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CHINA – Xi Jinping’s Chinese Communist Party (Jude Blanchette, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/18/xi-jinpings-chinese-communist-party/

ROHINGYA – Sesame Street unveils Rohingya Muppets to help refugee children (Al Jazeera)

Children’s TV show Sesame Street has created its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children overcome trauma and tackle the pandemic’s effect...

INTERNET FROM SPACE/UK/INDIA – OneWeb sat launch signals UK-India space partnership, says Mittal (Thomas Seal, Al Jazeera)

Britain’s post-Brexit space ambitions took flight on Friday with the launch of 36 satellites for the partly state-owned OneWeb network that’s competing with Elon...

ROHINGYA – Rohingya refugees are being displaced, again (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh has relocated more than 1,700 Rohingya refugees from crowded camps in the country’s southeast to Bhasan Char, an island prone to flooding, and...

PAKISTAN/INDIA – Pakistan alleges India preparing for ‘surgical strike’ (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan’s government has alleged that India is preparing to launch a “surgical strike” on Pakistani soil and has called for the international community...

MOZAMBIQUE – UN appeals for $254m to help Mozambique conflict victims (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations has launched an appeal for $254m to help hundreds of thousands caught in violence in northern Mozambique linked to the ISIL...

TURKEY – Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala denies charges in new trial (Al Jazeera)

A Turkish philanthropist businessman and human rights defender has denied accusations of espionage and attempting to overthrow the government in connection with a failed...

MIGRATION/INVISIBLE SHIPWRECKS – ‘Invisible shipwrecks’ belie falling migrant deaths: UN (Al Jazeera)

The number of deaths recorded on migratory routes fell this year, although COVID-19 difficulties and so-called “invisible shipwrecks” mean the real number is probably...

USA/CHINA – Trump signs bill that could kick Chinese firms off US stock exchanges (Al Arabiya)

President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation that would kick Chinese companies off US stock exchanges unless they adhere to American auditing standards, the...

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