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A BBC News (UK) exclusive on the Jimmy Lai trial in Hong Kong from me and Danny Vincent: Lawmakers from 9 countries ask HK court to call them as witnesses in Jimmy Lai case bbc.com/news/articles/…

Such sad news. Benjamin Kang Lim was deeply knowledgeable about China, well connected and also very kind.

Unparalleled reporting from the frontline of Myanmar’s civil war - a second must-see story from ⁦Quentin Sommerville⁩. Watch here 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cx…

A head-scratcher in the Sunday Times today…Damian Grammaticas

The professor The student The revolutionary The LGBT campaigner The veteran activist... And 42 more A detailed look at the Hong Kong 47 ahead of this week's expected verdicts in a landmark trial - by the BBC's Yvette Tan bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

This gives me shivers...

#2024June4 A senior resident showing two hand-written posters listing democracy movements in mainland China, HK and Taiwan alongside with a poem to commemorate June 4 was taken away by police although he folded his papers after police warned arrest over “disorderly conducts”.

How far the Hong Kong authorities will go to stop commemorations of the killings near Tiananmen Square on June 4th, 1989:

Horrific details from an assault on the village of Byai Phyu uncovered by Jonathan Head and the BBC's Burmese Service:

Calling all student journalists - there’s still time to enter the 2024 Hugh Cudlipp Student Award in association with the London Press Club You could get noticed and win a £1000 cash prize! For more information follow the link.. londonpressclub.co.uk/?page_id=259

Today, a court sentenced #MeToo  journalist Sophia Huang to 5 years in jail and labour activist Wang Jianbing to 3.5 years for inciting subversion, supporters say. Huang plans to appeal. Watch my BBC News (World) documentary following their case: youtu.be/V2_ttvNDAno (Thread below)

Poignant detail from this January piece on the #MeToo journalist Huang Xueqin: even in detention, she insisted on receiving nice civilian clothes to wear to court, just like her male counterpart, instead of pajamas and slippers: hrichina.substack.com/p/who-is-huang…

Looks like the Arakan Army expects to take Maungdaw, a mainly Rohingya town, and is telling all residents to evacuate. This happened in Buthidaung last month - tens of thousands had to flee and many neighborhoods were subsequently burned down.

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What an interview - worth watching every minute 👇

Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul has been killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, alongside photographer Rami al-Rifi, Al Jazeera PR is reporting. His colleagues are breaking down on camera as they report the news in front of his body.

Axios' Soup Dumpling Index: How Din Tai Fung prices compare around the world axios.com/2024/07/31/din…

This is very sad to hear. He was a lovely and very thoughtful man. I’ll always be grateful for the stories that he helped get to air.

More than 128 journalists have been killed in the Gaza war, all but 5 Palestinian, says Committee to Protect Journalists - BBC Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf talked to me on The Media Show about some of those lost. Full interview The Media Show, Reporting From Inside Gaza BBC iPlayer BBC Sounds

Talked to friends back in China and wanted to see how they feel/see the “Stimulus.” Everyone just sounded confused, “what stimulus?” One said Hermes just did a 50% sale in Hangzhou. (Must be the only Hermes sale I have heard of.)