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### [US Intelligence Officials See China Preparing for Fight 'They Don't Want'](https://www.voanews.com/a/us-intelligence-officials-see-china-preparing-for-fight-they-don-t-want-/7005851.html)
> *"China's growing pessimism over relations with the United States has Beijing preparing for a war it would rather not fight, according to an assessment by a top U.S. defense intelligence official"*

--- Note how the 'officials' in the title become one 'official' in the text.
& that 'it would rather not fight' is very relative. China has been preparing for a fight with the USA for a long time. The PLA might not want to fight now, but only because it's not ready yet.

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### [Taiwan ally Honduras seeks diplomatic switch to China](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-64960744)
> *"Honduran President Xiomara Castro said the pivot aims to expand foreign engagements."*

--- More like: The pivot aims to fill her pockets with Chinese money.

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### [China’s sound and fury over Aukus will mean little for ties with Australia](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/16/chinas-sound-and-fury-over-aukus-will-mean-little-for-ties-with-australia)
> *"As with Aukus, Beijing has blinked on a wide range of other complaints against Canberra.
Australia continues its efforts to minimise China’s security role in the Pacific, maintain Australian military presence in the disputed South China Sea, and incrementally restrict market access for Chinese technology companies. Neither these nor many other areas of dispute have stopped Beijing from repairing ties with Canberra.
China has decided that it wants to get the relationship with Australia “back on the right track” regardless of these and other enduring points of deep disagreement."*

--- China has decided that, for the time being, it needs certain Australian resources.

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### [1,100 scientists and students barred from UK amid China crackdown](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/15/1100-scientists-and-students-barred-from-uk-amid-china-crackdown)
> *"“Universities are very conscious of the need to understand and mitigate risk,” he said. “But research projects are being delayed, attempts to recruit staff are being delayed and we don’t think it’s in anybody’s interests for that to be the case. It’s a significant issue.”"*

--- 'We are conscious of it, but really we don't care.'

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### [China's pig farms battle new surge in African swine fever](https://www.xm.com/research/markets/allNews/reuters/chinas-pig-farms-battle-new-surge-in-african-swine-fever-53500448)
> *""Data from swine fever virus testing companies show that the number of positive detections exploded after the new year holiday. The order of magnitude in a single month has reached the level of the whole year of 2022," said analysts at Huachuang Securities in a report on Monday.
"We guess that the current swine fever infection area in northern production areas may be reaching 50%," it added.
Northern provinces like Shandong and Hebei are among the top producers of hogs."*

--- There we go again. Which probably means that pork will be quite expensive again later this year.

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#### [Nearly $500 million in US imports blocked due to Uyghur forced labor](https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/cbp-forced-labor-03152023113754.html)

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#### [China Coast Guard Enters Disputed Waters in East China Sea](https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-03-15/china-coast-guard-enters-disputed-waters-in-east-china-sea)

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#### [Exiled tycoon Guo Wengui arrested in New York, charged with $1B fraud](https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-us-guo-wengui-03152023185102.html)

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#### [Moody’s retains ‘negative’ outlook on China’s banks amid challenges of emerging from Covid-zero](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/15/moodys-negative-outlook-on-china-banks-as-country-emerges-from-covid-zero.html)

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### --- China Uncensored: "Money Laundering: How China's Banks Help Criminals and Mexican Drug Cartels"
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### --- DW News: "Submarine pact: How will the latest tiff between China and the West impact the region?"
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### --- CNA: "Honduras to start diplomatic ties with China"
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### [TikTok verschwindet von EU-Diensthandys](https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/china-tiktok-103.html)
> *"Das Geheimdienstgesetz von 2017 wiederum verpflichtet Unternehmen in bestimmten Fällen mit den Behörden zusammenzuarbeiten - selbst wenn TikTok Nutzerdaten in den USA speichert und Datenzentren in Norwegen und Irland einrichtet, so Rechtsexperte Kipker: "Da macht das chinesische Gesetz keine Ausnahme. Es ist natürlich so, dass die Hürden höher sind, das ist ganz klar. Aber trotz der Auslagerung des Firmenstandortes nach Singapur oder der Auslagerung von Serverkapazitäten in die USA oder EU ist ein Durchgriff (sic!) immer möglich.""*

--- So sieht's aus. Endlich erwähnt es auch mal jemand in einem deutschen Artikel.

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#### [Honduras will diplomatische Beziehungen mit China - zu Lasten Taiwans?](https://www.dw.com/de/honduras-will-diplomatische-beziehungen-mit-china-zu-lasten-taiwans/a-64989377)

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