Min Zin is the second American academic to be designated as wrongfully detained in recent months.
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China ‘Not Playing by the Rules,’ German Finance Minister Says
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil accused China of flouting global trade rules and said the government in Berlin is likely to adopt a “firmer stance” in its engagement with the world’s …
State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained
U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China.
Former chairman of real estate giant China Evergrande sentenced to life
Hui Ka Yan, founder and former chairman of China’s largest property developer was sentenced to life in prison for fund-raising and securities fraud.
Anwar’s Taiwan remarks put Malaysia’s Beijing calculus in focus
Analysts say the comments did not change Malaysia’s one-China policy, but could reinforce perceptions of closer alignment with Beijing.
Beijing’s COVID-19 Blame-Shifting Campaign and the Long War on American Cohesion
In July 1983, a newspaper in India published an anonymous letter claiming that the virus that causes AIDS had been engineered at a U.S. Army laboratory at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
Why Taiwan and the South China Sea matter to the US and the world
Darline Graham struggled to answer in a debate whether the U.S. has a national security interest in Taiwan and the South China Sea, she drew criticism for saying national security was “not my …
China urges South Korea not to take sides and blames U.S. policy for Korea tensions
The U.S. should abandon its “hostile” policy toward North Korea, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his first official trip to South Korea in five years.
Beijing ‘commends’ Malaysia PM Anwar’s ‘One China’ stance following Taiwan’s rebuke
In a recent interview with news agency Al Jazeera, Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had voiced support for Beijing’s “One China” principle as well as its right to use force should peaceful reunification fail.
China Sentences Evergrande Founder to Life in Prison
Hui Ka Yan’s punishment caps the downfall of a property empire whose collapse set off a prolonged crisis in the Chinese economy.
Evergrande tycoon at the heart of China’s property crisis jailed for life
The founder of embattled Chinese property behemoth Evergrande was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, according to state media, the latest chapter of ignominy for a former symbol of the nation’s …
Google’s China shift and the battle over AI models
Lite-On Technology, a leading provider of AI server power supply solutions, and Unimicron, the world’s largest chip substrate supplier, also hiked their capital expenditure to record levels, while …
Founder of China’s Evergrande sentenced to life in prison
Hui’s sentencing marks a pivotal moment in the fallout from Evergrande’s collapse, which shook China’s property sector.
