China shrugs off US warning about Australia
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China is showing no signs of backing down from its campaign of economic coercion against Australia even if the US seeks to intervene after Beijing blamed Canberra’s “wrong words and deeds” for hostile bilateral relations.
China’s Foreign Ministry said top Chinese officials hoped to have candid conversations with their US counterparts about issues of concern when they meet in Alaska on Thursday (Friday AEST). It will be the first high-level meeting between China and the United States under the Biden presidency.
China’s barriers to trade imposed on barley and other Australian products are expected to continue.
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Grapevine girl, 7, gains international attention for her border policy protests
Paisley Elliott has advocated for change to reunite families for four years.
Seven-year-old Paisley Elliott advocates for separated border families each week outside her Grapevine home.(Courtesy NBC 5 DFW)
Paisley Elliott is not your average 7-year-old.
The Grapevine girl has been advocating on behalf of families who have been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border for four years, according to NBC 5. The news station reported Paisley will give a virtual speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council this weekend.
For most of the past year, Paisley has set up a tent in her front yard, protesting federal policies that have separated migrant families along the border.
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Updated on March 18, 2021 at 12:14 pm
For the past 21 weeks, a 7-year-old girl has made it her mission to reunite families separated on the border.
Paisley Elliott sleeps in a tent outside of her Grapevine home every Tuesday as a protest. She hopes it will help reunite every refugee child with their parents.
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“If the adults don t do it, us kids need to do it,” said Elliott. “It matters if you care or don t care.“
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Bidenâs âallies firstâ approach puts pressure on Beijing to behave
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Washington has ramped up its rhetorical attacks on Beijing ahead of a tense meeting of top officials from both countries in Alaska that now partially hinges on Chinaâs treatment of Australia.
Hosing down expectations that the high-level talks in Anchorage on Thursday (Friday AEDT) would pave the way for a major diplomatic thaw between China and the new Biden administration, officials in Washington insisted they were looking for âdeeds, not wordsâ from their counterparts.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Tokyo on Wednesday, heads to Alaska later this week for his first meeting with Chinaâs foreign minister, where Australiaâs treatment will be on the agenda.Â