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The Week in Detail: Vietnam, entrenching law, Covid summer
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
China eases some Covid restrictions amid mass protests
Dozens of districts in major Chinese cities have now begun lifting lockdown measures despite high case numbers.
Chinese astronauts board space station in historic mission
Three Chinese astronauts have arrived at China's space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history.
Asia correspondent Ed White
Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times based in Seoul. He talks to Susie about signs that Xi Jinping's plans for an exit from the Zero-Covid strategy are already unravelling. In… Audio
Asia correspondent Ed White
Asia correspondent Ed White reports from South Korea where the country is still reeling from the Halloween crowd disaster in Seoul, with attention very much turning to who should be held responsible.
…US B-52 bombers to head to Australia as tensions with China grow
The United States is preparing to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to northern Australia, a provocative move experts say is aimed squarely at China.
Asia correspondent Ed White
There's been high drama in Beijing at the conclusion of the Chinese Communist party five-yearly party congress. Asia correspondent Ed White talks to Kathryn about how any hopes of reconciliation… Audio
Tech: Australia's big fines for privacy breaches
Technology correspondent Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to look at the hefty fines being introduced to the Australian parliament this week for repeated or serious privacy breaches, tech company earnings… Audio
Ex-UK pilots in China did not share classified information - flying school
A flying school linked to the recruitment of British pilots says the UK was "fully aware" of its work.
Xi Jinping is just getting started, with big plans for China
Analysis - Xi Jinping's China is not Mao's China - and Xi's ambition far exceeds anything Mao ever dreamed of, the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes writes.
Dr Alexander Gillespie discusses the 20th Congress of the CCP
The Chinese Communist Party's 20th Congress looks set to give Xi Jinping his unprecedented third term in office as the secretary general of the party. The Party has ruled China since 1949, but it's… Audio
On the sidelines of big news in China
This week's five-yearly meeting of the Chinese Communist Party signposted China's economic and foreign policy for the foreseeable future under President Xi Jinping. That's a big deal for trading… Video, Audio
Mediawatch for 23 October 2022
Bard-gate; on the sidelines of big news in China; chaotic politics sparks crude comebacks - and decency dilemmas. Audio
Anger in China over death of child sent to Covid-19 quarantine
Guo JinJin, 14, developed a fever two days after being taken to a quarantine centre last week and died in hospital on Monday, the BBC has confirmed.
Ex-UK pilots being lured to help Chinese military, UK defence ministry says
Former British military pilots are being lured to China with large sums of money to pass on their expertise to the Chinese military, it is claimed.
Paying a Long Game: A new book on China in the countries of the Silk Road
As China continues to flex its global muscles, a new book, Sinostan: China's Inadvertent Empire, offers clues to its ambitions in Central Asia - and the resulting tensions.
America Second: Two new books say elites have sold out to China
Two new books claim that greed has sold out Western interests to try to get a foothold in China. The focus is on Hollywood and political leaders.
Overseas Correspondent - Taiwan
William Yang joins us from Taipei, tonight he'll be discussing Taiwan reopening its borders to tourists for the first time in more than two years, in her speech for Taiwan's National Day the president… Audio
US-Pacific partnership deal signed amid China concerns
China loomed large over a US-Pacific Island Summit in Washington last week. Kathryn discusses the latest with Anna Powles, senior lecturer at Massey University's Centre for Defence and Security… Audio
US bars 'advanced tech' firms from building China factories for 10 years
The United States has barred tech companies that get federal funding from building "advanced technology" facilities in China for 10 years.