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Here’s one of the more uplifting stories I’ve worked on in a while. I went to Mae Sot to hang out with Burmese women who are trying soccer for the first time — in exile. Stunning photos by @laurendecicca nytimes.com/2024/09/23/wor…
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I was at the Novaya Gazeta yesterday as its reporters and editors packed up and held their final editorial meeting at Potapovsky Pereulok. The newspaper survived so much, but it could not survive Russia's war in Ukraine.
One reader I talked to described the disappearance of the Novaya as a "spiral of silence," saying:
“When voices like these disappear from public life, it starts to feel like there are fewer and fewer people who think differently, like you’re alone in what you believe,” said a 21-year-old reader, Danila, a recent university graduate with a degree in computer programming. He asked that his last name not be published, to avoid trouble with the authorities.
“The less you hear people expressing views different from the official narrative,” he said, “the harder it gets to speak up yourself.”
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One reader I talked to described the disappearance of the Novaya as a "spiral of silence," saying:
“When voices like these disappear from public life, it starts to feel like there are fewer and fewer people who think differently, like you’re alone in what you believe,” said a 21-year-old reader, Danila, a recent university graduate with a degree in computer programming. He asked that his last name not be published, to avoid trouble with the authorities.
“The less you hear people expressing views different from the official narrative,” he said, “the harder it gets to speak up yourself.”
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When that person's name was unmasked by US officials, it was said to be Jensen Huang. At the time, President Trump did not act on the intel about an executive whose company is integral to the president's desire for A.I. primacy over China nytimes.com/2026/11/08/us/…
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Thailand’s higher taxes on imported electric vehicles are prompting automakers to consider more local production, boosting Bangkok’s drive to become an EV manufacturing hub. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Obama Sec. Defense argues that a Dem takeover of Congress would be seen as Trump weakness in China, Iran and Russia. They “will try to take advantage of that weakness.” thewirechina.com/2026/11/01/leo…
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Wow
Kok jadi begini negara kita. Kok begini liar politik kita. Sepertinya untuk mendapatkan kekuasaan (political power) cara apapun dibenarkan. Tidak peduli baik atau buruk. Bermoral atau tidak bermoral. Saya khawatir kalau akhirnya rakyat merasa takut dan tidak tenteram hidup di negaranya sendiri.
Sebagai warga bangsa yang sangat mencintai negeri ini, seperti juga warga negara Indonesia yang lain, saya bermohon kepada Presiden Prabowo untuk menghidupkan kembali politik yang berkeadaban. Ini panggilan sejarah. Ini amanah rakyat. Semoga Tuhan memberikan kekuatan dan tuntunan kepada Pak Prabowo untuk menjalankan misi mulia ini.
*SBY*
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Beijing has touted tech transfer as a key part of its high-speed rail deal with Thailand.
But some of the Thai interviewees in this piece say it’s “still at the basic level” and “better than nothing.”
Thai rail official: “From now on, we must be more strategic with our technology transfer demands, such as ensuring that it covers signalling works and rolling stock.”
But some of the Thai interviewees in this piece say it’s “still at the basic level” and “better than nothing.”
Thai rail official: “From now on, we must be more strategic with our technology transfer demands, such as ensuring that it covers signalling works and rolling stock.”
China is bringing high-speed rail technology to Thailand, but Bangkok wants more than Chinese-built tracks, including the engineering skills, technical know-how, and industrial capacity to build its own railway future.
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Why is Mayalsia on pace to have more computing power from data centers than every country other than the US and China?
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For the 175th anniversary of the @nytimes, I recall covering the Tiananmen massacre and share a secret of the time. A young Chinese who had helped us cover the protests escaped from prison and asked me for help fleeing China. So what to do? Gift link: nytimes.com/2026/10/30/wor…
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“You burn with us” scenes from the ongoing Indonesia protests against forest fires and other Prabowo’s policies
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Formr trade Minister M Lutfi's obsessive+endless anti Singapore attacks r mind blowing. I servd w Lutfi for a decade under Pres SBY when he workd hard to advance RI Singapore cooperation on trade + investment (Lutfi was minister for both) .. I dont know what is happening to him, and why the sudden change of heart to wreck his many contributions to RI Singapore relations, which is so unlike him, but i sincerely hope he is okay ..
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China's secret police have detained you.
You are hooded or blindfolded, handcuffed, abducted to a secret location, locked in a padded cell, and threatened with severe punishment for "harming China".
My cover story in @thewirechina: thewirechina.com/2026/10/25/tor… 1/7
You are hooded or blindfolded, handcuffed, abducted to a secret location, locked in a padded cell, and threatened with severe punishment for "harming China".
My cover story in @thewirechina: thewirechina.com/2026/10/25/tor… 1/7
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100 percent. I come back to it often.
More than ten years on, @thomasfullerNYT's farewell piece to the region -- Reporting on Life, Death and Corruption in Southeast Asia -- is sadly still as relevant and spot on as ever. The article that everyone should read when they first arrive in SE Asia.
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"I simply say to the MSCI: the Indonesian nation fears no one and will not be cowed," Prabowo said, adding: "We possess strength, we have courage, we are willing to make sacrifices, and we refuse to surrender." reuters.com/world/asia-pac…
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In @TheEconomist today, we ask how President Prabowo Subianto will respond to crashing approval ratings, which are nearing record lows.
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"Ruth Banomyong, a professor of supply chain management at Thammasat University in Thailand, said there was little evidence that Thailand was benefiting. Chinese automakers, he said, operate within a “closed ecosystem” that makes it difficult for Thai companies to enter their supply chains because the core technology remains in China."
After Welcoming China’s Electric Vehicles, This Country Is Paying the Price
"Several Thai auto-parts suppliers that depended on Japanese manufacturers went bankrupt, threatening a supply chain that employs about 700,000 workers." nytimes.com/2026/10/16/bus…
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Thailand plans to raise excise tax on fully imported EVs to at least 30%
Thailand’s Finance Ministry plans to seek Cabinet approval within two weeks to raise excise tax on fully imported electric vehicles with no Thai-made components from 10% to at least 30%, according to news expected to take effect on January 1, 2027.
The proposal aims to protect automakers that have invested in Thai factories and encourage companies relying on imports to manufacture locally. The reports estimates the increase could add at least 200,000 baht to the price of a 1-million-baht vehicle.
The proposed structure would have three tiers: the lowest rate for manufacturers meeting full local-content requirements, a middle rate for local factories heavily dependent on imported parts, and the highest rate for fully imported vehicles from companies without Thai factories. Revised local-content rules would emphasize high-tech components.
The ministry also plans to base future vehicle excise rates on carbon dioxide emissions rather than powertrain technology. Lower-emission vehicles would receive lower rates as Thailand seeks to strengthen domestic production and retain its position as a regional automotive hub.
#Thailand #EV #EVs
Thailand’s Finance Ministry plans to seek Cabinet approval within two weeks to raise excise tax on fully imported electric vehicles with no Thai-made components from 10% to at least 30%, according to news expected to take effect on January 1, 2027.
The proposal aims to protect automakers that have invested in Thai factories and encourage companies relying on imports to manufacture locally. The reports estimates the increase could add at least 200,000 baht to the price of a 1-million-baht vehicle.
The proposed structure would have three tiers: the lowest rate for manufacturers meeting full local-content requirements, a middle rate for local factories heavily dependent on imported parts, and the highest rate for fully imported vehicles from companies without Thai factories. Revised local-content rules would emphasize high-tech components.
The ministry also plans to base future vehicle excise rates on carbon dioxide emissions rather than powertrain technology. Lower-emission vehicles would receive lower rates as Thailand seeks to strengthen domestic production and retain its position as a regional automotive hub.
#Thailand #EV #EVs
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‘A Ticking Time Bomb’: An Economic Crisis Looms in Indonesia nytimes.com/2026/10/19/bus…
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While consumer advocates have loathed the Malaysian government policy shifts on EVs, the intention appears to be to prevent repeating the vendor ecosystem disruptions Thailand is going through.
Chinese EVs are quickly replacing Japanese automakers who were once dominant in Thailand.
The Thai government has courted Chinese EV investment but may be trying to slow down imports amidst growing concerns about job losses.
Fantastic reporting @suilee nytimes.com/2026/10/16/bus…
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NYT: “For decades, Japanese automakers dominated Thailand…Then the Chinese automakers arrived. Today, they control about 85 percent of Thailand’s electric vehicle market, up from almost zero four years ago.”
@suilee
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So sad to see this. I followed Helen Branswell religiously during the pandemic. A Reporter Who Saw Covid Coming Has Died nytimes.com/2026/10/17/hea…
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