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As tensions between Taiwan and China continue to escalate, satellite images reportedly show amphibious armoured vehicles and mobile missile launchers massing at military bases near the island nation.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12354855
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One has to remember China itself doesn't have an army or defence force as stupid as sound the PLA and PLAN etc are run CCP. 

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Author: Jamie Seidel

Key generals have attacked Xi Jinping for squandering China's big chance. They say his tactics have ruined their chances of world domination.

One man. One party. One country of 1.4 billion people. Little wonder Chairman-for-life Xi Jinping is worried about maintaining absolute authority.

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Author: Jamie Seidel

Satellite photos appear to show China massing troops and equipment on its mountainous border with India following a violent clash last month – despite promises to de-escalate the conflict.

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Author: Thomas Manch and Donna-Lee Biddle

A cool storage facility in Auckland will be tested for Covid-19, with the possibility that the virus could have travelled into New Zealand on refrigerated freight.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/122423538/coronavirus-auckland-cool-storage-facility-tested-over-concern-covid19-entered-nz-via-freight
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Author: The Conversation

New Zealand is on alert as COVID-19 returns. This is what we need to stamp it out again, write three NZ professors. 

Auckland, and possibly other parts of New Zealand, almost certainly have more cases of COVID-19 in the community than the four new cases confirmed yesterday.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/opinion-what-nz-now-needs-to-stamp-covid-19-out.html
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Author: Sky News Australia

Former NSW treasurer Michael Costa says the recent arrest of Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai is very serious but reaffirms that Hong Kong as an "independent political entity, is over.”

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Author: Zane Small

Plastic straws, cotton-buds, drink stirrers, plastic tableware, some single-use cups and lids, single-use produce bags and non-compostable produce stickers are planned to be phased out by January 2025. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/08/plastic-straws-stirrers-tableware-and-single-use-produce-bags-to-be-phased-out-by-2025.html
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Author: Newstalk ZB

Two of the new Covid cases travelled to Rotorua while showing virus symptoms and visited tourism spots.

The Ministry of Health is working to establish where they visited in Rotorua. People in Rotorua will need to be vigilant, director general of health Ashley Bloomfield said.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/jacinda-ardern-and-ashley-bloomfield-update-on-community-transmission-new-cases/
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