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Janis Mackey Frayer

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@NBCNews Correspondent in Asia via New Delhi & Jerusalem | always: mom, wife, slowish runner, @Cambridge_Uni | bsky.app/profile/janisf…

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BREAKING: #China signals that its sanctions on Secretary of State Marco Rubio won't be a problem. Here's what an official in Beijing said in response to my question from NBC News: nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

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"It's not easy to capture a North Korean soldier": #NorthKorea defectors offer a glimpse inside Kim Jong Un's army... describing a life of labor, loyalty & hunger. With Stella Kim Jennifer Jett Ed Flanagan & Kyle Eppler. @nbcnews #Ukraine #Russia nbcnews.com/news/world/nor…

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#China says the Trump administration’s 10% tariff hike on all goods “seriously violates WTO rules, does nothing to resolve its own issues, and disrupts normal economic and trade cooperation”, adding Beijing will “take necessary countermeasures.” NBC News peopleapp.com/column/3004816…

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As a trade war escalates, from Feb 10 China will impose 15% tariffs on US coal+LNG, and 10% on crude oil, farm machinery & pickups in response to President Trump's 10% tariffs on Chinese goods. Also, more Chinese export controls on materials like tungsten, bismuth, etc. NBC News

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As a trade war escalates, from Feb 10 #China will impose 15% tariffs on US coal+LNG, and 10% on crude oil, farm machinery & pickups in response to President #Trump's 10% #tariffs on Chinese goods. Plus more Chinese export controls on materials like tungsten, bismuth, etc NBC News

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#China retaliating with more than #tariffs: Google is now targeted in an anti-trust investigation... plus, PVH Group (Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger & other clothing brands) and Illumina (gene sequencing) are being added to 'Unreliable Entity List' (ie. blacklisted). NBC News

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Minimus maximus: From U.S. Postal Service —> Temporary Service Disruption Effective Feb. 4, the Postal Service will temporarily suspend only international package acceptance of inbound parcels from #China and #HongKong Posts until further notice. NBC News (letters & flats not affected)

Minimus maximus: From <a href="/USPS/">U.S. Postal Service</a> —&gt; Temporary Service Disruption
Effective Feb. 4, the Postal Service will temporarily suspend only international package acceptance of inbound parcels from #China and #HongKong Posts until further notice. <a href="/NBCNews/">NBC News</a> 
(letters &amp; flats not affected)
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USAID has announced that almost all direct hires around the world will be placed on administrative leave later this week. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u…

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DeepSeek is being hailed as a global AI disruptor here in #China, but there's also increasing scrutiny (and more bans) over potential security risks. Watch how the chatbot answers questions deemed sensitive here -- with censorship in real-time. nbcnews.com/now/video/deep… @nbcnews

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For years, the US backed demining teams clearing millions of unexploded munitions in #Cambodia - until President Trump froze foreign aid. Many of them are leftover from American bombing campaigns during the Vietnam War. Our NBC News story from Siem Reap: nbcnews.com/nightly-news/v…

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#China’s annual political gathering underway at the Great Hall of the People. The session (Premier Li Qiang’s ‘work report’) rarely yields surprises but does offer clues about where the economy is at (5% growth) & the leadership’s priorities (touting AI/tech). NBC News

#China’s annual political gathering underway at the Great Hall of the People. The session (Premier Li Qiang’s ‘work report’) rarely yields surprises but does offer clues about where the economy is at (5% growth) &amp; the leadership’s priorities (touting AI/tech).  <a href="/NBCNews/">NBC News</a>
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"Nobody worries about it": As President #Trump shakes the international order, #China seeks to cast itself as a model of stability. Our report from #Beijing: nbcnews.com/news/world/chi… @nbcnews

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Opening games for Major League Baseball are happening thousands of miles from the U.S. in Japan... where fans are electrified by the number of Japanese star players, including Shohei Ohtani. We're in Tokyo for NBC News TODAY NBC News NOW: today.com/video/chicago-… @nbcnews

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With growing backlash against Tesla & Elon Musk in the US, we looked at Musk's deep commercial & political ties in #China. "There's a lot of hope here that he can be a bridge... I don't know if that is more wishful thinking than clear analysis." NBC News 📺nbcnews.com/now/video/what…

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BREAKING: The impeachment of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol upheld by the Constitutional Court after it ruled Yoon’s declaration of martial law in Dec 2024 did not meet legal requirements of a national crisis. More to come as mass protests expected here in Seoul. NBC News