Social media users have been taking aim at Chinese official commentator Hu Xijin, the former editor of the nationalistic Global Times newspaper, after he claimed Michelle Yeoh’s Oscars win as a victory for “Chinese cultural genes.”
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Hong Kong authorities have banned a Malaysian rapper who recorded a satirical song about Beijing’s ‘fragility,’ while two people have been arrested for possessing “seditious” children’s stories about sheep amid a crackdown on dissent in the city under …
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has already blocked nearly $500 million worth of imports from entering American ports this year because it was made “wholly or in part” by Uyghur forced labor, the agency’s acting head said at an event in Washington o…
During the forest fires of March and April 2022, PM2.5 concentrations spiked 400% higher than WHO recommended levels in northern Thailand where people “are especially vulnerable to negative health impacts from air pollution,” the report said.
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