Category : News
Author: RNZ

A total of 39 Chinese air force aircraft entered Taiwan's air defence zone on Saturday, the defence ministry in Taipei said, setting a new high for missions which have infuriated the island's government and further raised tensions with Beijing.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/452829/chinese-planes-fly-close-to-taiwan-air-space-again
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Author: Sarah Knapton

Scientists from Wuhan and the US were planning to create new coronaviruses that did not exist in nature by combining the genetic codes of other viruses, proposals show.

Documents of a grant application submitted to the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), leaked last month, reveal that the international team of scientists planned to mix genetic data of closely related strains and grow completely new viruses.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300424689/revealed-wuhan-and-us-scientists-planned-to-create-new-coronaviruses
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Author: The Conversation

The Quad has come a long way since it was resurrected in 2017 as a loose coalition comprising the US, Australia, India and Japan. The face-to-face, leaders summit at the end of last week marked a new high point for the grouping.

Three of the members continue to suffer Chinese coercion in various forms: economic coercion in Australia’s case, and the use of military and grey-zone tactics to advance territorial claims when it comes to India and Japan.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/09/quad-leaders-send-signal-to-china-that-liberal-democracy-is-path-to-success.html
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Author: The Detail,

Amazon's plans to build giant data centres in Auckland, with promises of investing nearly $8 billion and creating hundreds of jobs, are being hailed as a big deal for "little old New Zealand".

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018814293/what-we-don-t-know-about-amazon-s-nz-plans
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Category : Defence
Author: Dan Lake

Day one of the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition took to the skies on Tuesday with millions of viewers watching online from around the world.

The event is taking place in Zhuhai City in Guangdong Province and began with China's Red Eagle Aerobatic Team putting on a display which lasted for about 30 minutes.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2021/09/day-one-of-china-s-international-airshow-in-guangdong-full-of-action.html
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Author: Paul Clark

OPINION: The return of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to Shenzhen did not quite live up to the theatrical possibilities of the occasion. It was night-time in Shenzhen under pandemic restrictions. So there were no hordes of beaming children, waving paper flowers and chanting a warm welcome. Red flags fluttering were unseen, though there was a red carpet. Instead, she received a bouquet of flowers from an adult in full PPE regalia while beaming local officials stood well back.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/126505456/chinas-worldwide-reset-beyond-huawei-cfos-return-home
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‘I’m in hiding, not only me but other colleagues. There’s still some gunfire at night-time. We are living in horror. I’m running out of cash with my family’

Mahmood* is an Afghan interpreter who worked for New Zealand forces during their deployment in Afghanistan. He made a number of applications to the New Zealand government to immigrate over the past several years, but was turned down each time.

Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/05/we-are-in-darkness-diary-of-a-nzdf-interpreter-left-behind-in-kabul
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Author: Thomas Manch

An estimated 375 people were left behind in Afghanistan when the Government stopped evacuation flights, and a “second phase” of the evacuation effort is far from beginning.

The evacuation effort to airlift New Zealand citizens, visa holders, and Afghan allies ended on Friday after a deadly terror attack outside Kabul’s international airport. The hastily arranged operation came after the militant Taliban seized control of Afghanistan more than two weeks ago.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126234665/afghanistan-375-new-zealanders-visa-holders-stranded-as-government-considers-second-phase-of-evacuation-effort
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