chinese fishing fleets using North Korean forced labour in potential breach of sanctions, report claims. Report by Environmental Justice Foundation has found at least 12 Chinese fishing vessels had employed North Korean crew between 2019 and 2024

#theguardian.com. × ‘Extremely capable’ weapons on Chinese warships off Australia’s east coast, NZ government says. New Zealand defence minister Judith Collins says department has ‘never seen a task group of this capability undertaking this sort of work’

#theguardian.com. × China conducts second live-fire drill near New Zealand. Report from New Zealand navy personnel comes a day after similar drill forced multiple airlines to change flight paths between Australia and New Zealand

#theguardian.com. × Australia confronts China over apparent live-fire exercises conducted off coastline. Deputy PM Richard Marles says explanation for the drills, which were conducted in international waters and according to international law, are ‘unsatisfactory’

#theguardian.com. × Starmer to tell Trump that UK’s Chagos deal will avoid tensions with China. PM to claim if US rejects Mauritius’s claim to own the islands, Beijing will be drawn into the regional dispute

#theguardian.com. × Commercial flights diverted as Chinese warships undertake apparent live-fire drill in sea between Australia and New Zealand. Three Chinese vessels currently in international waters notified Australia’s defence department before the drill

#theguardian.com. × Tens of thousands could be held in illegal scam compounds in Myanmar, Thai police general says. Head of anti-trafficking agency says dozens of Chinese criminal gangs were running the centres

#theguardian.com. × Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party says it will begin process of disbanding. Democratic party chair Lo Kin-hei would not comment on whether Beijing had put pressure on members

#theguardian.com. × News live: Clive Palmer claims thousands joined his Trumpet of Patriots party in one day; Abbott suggests Australia join Ukraine defence coalition. Follow live

#theguardian.com. × Australia will ‘watch every move’ of Chinese warships detected 150 nautical miles from Sydney. Ships’ presence off east coast follows incident in South China Sea in which a Chinese fighter jet released flares in front of Australian military plane

#theguardian.com. × Hundreds protest in Cook Islands over PM’s handling of deal with China. Opposition leaders accuse prime minister of risking its relationship with New Zealand by continued secrecy around deal

#theguardian.com. × China berates US for changing state department language on Taiwan. US state department last week removed line from fact sheet saying ‘We do not support Taiwan independence’

#theguardian.com. × Xi Jinping meets Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Chinese tech chiefs amid economic slump. Analysts say symposium may be end of president’s crackdown on sector as he tries to tackle economic stagnation

#theguardian.com. × UK marketplace sellers face ‘second Brexit’ hit from Trump’s US import rules. End of ‘de minimis’ policy for Chinese goods also expected to hit bigger online fashion retailers such as Asos and Boohoo

#theguardian.com. × Cook Islands PM defends signing of wide-ranging deal with China. Mark Brown says Beijing deal that covers trade, investment, oceans, infrastructure and transport complements ties with New Zealand

#theguardian.com. × John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy. Former UK prime minister says US may regret ceding world stage to China and condemns ‘hypocritical’ JD Vance speech

#theguardian.com. × Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests. An investigation has exposed the tech firm’s cooperation with autocratic regimes to remove unfavourable content

#theguardian.com. × UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state. Exclusive: Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape threats

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