I reviewed traveling back to Hong Kong under ‘zero-Covid’. 0 stars And I wrote about how a prohibitive — and ineffective — policy has created a travel deterrent that, in Covid Year 3, is keeping ‘Asia’s Walled City’ sealed off

This is a pitch call for long-form magazine stories on South Asian politics, culture and history for @newlinesmag. Essays from all India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and its global diaspora are welcome. My email id is sgupta@newlinesmag.com

Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law is denied entry to Singapore

996 tech working schedule in SF, total Chinese cultural victory imminent

#BREAKING: Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra dismissed as Prime Minister Thai Const. Court finds her guilty of ethics and integrity violations in leaked call with Cambodian ex-PM Hun Sen. Thailand's 31st and 2nd female PM - incl the whole cabinet - is removed from office.

🇭🇰 📺 🛂 #Breaking: @business senior reporter @RChoongWilkins has had her visa renewal denied by Hong Kong authorities. Statement by @fcchk: https://t.co/D8GAEKM61z

Straight from the mouth of the pro-establishment business community: “When officials are constantly saying that Hong Kong is not safe, would you invest here?” https://t.co/TWmLQnTerK

American media welcomes its era of Dengist reform

In Hong Kong, I got a chest X-ray for $9

#BreakingNews‌ The junta’s acting president Myint Swe passed away today, after suffering from several diseases at no.2 military 1000-bed hospital, confirm by the SAC. He served as vice president back in NLD government era. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

On February 24, 1990 he drove to Russia in a car packed with basic necessities... @KuperSimon on the incredible life of Derk Sauer, mentor to too many Moscow reporters to count https://t.co/tvDncV2Lq6

SCOOP - Trump administration told #Taiwan's President @ChingteLai he could not transit #NewYork en route to Central America. Lai then cancelled the whole trip. https://t.co/MnAUxB0H9X

Here’s my first dispatch from Oddar Meanchey, where the Cambodia–Thailand border war is now entering its third day. https://t.co/1dhTmWBpLY

Glad this is finally out after months of old-school journalism. There’s so much more to the story - and it needs to be told. Reminds me why I returned to the newsroom. Nvidia AI chips worth $1bn smuggled to China after Trump export controls Free link:

https://t.co/H5ZsIyeORK

Zhengzhou makes your iPhone. Now the central Chinese city is churning out cheap lab-grown diamonds for your engagement ring. The prices for synthetic diamonds have plummeted, falling by nearly 90% over the past five years. It is cheaper than ever to buy sparkling stones that

Companies “always say, ‘No, we are not using any heavy rare earths coming from Myanmar.’ That is a lie and cannot be possible"..."You don’t have any other option.” On how the Kachin Independence Army became one of the biggest, and most improbable players, in rare earth mining:

Did you know? Myanmar is the world’s third-largest source of rare earths.

Check out this immersive Saturday @ftweekend #longread by @AndresSchipani and @jyots43 on India's powerful RSS, as it celebrates the centenary of its founding. https://t.co/gonyIE6hFm via @ft

Japan tells its companies in Taiwan: ‘You’re on your own’

Pour one out for the frustrated scientists everywhere