April 12 — China is backing Russia's war effort in Ukraine by providing drone and missile technology, satellite imagery and machine tools, US officials. Russians have likely used machine tool imports from China to increase its ballistic missile production.
reuters.com/world/us-says-…

China agrees to South China Sea hotline with Vietnam as Manila tensions spike scmp.com/news/china/mil…

China successfully tests maglev trains in vacuum tube, eyeing future speeds of 4,000 kph - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

Peter Dutton’s office billed taxpayers almost $6,000 for staff to travel with him when he attended Gina Rinehart party dlvr.it/T5N1Jz

Apr 8: somewhere in China, a 🇨🇳 driver from a ride-hailing service demanded two passengers leave his vehicle as soon as he learned that they’re Japanese…

The video went viral on 🇨🇳 social media and most people applauded the driver’s action.

I'm deeply concerned about reports of shooting of children in a school in West Papua by Indonesian Armed Forces resulting in the death of one child and another in a coma. This follows seperate allegations of torture. An independent investigation is urgently required.

#BREAKING A representative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been deported from Hong Kong on arrival to the territory to monitor the landmark trial of publisher Jimmy Lai, the international press freedom concern group said in a statement.

rsf.org/s/94297

The faces in Beijing, 1966, by French photographer Solange Brand, who worked in French embassy as a secretary.

That’s right. Fox News took advantage of the eclipse to scare viewers that migrants and smugglers were going to take advantage of three minutes of darkness. Wait until their viewers learn about this thing called “nighttime.” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

An important report issued by FCC China. The harassment of foreign journalists and their local staff continues to rise. If China wants a good story to be told, they need to let the journalists do their jobs. Harassment only creates a new story line — oftentimes negative.

Another Chinese property developer bites the dust. This is a big state-owned bank so clearly has the government’s blessing.

An eight year-old Labrador named Roger has captured Taiwanese hearts after he found three bodies buried under rock fall in Taroko Gorge. His endearing back story is that he was fired as a drug-sniffing dog for being too frisky and friendly.
udn.com/news/story/123…

If you’re not terrified by this you’re in denial

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Terrific sign off piece from my Beijing Olympics bubble buddy/The Sydney Morning Herald North Asia correspondent Eryk Bagshaw

Beijing never gave him a long term visa — but, wow, he just got on with it, reporting on China in the region and beyond. What an innings! smh.com.au/world/asia/chi…

Person in Texas diagnosed with rare bird flu after contact with cattle bbc.in/4aeF689

Shouldn’t that be “has gone” rather than “is going”?

2/2 with great endorsements by Stephen McDonell Ian Johnson Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 Michael Wood

1/2Advance copies of the next book in my Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies Asian Arguments series just arrived - Jonathan Chatwin The Southern Tour - out mid-may in the UK and USA….