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Asia reporter at The New York Times. Noodles, pickles, spice.
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The New York Times
28 days ago
A large part of Zeitoun, a neighborhood in Gaza City, was still standing just three weeks ago. But as Israeli forces have expanded their military campaign, the area has been turned into a barren wasteland, according to satellite images reviewed by The New York Times.
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As Rodrigo Duterte is arrested on an ICC warrant for crimes against humanity, a hit man tells of his years on Duterte's death squad. (Story from January.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/w...
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On the Run, a Hit Man Gives One Last Confession
Edgar Matobato says he killed again and again for former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. Now heās trying to stay alive to testify.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/world/asia/philippines-hit-man-confession.html
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The New York Times
7 months ago
The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world. āPeople will die,ā said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, ābut we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.ā
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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/health/usaid-contract-terminations.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Edward Wong
7 months ago
Is Trump helping China? Nepal pushed away China to take a $500 million US grant to build electricity lines and roads. US officials aimed to blunt Chinaās influence. Now itās all frozen because of Trumpās foreign aid halt. Our
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
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Nepal Took a Risk on a $500 Million U.S. Grant. It May Now Regret It.
President Trumpās freezing of foreign aid provides an opening for China to portray America as an unreliable partner.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/asia/nepal-trump-foreign-aid.html
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Hamed Aleaziz
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A refugee resettlement pause and foreign aid freeze add misery to one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/w...
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Myanmar Refugeesā Dreams of Living in America Dashed by Trump Orders
President Trumpās moves to pause refugee resettlement, freeze foreign aid and suspend funds to promote democracy have added more chaos to one of the worldās most urgent humanitarian crises.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/world/asia/myanmar-refugees-ned-trump.html
8 months ago
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Marriage equality at last in Thailand.
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Thailand Starts Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage
Hundreds of people to began registering their marriages at a mall in Bangkok, as Thailand became one of the few places in Asia to legalize same-sex unions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/world/asia/thailand-same-sex-marriage-law.html
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Exciting new book about China, America and international adoption coming this May, from the great
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www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611356...
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick: 9780593132746 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The heartrending story of twin sisters torn apart by Chinaās one-child policy and the rise of international adoptionāfrom the author of the National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy, one...
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611356/daughters-of-the-bamboo-grove-by-barbara-demick/?fbclid=IwY2xjawH9GZFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbGcwcy1QJtWZGmqOpXrc9tdvS0KHQ_Vx-NNn583VUqDg32Fb4QacrWFIA_aem_fzQb5CYZYFDH1IUxvSGyFg
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The New York Times
9 months ago
Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan children are being separated from their families and placed in boarding schools by the Chinese government where they face political indoctrination. The children are at risk of abuse, and of being stripped of their Tibetan identity and bonds with family.
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In Tibet, Chinese Boarding Schools Reshape the āSouls of Childrenā
Across Chinaās west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/09/world/asia/tibet-china-boarding-schools.html
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Seeing the photos of Delhi pollution reminds me of living in Beijing during the crazy bad air years. We dealt with it. We kept going with our lives. But those were Dickensian times.
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On the eve of a tough day for Hong Kong, Chinese cooking for the soul. 鬼éø”ļ¼ęé»ēļ¼é±¼é¦čåļ¼éčēčč
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"I love Hong Kong," said Joshua Wong, as he and 44 others were sentenced in a mass trial that showed just how much national security legislation has strangled the territory.
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Dozens of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Leaders Sentenced in Mass Trial
The 45 defendants, including Joshua Wong, were at the forefront of the opposition movement crushed by Beijing. Many had already been in jail for years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/world/asia/hong-kong-democrats-sentenced.html
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A reporter for the NY Times covering Asia and beyond. I left Twitter/X last year. Life has never been better. Dipping a toe back in.
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