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Foreign influencers used to whitewash Xinjiang abuses: report (John Power, Al Jazeera)

Foreign social media influencers are being used by the Chinese Communist Party as part of a “global propaganda push” to whitewash human rights abuses...

Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi to hold talks amid tensions with West (Al Jazeera)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, are due to hold a video meeting, as friction in both countries’ relations with the West...

Are sanctions on RAB a shift in US policy towards Bangladesh? (Faisal Mahmud, Al Jazeera)

Even though bilateral ties between the United States and Bangladesh are wide ranging and have historical roots, recent steps taken by President Joe Biden’s...

US Congress members urge Biden to meet Dalai Lama (Al Jazeera)

Democratic and Republican members of the US Congress have urged President Joe Biden to meet with the Dalai Lama in a bid to ensure...

French forces leave Mali’s Timbuktu after nearly nine years (Al Jazeera)

French forces have left the city of Timbuktu, the latest sign the former colonial power is scaling down its presence in northern Mali nearly...

Cambodia is China’s leverage point on ASEAN (Davis Florick, East Asia Forum)

Chinese interference has negatively impacted Cambodian politics and allowed Prime Minister Hun Sen to lean more fully into authoritarianism. As illiberalism calcifies in Cambodia,...

Silver linings for Perikatan Nasional after its Melaka election loss (Kevin Zhang, Joshua Wan, East Asia Forum)

After winning only two out of the 28 seats in Malaysia’s recent Melaka state election, Chairman of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition Muhyiddin Yassin...

Texas’ new social media law is blocked for now, but that’s not the end of the story (John Villasenor, Brookings)

On December 1, a federal judge in Texas issued a ruling blocking the state from enforcing its new social media law. Shortly after Texas Governor Greg Abbott...

Labor market exits and entrances are elevated: Who is coming back? (Lauren Bauer and Wendy Edelberg, Brookings)

In spring 2020, millions of Americans lost or left their jobs. While many continued to search for work, ready to take a job, others...

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