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Despite China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour both at home and abroad, Beijing’s open threat to take control of Taiwan by force is receiving comparatively little attention – leaving this flourishing liberal democracy uniquely isolated and vulnerable. The threat may be far more imminent than many imagine. According to Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu “the Chinese authoritarian leaders may find Taiwan as a convenient scapegoat. Therefore Taiwan needs to be doubly concerned about a possible Chinese use of force against us.”
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On September 15, the United States issued a sweeping new advisory warning against travel to mainland China and Hong Kong, citing the risk of “arbitrary detention” and “arbitrary enforcement of local laws.”
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A long-running saga over an $80 speeding ticket has ended in victory for a man who has spent years battling it in the courts after police couldn’t find a copy of witness evidence.
Peter Richard Prescott spent more than four years contesting the speeding fine he got in West Auckland in July 2016.
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Read more: Auckland man wins years-long speeding ticket case after police can't find evidence
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The battle for Te Tai Tokerau electorate is heating up, with a local iwi health leader from the Māori Party and the controversial co-leader of the Advance Party both vying to push out Labour's Kelvin Davis from the northern-most Māori seat.
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Read more: Can Billy Te Kahika upset Kelvin Davis in Te Tai Tokerau?
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With astronomers detecting a potential signature of life in the clouds of Venus, there's obviously going to be a big push to get some new space missions to the planet.
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Read more: Venus: Will private firms win the race to the fiery planet?
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New Zealand is officially in a recession - the harshest, sharpest, and deepest on record - but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she's focused on bouncing back.
"It's actually about the rebound and I back New Zealand's rebound. I think we're already seeing that we were able to open up a lot more quickly, we're seeing activity picking up," she said on Thursday.
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A Chinese virologist who claims to have been one of the first to study COVID-19 when it surfaced last year has claimed it was made in a lab and deliberately released by the Chinese government.
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Read more: CORONAVIRUS Chinese virologist's claim COVID-19 is artificial slammed by experts
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Auntie Jacinda can do no wrong... hypocrisy at its best...
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