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Taiwanese fighter jets take off from Hsinchu Air Base in northwestern Taiwan as China begins military drills around the self-ruled island, three days after Lai Ching-te was sworn in as president. IMAGES
Chinese President Xi Jinping, on a two-day visit to France, and French President Emmanuel Macron pose for the press alongside members of the two delegations at the 6th meeting of the Franco-Chinese Business Council in Paris. IMAGES
Police vans thought to be carrying Jimmy Lai arrive at a Hong Kong court on Monday, where the pro-democracy media tycoon is set to stand trial. Lai faces internationally condemned national security charges that could send him to jail for life. Lai, 76, founded the now-shuttered Chinese-language tabloid Apple Daily, which often bashed Beijing and supported the huge protest movement that shook Hong Kong in 2019. IMAGES
Two China Coast Guard aluminium hulled boats chase a Philippine Coast Guard inflatable speed boat with media in the disputed South China Sea. The high seas pursuit near Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands ended when Philippine Navy inflatable speed boats deployed from the crumbling BRP Sierra Madre blocked the approaching Chinese vessels. IMAGES
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets his Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhonn in Phnom Penh on Sunday during a regional tour to Southeast Asia as tensions flare with the Philippines in the South China Sea. Cambodia has become one of China's strongest allies in the region under the rule of outgoing ruler Hun Sen, receiving huge sums of Chinese investment. IMAGES
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