🚨 SCOOP: China's EV makers are uncooperative in having alleged state subsidies investigated, EU Trade 🇪🇺 told BYD, SAIC and Geely.

This means the EU can set higher duties compared to when they would have the full picture.

politico.eu/article/china-…

What became of Rahile Dawut? The Uyghur academic pursued her life’s work under an increasingly authoritarian Chinese state. Then she vanished FT Weekend Magazine ft.com/content/ca0364…

My suspended monorail don't giggle giggle it folds-
As it enters the terminal station the driver lets everyone know they can stay inside and the train will go back. Again at the moment it's a meme line.

💬 The US is suppressing #China 's development and deepening the 'negative factors in the 🇺🇸🇨🇳 relationship', FM Wang Yi said during talks with his US counterpart Antony Blinken.

“What is pressing for China is managing their economic situation,” says @Yenatweet ⤵️

Breaking News: The U.S. secretary of state, Antony Blinken, met with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, hoping to shore up the countries’ fractious relationship despite disputes over the economy, national security and geopolitical frictions. nyti.ms/4aORHiF

“You ask yourself, ‘did we just kill someone who was just trapped in this situation?’'

This Israeli soldier was horrified by what he witnessed of the war in Gaza. He tells Secunder Kermani about one particularly troubling incident.

The IDF says it only targets Hamas fighters.

North Koreans in China vanish as border reopens

Great reporting by Matthew Walsh on the North Koreans being forced back now that the Sino-DPRK border is re-opening

sg.news.yahoo.com/north-koreans-…

REUTERS: China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show reuters.com/world/china-ha…

Last week, I had to leave India abruptly. The Modi Government told me my visa extension would be denied, saying my reporting 'crossed a line'. After Australian Government intervention, I got a mere two-month extension ...less than 24 hours before my flight. 1/2

1/A year ago, Chinese scientists published data from samples collected at a Wuhan market at the heart of the COVID outbreak - startling many, given it happened years ago. Then the data got retracted.

Maria Cheng and I tried to find out why. Our findings:
apnews.com/article/china-…

🔴 Avis aux journalistes, à part Kendji Girac, il y a plein de sujets sur lesquels je peux intervenir sur vos plateaux :

L'accès aux droits, la santé, les discriminations, les enjeux mémoriels, l'école, le travail, la citoyenneté, le stationnement, le logement, etc.

China’s leaders have taken for granted free labour from the old, and from adult daughters and daughters-in-law. The state relies on family savings to fund health and social services, too. A coming wave of dementia will test that system to its limits economist.com/china/2024/04/…

🇨🇳 5 provinces (ish) in 5 days… Our latest reporting trip took us to some beautiful, far-flung places to meet some incredible people.

On a besoin de ce 🧵 en français aussi😅

Just reminded that I've said and posted all this before, so here's a thread from last year...

❗ #Deepfake pornography is increasingly being weaponised against women and teenage girls.

📱 Cheap apps and websites enabling users to remove someone’s clothes have become increasingly accessible.

@LeMasurierjess talked to a young woman who is trying to fight back on #FOCUS ⤵️

The #2024IndianElection is set to kick off on Friday, April 19 🇮🇳🗳️

🗓️ #India 's vote will span more than six weeks, with an electorate of more than 970 million registered voters.

sarah jacob reports from #NewDelhi ⤵️

10 years today.

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The humanity and courage of this report will stay with you for a long, long time.
Many of us lucky ones will never know what war means. Yousra Elbagir shows us what it looks like and gives us a stark yet poignant reminder of why we should all care. youtu.be/zND-T7YyRGw?si…