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Statement from the director of the Voice of America (who has been placed on administrative leave).

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“Her patients included individuals awaiting transplants and those dealing with the complex conditions that can occur after a transplant, Dr. Bayliss said. He called Dr. Alawieh “a very talented, very thoughtful physician.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...

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Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...

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If I had a dollar for every time I've looked for English coverage of a human rights story to contextualise material from our Chinese site, and found that RFA was the only source that had covered it, I'd nearly be able to fund RFA myself.

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On 3/12, Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration deployed patrol boats PP-3552 and PP-3520 to monitor and expel China-flagged research ship YAN PING 2 south of Kinmen, which had deployed research equipment. Photos: Coast Guard Administration

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Incredible story. Trump family in discussions for stake in Binance’s U.S. arm as company founder Changpeng Zhao has pushed for the administration to pardon him for his own 2023 guilty plea www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

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At the new Picasso for Asia show at M+, a 1956 copy of Manhua showing the peace dove and celebrating China reducing defense spending by 5.52%

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CK Hutchison is accused of "disregarding national interests and national justice and betraying and selling out all Chinese people" over its sale of Panama Canal ports to US. firm BlackRock in a state media commentary posted by China's Hong Kong and Macao office. www.hmo.gov.cn/sgazx/gayw/2...

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Taiwan plans to step up efforts to combat Chinese espionage and influence, including by reinstating military courts to handle spy cases and scrutinizing the activities of Chinese citizens www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...

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Columbia University admins warned international journalism students to avoid publishing work on Gaza, Ukraine, and protests after a pro-Palestinian activist's arrest, saying their freedom and academic future could be at risk. “Nobody can protect you.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...

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China is rapidly expanding ocean exploration in waters far beyond its shores, sending out a fleet of vessels whose research offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach and menaces U.S. allies. New from me. Gift link here: www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...

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Wild boar regulates on a French bulldog

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Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, writes in a new book that he intends to be reincarnated outside China and called on the Tibetan people to reject any successor chosen by Beijing. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

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China is doing all they can to prop up #Myanmar’s junta with recent deliveries of jet trainers, helicopters, drones & security contractors. This has helped the junta stem their losses but it’s unlikely to save them. New analysis from Nyein Nyein Thant Aung & me. www.stimson.org/2025/too-lit...

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Washington and Beijing have begun discussions about a potential “birthday summit” in June in the U.S. between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

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Exclusive: Trump could visit China as early as next month, according to multiple diplomatic sources, as the American leader has appeared focused on hammering out a deal with Beijing since his return to the White House. www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

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It seems that the Russian government has now indicted North Korea scholar, Andrei Lankov, for working with an “undesirable organization.” Good thing he lives in South Korea now. So Orwellian but so predictable from the Kremlin. www.svoboda.org/a/sud-v-mosk...

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Last night State Department sent Freedom House notification of termination of a multi-year, multimillion dollar grant for work on transnational repression that I spent most of the last year developing and setting up.

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China’s top diplomat chided the Trump administration and said efforts to contain the country’s rise were destined to fail, presenting Beijing as a force for global stability in a rejection of U.S. policy under President Trump. www.wsj.com/world/china-...

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China is expanding military exercises in a way that they are difficult to distinguish from a potential operation against the self-ruled Taiwan, the United States Space Force warned. www.newsweek.com/us-news-spac...

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NEW The Pentagon’s DEI purge has led to photos of the B-29 bomber the Enola Gay to be marked for deletion. Photos of soldiers who happen to have the last name “Gay” are also marked for deletion. Full Story: bit.ly/3F4FOKK

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REUTERS: The Trump administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the war with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Hong Kong’s top court overturned the convictions of three former members of a pro-democracy group, marking a rare victory in challenging the enforcement of the national security law imposed by Beijing.

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China has "significantly increased" the number of missiles capable of striking Japan, a key American ally in Northeast Asia, a Japanese think tank warned, citing satellite imagery. www.newsweek.com/china-news-m...

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In mid-2009 I had heard that the @beijingair Twitter account that people in the Chinese capital had begun to rely on for air quality data was in fact run by the U.S. embassy. I wrote a short item reporting that, only to realize later the full scope of the tumult it caused time.com/archive/6947...

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Bounty-hunt me and get rewarded $1 million💰 1/ Last week, my MP Joshua Reynolds told me that my neighbours received anonymous letters encouraging them to “take me to the Chinese Embassy” to bounty-hunt me. The Parliament had an UQ on it yesterday secured by @aliciakearns.bsky.social

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RFA - Neighbors of two wanted pro-democracy activists received anonymous letters urging them to bring the activists to the Chinese Embassy in London. www.rfa.org/english/chin...

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Some of the best tech reporters + editors out there were laid off from @wsj.com yesterday. When I say these folks are not only incredibly knowledgeable but also kind and a joy to work with, I mean it. If you’re hiring, don’t miss the chance to snatch them up. talkingbiznews.com/media-news/h...

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NIH bosses tells staff be extra vigilant abt insider threats/espionage since we hear that “some foreign government and talent programs are attempting to recruit current or former NIH employees who were either dismissed or accepted the early retirement option.” talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doh-n...

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The singularity is going to be sadder than we imagined

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The Beijing air quality twitter feed was also the subject of some rather amusing Wikileaks revelations.

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From what happened last Friday, a date of infamy for 21st century America, I’m afraid Beijing sees the nature of a typical bully, in Chinese, 欺软怕硬 (bully the weak and fear the strong (or seemingly strong)), which would explain the harsh tone. Much danger abounds.

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“If war is what the U.S. wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said after the latest exchange of retaliatory tariffs. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

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Breaking: President Trump ordered a pause to intelligence sharing with Ukraine, a move that deprives Kyiv of a key tool in fighting Russian forces

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The @financialtimes.com is reporting that the US administration has cut off intelligence sharing with Ukraine. www.ft.com/content/c58f...

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Canada and the United States offered to resettle dozens of ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sources told Reuters, but Bangkok took no action for fear of upsetting China, where they were covertly deported last week. www.reuters.com/world/canada...

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The Trump administration is preparing an executive order aimed at reviving U.S. shipbuilding and cutting Chinese dominance of the maritime industry. The measures include fees on Chinese-built ships and cranes entering the U.S. and raising wages for shipyard workers. www.wsj.com/articles/tru...

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Not an exaggeration to say this was pound-for-pound the most effective piece of US public diplomacy in China. Twitter was blocked, but U.S. embassy pollution tweets forced Beijing to start publishing its own pollution data, which fed public outrage. Result: millions breathing vastly less toxic air

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Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchinson agreed to sell majority stakes in ports on either end of the Panama Canal to a consortium led by BlackRock, putting U.S. firms in control of two facilities President Trump raised as security concerns because of their connection to China. www.wsj.com/business/log...

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest at least $100 billion more in chip-manufacturing plants in the U.S. over the next several years under a plan announced Monday by the company and President Trump. www.wsj.com/tech/trump-c...

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The U.S. will pause all military aid to Kyiv until President Trump determines that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is making what a White House official called a good-faith effort toward peace negotiations with Russia. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

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I was stunned in Munich when Vance said Europe's liberal "enemies within" were a bigger threat than Russia and China. Over the last week in Brussels, I lost count of the amount of European officials or diplomats who told me the US is a bigger threat than China. Quite the journey.

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On Ukraine’s front lines, the mood was more quiet pride than despair after the the Oval Office clash. “I am proud of Zelensky, who stood up for our honor. He stood up for our soldiers so they wouldn’t have just died for nothing,” said a platoon commander. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

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Japanese news outlet Yomiuri Shimbun reports that Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Akizuki transited the Taiwan Strait on 2/5. This marks the first time a JMSDF warship independently transited the Taiwan Strait.

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NEW: I understand that at right about the time of yesterdays blow up at the White House the US ordered the withdrawal of at least one and possibly two P-8 surveillance aircraft equipped with AAS radar pods which had been operating in the airspace over and around Romania and ordered them redeployed …

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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions. On @therecordmedia.bsky.social therecord.media/hegseth-orde...

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