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China's propaganda machine sputters in zero-Covid reversal
AFP, Published on 24/12/2022
» BEIJING: China's state media is struggling and censors are working overtime as Beijing gropes for a coherent narrative in the wake of the sudden reversal of its hallmark zero-Covid policy.
EU agrees on new sanctions against Russia
New York Times, Published on 17/12/2022
» BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) on Friday approved a new round of sanctions against Russia, including banning drone exports to the country, as the bloc strives to maintain a united front and keep up financial pressure on Moscow over the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.
The art teacher who showed the world China's protests
AFP, Published on 09/12/2022
» ROME - Just a few months ago, he was an ordinary Chinese art teacher who posted his personal thoughts and paintings online.
Chinese cities relax testing rules as zero-Covid policy eases
AFP, Published on 05/12/2022
» BEIJING: Businesses reopened and testing requirements were relaxed in Beijing and other Chinese cities on Monday as the country tentatively eases out of a strict zero-Covid policy that sparked nationwide protests.
'Watched the whole time': China's surveillance state grows under Xi
AFP, Published on 06/10/2022
» BEIJING - When Chen picked up his phone to vent his anger at getting a parking ticket, his message on WeChat was a drop in the ocean of daily posts on China's biggest social network.
Cambodia internet soon to be like China
New York Times, Published on 15/01/2022
» PHNOM PENH: The day Kea Sokun was arrested in Cambodia, four men in plainclothes showed up at his photography shop near Angkor Wat and carted him off to the police station. Kea Sokun, who is also a popular rapper, had released two songs on YouTube, and the men said they needed to know why he had written them.
Digital attacks raise fears over press freedoms in Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 24/08/2020
» SYDNEY/JAKARTA: A spate of hacking attacks on Indonesian media that published articles critical of the government's response to the coronavirus has raised concerns over press freedom, the country's leading journalists' association said on Monday.
US wants to eliminate Chinese apps from US app stores
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» WASHINGTON: The US is expanding its China-targeted Clean Network programme to include Chinese-made cellphone apps and cloud computing services that it claims are security risks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Wednesday.
Hong Kong security law sends jitters through city's feisty press
AFP, Published on 19/07/2020
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's status as a bastion of press freedom is in crisis as authorities toughen their line against international media and fears grow about local self-censorship under the city's sweeping new security law.
Beijing seeks to make virus martyr its own
Published on 08/02/2020
» WUHAN, China: More than 700 people have died. Tens of thousands are infected. Millions are living under lockdown, and the government has sought to silence complaints.