Aware of it or not, most everyone who rode the Hong Kong midlevels escalator in the past few years probably knows of Andy. He was a constant presence near them with his suit, lime green tie, matching step stool and microphone.

#NEW : An ex-Hong Kong district councillor becomes the second from the city to sit on a British local council after moving through the BN(O) migrant scheme, amid a “historic campaign” claimed by the opposition Labour Party. sc.mp/5l7a7?utm_sour… via @scmpnews

Chinese-owned media are distancing themselves from Asia's highest-profile journalism prize amid rising domestic pressure on those seen to be 'colluding with foreign forces.' Caixin, Sixth Tone and SCMP have all stopped entering SOPA awards, Nikkei reports

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#Hongkong continued to rank afloat of 135 in World Press Freedom Index by RSF. Still on par to the Philippines, lower than Singapore.

The political and social indicator are falling as the National Security Law and Article 23 loomed over press freedom and self-censorship.

Feature: Life in Taiwan proves a letdown—Migrants from Hong Kong are taking a reality check, four years after the Taiwanese government led the world with an offer of political refuge
by Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸 & Erin Hale

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National Shrine of St Osacr Romero, patron of our comission

More changes at @wsj since I wrote this, with restructuring and layoffs in Asia

Documentary out today on the BBC. We spent time in the West Bank, where violence has been escalating…

And found evidence of potential breaches of international law by the Israel military — including the death of an 8 year-old boy.

Watch here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

NEW: Huawei, the Chinese telecom blacklisted by the US, is secretly funding cutting-edge research at American universities including Harvard through an independent Washington DC-based foundation.

Proud to share my first article for Bloomberg:
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Unspeakably proud that The Canadian Press News is a finalist for the 2023 Michener Award, for reporter Darryl Greer's series, 'A predator at CSIS,' and his brave reporting on allegations of rape and bullying within CSIS. Well done my man.

Binance's former CEO sentenced to four months prison over money laundering violations reuters.com/legal/binances…

Had a wonderful night at BBC World Service on the Future of Forensic Journalism and BBC Eye with conversation between Nazanin Zaghari-Rafcliffe and Stella Assange and distingisushed visual investigation journalists.