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Brendon Hong is the pseudonym of a longtime contributor to The Daily Beast based in Hong Kong.
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One of the World’s Most Watched TV Shows Loves Blackface
WHAT YEAR IS IT?CCTV’s annual Spring Festival Gala, which is seen by more than a billion people most years, keeps featuring performers in blackface.

Inside Burma’s Sudden Coup: Phones Down, Goons at the Door
DYSTOPIASome hid from the military and scraped pro-democracy flags off their car windows while others worked to connect citizens to Bluetooth apps as Signal and Telegram went down.

Can China Prevent Next Animal-to-Human Pandemic?
CONTAGIONWith the origins of COVID-19 still murky, and a long history of viruses jumping from animals to humans inside China, conditions are ripe for another disaster.

Sudden Deaths After Whistleblower Says Coders Are ‘Enslaved’
VIRTUAL SWEATSHOPSA pervasive tech world culture where staff are expected to work for 12 hours a day, six days a week has powered China’s tech boom. At what cost?

The American Money Behind Blacklisted Chinese AI Companies
BIG BROTHERU.S. companies are investing in Chinese artificial intelligence firms whose products are being used to abuse human rights.

Amazon Partner Making Face-Recognition Tech to Track Uighurs
DYSTOPIANDahua, a Chinese surveillance-gear supplier, accidentally posted online code for software that specifically identifies Uighurs, and tracks their emotions and movements.

China’s Real Invasion of Taiwan Has Already Started
SOFT POWERChina’s United Front has worked behind the scenes for decades to convince Taiwan’s elite that their country should welcome a takeover by Beijing.

Taiwan Preps for an Invasion From China as Tensions Heat Up
SABER-RATTLINGAfter China’s state media issued a threat against the safety of Taiwan’s president, Taiwan’s rival parties jointly called to reestablish formal diplomatic relations with the U.S.

China’s State Media: Carve Up Facebook Just Like TikTok
TWO CAN PLAY THIS GAMEMouthpieces for the Chinese Communist Party are urging leaders to target U.S. tech companies with nationalistic bans similar to what Trump has imposed on TikTok.

The New Uighurs? China Moves to Erase Mongolian Culture
ONE CHINAMongolians are risking brutal recriminations by publicly protesting moves to end local language classes in school.
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