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Everybody wants to talk to Hanyu (including me) #Beijing2022
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He was very helpful with the phone/recorder tray.
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I’m in Taipei for the midterm elections this week. Taiwan really knows how to throw an election rally.
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Anyways that was about as close as I got because this was the Hanyu crowd by the end of the mixed zone. #Beijing2022
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And this reporter stuck outside in the line had to resort to using binoculars to catch a glimpse of the Japanese star. #Hanyu
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Comments by Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews suggest that the federal government could overturn Djokovic’s exemption to enter Australia.
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China's Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian tells the National Press Club that coverage of China in Australia is overwhelmingly negative. "It is important to know what China truly is." That is true, but one remedy would be to allow Australian foreign correspondents back into China.
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The SMH, The Age, The Australian Financial Review, Brisbane Times and WAtoday are resubscribing to AAP for a 6-month trial. Good news for readers and reporters around the country.
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I hope Sydney is psychologically ready to see cases go through the roof. Here is Singapore after restrictions were eased to allow max 5 people to gather. The city of less than 6 million will be at 5000 cases per day by next week. NSW restrictions from Monday are much looser. twitter.com/cokeefe9/statu…
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Shinzo Abe is in a "critical condition". "The doctors are doing everything they can. I am hoping and praying that Abe will survive this".
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And said Nathan Chen's gold medal winning performance was "so cool". "I showed my story to the people," he said. "I wanted to say thanks to the ice".
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Greg Hunt repeats this Australian government stat: "The UK actually has 84 per cent of its adult population vaccinated, but 20,000 cases a day in each of the last two days." They should be pulled up on omitting the hospitalisation rate every time it is repeated. It's misleading.
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A few key takeouts from my interview with Nobuo Kishi: Australia should take more of a leadership role in south-east Asia and the Pacific, pacifist constitutional debate likely to re-emerge after the election, and Abe, his brother, is fighting fit. smh.com.au/world/asia/jap…
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If you are wondering why Australia has not rocked up yet. It is spelt with an ‘O’ オ in the Japanese katakana alphabet so has been knocked back the queue to to 38th. Ireland, Algeria etc are spelt with an ‘A’ ア. #Tokyo2020
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The front pages of @smh @theage this morning after our @60Minutes investigation on child abduction in Japan last night.
オーストラリアで最も読まれている 2 つの新聞が、日本での子供の誘拐を 1 面に取り上げました。
smh.com.au/world/asia/eig…
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For those playing along at home. The one on the left is the key.
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This is the line outside the press mixed zone. You would usually only see half a dozen people in this room. Now people can’t get in. #Hanyu mania. #Beijing2022
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Zhao Lijian's fabricated image of an Australian ‘war crime’ in Afghanistan was part of a 'sentiment mobilisation’ misinformation campaign by Beijing that also targeted Japan and Canada. smh.com.au/world/asia/doc…
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This is great news. The @smh and @theage are hiring ten new cadets. These opportunities only come around once every four years. Apply! It's a wonderful gig. smh.com.au/business/compa…
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Australian lobsters are 'a threat to national security’ says Hong Kong smh.com.au/world/asia/nat…
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Look Nicole Kidman running “soft propaganda” for Beijing is not a line I expected to write this week but here we are. smh.com.au/world/asia/nic…
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For almost 1000 days Cheng Lei has woken up inside a Chinese cell, cut off from her two young children in Melbourne. Each day she wakes unaware of the crime she is alleged to have committed, in a country that only gives her two hours a day of fresh air.
smh.com.au/world/asia/mis…
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The death of a British monarch, and the accession of a new head of state, is a ritual that is passing out of living memory. This remarkable @guardian story from 2017 reveals what could unfold in the coming days. theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/m…
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