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#theguardian.com. × Radio Free Asia resumes broadcasts to China after Trump cuts forced near closure. CEO said services have restarted after termination of grants led to criticism that US was ceding ground to China

#theguardian.com. × Chinese tourists shun Japan over lunar new year holiday as rift deepens. Japanese prime minister’s refusal to back down over Taiwan comments brings more criticism and travel warnings from China

#theguardian.com. × Japan seizes Chinese fishing boat inside its economic waters amid rift with Beijing. Japan’s fisheries agency said the vessel failed to comply with an order to stop. The incident comes weeks after a row between China and Japan over Taiwan

#theguardian.com. × Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong pro-democracy figure, sentenced to 20 years in prison for national security offences. Sentencing of media tycoon is the culmination of a years-long saga that critics say represents Hong Kong’s transformation from a mostly free city to one where dissent is fiercely suppressed

#theguardian.com. × Be ‘prudent’ about supplying arms to Taiwan, Xi tells Trump in call. Taiwanese president says ties with Washington ‘rock solid’, hours after leaders of US and China share first call since November

#theguardian.com. × Xi-Starmer meeting: Chinese leader tells PM he hopes both countries can ‘rise above differences’. China agrees visa-free travel for British citizens as countries sign agreements on closer economic cooperation

#theguardian.com. × Starmer vows to raise issues ‘that need to be raised’ with Xi amid push to free Jimmy Lai. PM may also discuss fate of Uyghurs with Chinese leader on trip aimed at improving economic relations

#theguardian.com. × China suspends seafood imports from Japan as Taiwan row escalates. Beijing reimposes 2023 ban, citing Japan PM’s comment that military would respond to Chinese attack on island

#theguardian.com. × Chinese travellers estimated to have cancelled 500,000 flights to Japan amid rising tensions. Diplomatic dispute over Japan’s stance on Taiwan continues to rumble after Senae Takaichi’s comments

#theguardian.com. × China sends coast guard to Senkaku islands amid row with Japan. Activity around Japanese-held islands, also claimed by China, comes after PM Sanae Takaichi said Japan might respond militarily to an invasion of Taiwan

#theguardian.com. × China advises against travel to Japan amid escalating row over PM’s Taiwan comments. Sanae Takaichi says the use of force against Taiwan could warrant a military response from Tokyo

#theguardian.com. × China sharpens its language on Taiwan as part of ‘longer-term’ strategy. A series of statements, articles, photos and even a new national holiday indicate a shift in Beijing’s stance over the island, analysts say

#theguardian.com. × China looks south as it seeks to reduce reliance on a capricious United States. China wants to protect against the volatility of Trump’s tariffs, and now has more than a dozen free trade agreements with global south countries

#theguardian.com. × Taiwan jails four soldiers, including three who worked in presidential office, for spying for China. Soldiers had worked for ‘extremely sensitive and important units’ and ‘their acts betrayed the country’, Taipei court says

#theguardian.com. × China remains top military and cyber threat to US, intelligence report says. Annual report says Beijing making ‘steady but uneven’ progress on capabilities to capture Taiwan

#theguardian.com. × Chinese state media celebrates Trump’s cuts to Voice of America and Radio Free Asia. Chinese state media hails US president’s order to strip back government funding to news organisations he deems ‘radical’

#theguardian.com. × Taiwan’s president labels China a ‘foreign hostile force’ and ramps up security measures citing ‘infiltration’. Lai Ching-te’s speech – which included a proposal to set up military courts – prompted an angry reaction from Beijing, which called him a ‘creator of crisis’

#theguardian.com. × Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the ‘free world’. New book by spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism will raise the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of Tibet

#theguardian.com. × Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be ‘crazy’ if Taiwan tensions flare. Nominee for under secretary for defense policy says Aukus deal to deliver Virginia class submarines could leave US sailors ‘vulnerable’

#theguardian.com. × Taiwan hails ‘historic’ TSMC deal with US, but will it lose the ‘silicon shield’ protecting it from China?. The producer of the world’s most advanced chip technology is investing on US soil but some fear that could reduce the leverage Taiwan holds to ensure its future security

#theguardian.com. × Taiwan vows most advanced tech will not go to US under $100bn Trump deal. Country’s government says deal with TSMC needs assessment as opposition claims it will reduce defences

#theguardian.com. × Taiwanese chip giant to announce $100bn investment in US plants. CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) to discuss deal with Trump at White House on Monday

#theguardian.com. × ‘America is going down’: China can capitalise on damage caused by Trump, former PLA colonel says. Exclusive: Zhou Bo says harm done to US image may make Taiwanese reconsider their attitude towards Beijing but says he sees Trump as overall being ‘rather friendly’

#theguardian.com. × China’s defence ministry warns Taiwan ‘we will get you, sooner or later’. Threat after Taipei announces bigger military drills appears to mirror a line from children’s film Ne Zha 2

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