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At least 30 writers have been arrested across the country since February, a lawyer tells the BBC.

It is the third major opposition party to disband this year, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Beijing-imposed national security law.

In Flushing, a stronghold of Asian American power in New York City, Cuomo ran up the score and narrowly edged out Mamdani in some precincts, while Mamdani got the better of the ex-governor in others.

Clean tech’s key minerals now drive western rearmament, reviving extractive ambition and exposing the toxic cost of dependence
It’s an irony that the minerals needed to save the planet may help destroy it. Rare earth elements, the mineral backbones of wind turbines and electric vehicles, are now the prize in a geopolitical arms race. The trade between Washington and Beijing restores rare earth shipments from China to the US, which had been suspended in retaliation against Donald Trump’s tariffs. Behind the bluster, there has been a realisation in Washington that these are critical inputs for the US. They are needed not just by American icons such as and Boeing but for its , missile guidance systems and satellite communications.
This understanding suggests that Washington will scale back some of its countermeasures once Beijing resumes delivery of rare earths. The paradox is that to reduce its dependence on China, the US must depend on Beijing a little longer. This is not yet decoupling; it’s . That, however, may not last. Mr Trump has signed an executive order to boost production of critical minerals, which encourages the faster granting of permits for mining and processing projects. He eyes and Greenland’s subterranean riches to break dependence on China.

National Anti-Scam Centre warns that fraudsters posing as Mandarin-speaking law enforcement officers are becoming more threatening
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Scammers pretending to be Chinese authorities are increasingly targeting international students in Australia, threatening “serious trouble” and 24-hour surveillance and fleecing them of more than $5m in just five months.
The scammers claim to be Chinese law enforcement officers who demand that personal information or money be transferred to them.

Minister Pat Conroy says Chinese ‘branding’ of multilateral development projects to bolster its influence in the region is a consistent frustration


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China is bolstering its geopolitical influence in the Pacific by “branding” Asian Development Bank projects – funded in significant part by Australian taxpayer dollars – as Chinese projects, the Australian government says.
On the island of Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea to Australia’s north, the state-owned China Railway Construction Corporation has begun work to strengthen the runway at Kieta-Aropa, on the outskirts of the largest city.

Chinese or American. While their flavors are subjective, there are a few differences to note when choosing between them.

President Trump’s first-term tariffs were a wake-up call for Ryan Bursky’s company. Now, he is working with his Chinese suppliers to move everything to Cambodia.

President Trump’s first-term tariffs were a wake-up call for Ryan Bursky’s company. Now, he is working with his Chinese suppliers to move everything to Cambodia.

Negotiators doubt countries’ financial and environmental commitment as military and trade wars divert attention
“Climate is our biggest war. Climate is here for the next 100 years. We need to focus and … not allow those [other] wars to take our attention away from the bigger fight that we need to have.”
Ana Toni, the chief executive of Cop30, the UN climate summit to be held in Brazil this November, is worried. With only four months before the crucial global summit, the world’s response to the climate crisis is in limbo.

Asian American leaders condemned ongoing ICE raids and stood in solidarity with the Latinos, whom they said “have borne the brunt of the kidnappings.” ...

Asian American leaders condemned ongoing ICE raids and stood in solidarity with the Latinos, whom they said “have borne the brunt of the kidnappings.” ...