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U.S. firms in China putting profit before human rights

WASHINGTON/BEIJING -- While China and the United States do not see eye to eye on many political issues, economic mutual dependence is growing stronger among their companies, regions and consumers. The U.S. government is wary of becoming excessively dependent on China and is seeking to "decouple" from China's economy in…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jun 4, 2022

Driver killed, eight injured in train accident in China

A passenger train accident in southwestern China on Saturday killed the driver and injured eight people, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Reuters · Jun 4, 2022

Hong Kong deploys heavy security on Tiananmen Square anniversary, Taiwan slams 'efforts to erase the memories'

On the Tiananmen Square anniversary, hundreds of police personnel, some with sniffer dogs, patrol Victoria Park, as Taiwan decries the memories of June 4 being "systematically erased".

ABC News · Jun 4, 2022

Hong Kong pounces on Tiananmen vigils

Hong Kong authorities on Saturday detained multiple people as they pounced on any attempt at public commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, as China vies to remove all reminders of the deadly event.

Bangkok Post · Jun 4, 2022

Biden Faces Cloud on Summit to Reset Latin America Ties

President Joe Biden is hoping to show a new era of US engagement with Latin America at a long-heralded summit next week, but the meeting has been clouded by boycott threats and charges of an unambitious agenda. Regional leaders will descend on Los Angeles starting Monday for the weeklong Summit…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 4, 2022

Israel's Gantz Discusses Boosting India's Defenses in Cyber War with China

Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz discussed with Indian officials in New Delhi security tension on the Indian-Chinese border, sources in Tel Aviv revealed on Friday. Gantz held talks with Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on providing India with high-defense technologies. The sources said security tensions…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 4, 2022

Hafta letters: China’s re-education camps, Yasin Malik, the need for more nuance

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Newslaundry · Jun 4, 2022

'I survived a labour detention camp where prisoners had their organs harvested'

Annie Yang, 56, was detained in three different camps between March 2005 and September 2006 in China before fleeing to the UK - she has shared her harrowing experience of psychological torture

Daily Mirror · Jun 4, 2022

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says resetting China–Australia relations requires 'concrete action'

Wang Yi makes comments about China–Australia relations to members of the Chinese media while visiting Papua New Guinea, as he rounds out an eight-country tour of the Pacific where many deals were signed.

ABC News · Jun 4, 2022

Police patrol Hong Kong park amid Tiananmen vigil ban

Dozens of police officers are patrolling Hong Kong’s Victoria Park after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2022