42 h. ago Myanmar junta raids scam hub powered by Elon Musk’s Starlink

Myanmar’s junta raided one of the country’s most notorious internet scam centres and seized Starlink devices, it said on Monday, after an investigation had revealed an explosion in their use in the billion-dollar black market. Internet sweat shops where workers scam unsuspecting foreigners with business or romance schemes have thrived in war-ravaged Myanmar’s lawless border regions since the coronavirus pandemic. A transnational push by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities starting in February...

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6 d. ago China court grants woman divorce 6 years after husband pushed her off Thai cliff

A court in China has granted the divorce application of a woman who survived after being pushed off a cliff in Thailand by her husband six years ago, sparking massive cheers on social media. Wang Nan, 38, better known online as Wang Nuannuan, suffered severe injuries after Yu Xiaodong pushed her off a 34-metre-high cliff while they were on holiday in a national park in Thailand in June 2019. She was pregnant for three months at the time and thus lost her unborn child in the autumn. Yu, who...

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9 d. ago Coco Gauff Completes China Sweep From Beijing to Wuhan 2025 – Stays Unbeaten on Hard Court Finals, Extending Her Dominance

Coco Gauff Completes China Sweep From Beijing to Wuhan 2025 – Stays Unbeaten on Hard Court Finals, Extending Her Dominance  The Playoffs

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9 d. ago China’s Wingtech says Dutch court freezes control of Nexperia amid ‘national security’ dispute

In a move that could dent China’s relations with the European Union, Chinese technology company Wingtech said control of its Dutch subsidiary Nexperia has been effectively frozen, following an intervention by a government ministry and court in the Netherlands. In a corporate filing dated October 13, lodged with the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Sunday, Wingtech said semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia is now under temporary external management following an order from the Dutch Ministry of Economic...

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1 week ago ‘I only care about Thailand’: PM snubs Trump’s Cambodia border mediation

Donald Trump has urged Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to pursue a peaceful resolution to the country’s simmering border conflict with Cambodia, as the US president looked to bolster his credentials for a Nobel Peace Prize. Trump’s push for a Thai-Cambodian peace deal was made in a letter to the Thai prime minister on Wednesday, coming just days before his planned trip to the region to attend a summit of leaders from Asean in Malaysia later this month. Trump’s intervention earlier this...

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1 week ago ‘Do you want a player to die on court?’ – Tennis stars wilt in China heat

‘Do you want a player to die on court?’ – Tennis stars wilt in China heat  Al Jazeera

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2 w. ago British prosecutors say they did 'everything possible' to bring China spy trial to court

British prosecutors say they did 'everything possible' to bring China spy trial to court  Reuters

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3 w. ago Chinese court sentences 16 people linked to Myanmar crime family to death

A Chinese court sentenced 16 people linked to a notorious Myanmar-based telecoms fraud group to death on Monday for crimes including fraud, drug trafficking and prostitution. According to state broadcaster CCTV, prosecutors in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang found that since 2015 the Ming family crime gang had used its influence in Myanmar’s Kokang region to set up a number of “parks” and collude with financial backers to carry out criminal activities. Those activities – encompassing...

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3 w. ago China woman becomes first to have sex assault recognised as ‘industrial injury’

A woman in China who was raped by her boss on a business trip and later sacked has had her ordeal ruled an “industrial injury” by the authorities. She subsequently sued the company and is demanding it pay her two million yuan (US$280,000) in compensation. The classification of her sexual assault as such is the first of its kind in China. The case, heard on September 23, at the Jinnan District People’s Court in Tianjin, northern China, gripped the nation, according to the news outlet Kankan...

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4 w. ago China's Hikvision to challenge Canadian court endorsement of shutdown order

China's Hikvision to challenge Canadian court endorsement of shutdown order  Reuters

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4 w. ago Beijing Court Ruling on Mandated Social Insurance Deepens Strain on China’s Workers and Small Businesses

Beijing Court Ruling on Mandated Social Insurance Deepens Strain on China’s Workers and Small Businesses  USA Herald

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last month China businesswoman falls for employee, gifts him US$420,000 to settle divorce

An entrepreneur in China, captivated by her young married subordinate, gave him three million yuan (US$420,000) to facilitate his divorce and compensate his wife. However, after living with her lover for a year, she demanded he and his ex-wife return the money, realising they were incompatible. In the first trial at a court in Chongqing, southwestern China, the ruling mandated that the man and his ex-wife return the funds. Yet, the second trial overturned this original verdict, as reported by...

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last month China divorce drama over baby name dispute impacts child’s welfare, basic rights

A court in China recently heard a divorce lawsuit stemming from a couple’s disagreement over their child’s name. Due to their inability to reach a consensus on their son’s name, the baby, who is over a year old, cannot obtain a birth certificate and, as a result, has not received any of the necessary vaccinations due to the lack of proper legal documents. The man and woman, whose names have not been disclosed, were married in 2023 and welcomed a son the following year. Earlier this year, the...

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