Quite a u-turn. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

BREAKING: Myanmar Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun, permanent representative to the UN, on Friday denounced the military coup at an informal briefing by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the UN General Assembly. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar bit.ly/3dOQGN9

Considering the Myanmar military's coup and deadly crackdown on protests, here is our December story based on leaked budget documents showing how the military stocked up with equipment made by companies in Europe, Canada, Australia and the US: occrp.org/en/investigati…

Low-income & rural Chinese women are divorcing in ever-larger numbers. Alas, in the name of social stability judges make it hard to escape even violent marriages, or push women to give up children and property to buy off angry husbands. My Chaguan. economist.com/china/2021/03/…

Myanmar borders on nearly half the world's population. The borders are porous. Covid in Myanmar is now out of control. A failed state can't bring Covid under control. New Myanmar Covid variants could threaten the world. Global cooperation to help Myanmar is more urgent than ever.

Weibo blocked search results related to Meng Wanzhou’s admission of misleading HSBC on Saturday. “We need to portray this as a complete success for China,” said a person familiar with the situation. ft.com/content/8d6cab…

'As former trade minister Andrew Robb was negotiating the China-Australia FTA, Mr Huang donated $100,000 to his electorate fund, met with him several times and later told associates he had provided Mr Robb with informal advice about the trade deal.' smh.com.au/national/commu…

Exclusive: an investigation by The Times can reveal that leading English private schools such as Harrow and Dulwich College are making tens of millions of pounds from franchises with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party thetimes.co.uk/article/top-en…

Tom Tugendhat mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

And here is the interview: npr.org/2022/03/04/108…

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President Marcos Jr. "disagrees" with the 6.1% inflation reading in June. "We are not that high," he said, without elaborating The data was released by state statisticians earlier today.

This remains the most illuminating and memorable article ever written about Boris Johnson: spectator.co.uk/article/my-bor… via The Spectator

THREAD: Thazin Nyunt Aung fiancée of executed political prisoner Phyo Zeyar Thaw told me "it's our turn to fight" now that he & Jimmy for example are gone. Added they fought long and hard till the very end. (pics given to me by the fiancée previously) 1/4 #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

Joachim Andersen sent death threats after clash with Darwin Núñez theguardian.com/football/2022/…

Is the UK experiencing a balance of payments crisis? There is some chatter about this given the deteriorating fiscal position and sterling weakness. Indeed, the Financial Times’s Ida Jara Mill point us to Deutsche Bank note that a “sudden stop” is not a mere tail risk. A thread...

Jaw-dropping quotes on just how close we came to catastrophe today. Senior banker describing the leveraged unwind in Gilts as coming close to triggering a "Lehman moment". Asset manager accusing the Bank of England of ignoring calls to intervene sooner 🤯 ft.com/content/756e81…