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Dateline
This week, The Irrawaddy discusses the Chinese Embassy’s controversial recent statement about the dam, and the government’s worrying silence on the project’s future
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Asia
These Chinese students hope to escape a highly competitive but poor education system back home and land well-paying jobs in Southeast Asia's second biggest economy.
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World
Huawei has a relatively small Canadian operation, but said it has become the 25th largest research and development funder in Canada, thanks to partnerships with universities.
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Asia
The legislation would ban the sale of U.S. chips or other components to Chinese telecommunications companies that violate U.S. sanctions or export control laws.
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World
The Canadian prime minister has called several world leaders to share concerns about the case of three Canadians Beijing has detained, while China insists it is “not worried.”
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Burma
China Railway Eryuan Engineering pitches 38km rail project, which the company would fund, to Yangon regional lawmakers
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Guest Column
The reasons are many. For one, Myanmar's falling out with the West over the Rohingya crisis gives China leverage to insist on a project neither Naypyitaw nor locals want.
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News
Sun Guoxiang meets leaders of AA, KIA, other non-NCA groups in Laiza, tells them Beijing seeks border stability
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Asia
Upstream damming and extensive mining of the Mekong's riverbed for sand is causing the delta to sink at a pace of around 2 cm a year, experts and officials said.
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Asia
Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen has rejected Xi’s calls for reunification and urged China to embrace democracy.
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Asia
The demonstrations come after a year of incidents said to have undermined confidence in Hong Kong's freedoms and autonomy under Chinese rule.
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Asia
The leader of Peking University Marxist Society was detained and questioned for 24 hours on suspicion of “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble” which is a crime in China.
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Asia
The government hopes to bolster its online presence to help reach tech-savvy young people who get their information from smartphones.
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Asia
The killings come a month after an attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi allegedly carried out by the Baloch Liberation Army which opposes China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
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Commentary
In the face of economic and geopolitical influences, Mandalay would do better to work on preservation of its reputation as a cultural capital and promote its heritage and history.
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