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Chinese state media praises California Governor Gavin Newsom for a climate change agreement between his state and the city of Shanghai.

Taiwan's Vice President, Lai Ching-te, has criticized China for launching a tax probe into Foxconn, a major supplier for Apple. 

At the core of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)s success around the world are talented individuals who dedicate their skills to the betterment of humanity. Among this talented pool is Chinese engineer Cao Fengze, who works for a Chinese state-owned company investing infrastructure projects in Africa and holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Tsinghua University.

Chinese authorities are again shaking the confidence of foreign companies in the country with a series of arrests across industries and an investigation into Foxconn Technology Group, Apple Inc.s most important partner and one of the largest employers in China.

Over the weekend, state media said that regulators are conducting tax audits and reviewing land use by Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that makes the vast majority of iPhones at factories in China. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Foxconns public arm, said it will collaborate with authorities.

Its billionaire founder Terry Gou resigned from the board to focus on his bid to run in Taiwan’s presidential elections. Read more at straitstimes.com.

"The welcome for Governor Newsoms visit is sincere and warm," the Global Times wrote Monday in an editorial.

Tax authorities are conducting checks on Foxconn subsidiaries in Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces, the state-run Global Times said Sunday, citing unidentified people with knowledge of the matter.

Chinese diplomats appealed for "calm" during their work in the Middle East to "end violence and cool down the situation," the countrys media reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly made a surprise visit to the NATO headquarters in the hope of securing aid from the military alliance on Wednesday local time. Chinese analysts commented on Thursday that Zelenskys NATO headquarters visit, his first since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in early 2022, was an obvious sign of his growing concern over NATO diverting assistance from Ukraine to Israel.