Sally Jensen Cusicahua

El progresismo avanza de nuevo en Perú. Ojalá la estabilidad política y la justicia social acaben está época de la muerte que desataron en la población.

an excellent piece from @LAReviewofBooks that brings together so many of my obsessions: Jia Zhangke, AI filmmaking, America’s anxiety about AI, and the deep ambiguity of AI’s impact on the film industry — all in the hands of the great @Bairuiwen! honored to be quoted here. lareviewofbooks.org/article/jia-zh…

Bangkok revellers celebrate Thai New Year with water fight. Crowd of revellers flood Silom Road in Bangkok to celebrate the Thai New Year, Songkran, with a massive water fight

When I first started investigating the Prince Group a little over five years ago it never even crossed my mind that the story would lead anywhere near the White House. But here we are. [link in the tweet below]

🇸🇬 Let's get physical: Singapore's seniors turn to parkour Around 20 retirees in Singapore learn to tackle a series of relatively demanding exercises in "geriatric parkour", building their agility and enjoying a sense of camaraderie

According to China's Ministry of Public Security, on April 1st, a working group from the Ministry successfully extradited Li Xiong, a core member of Chen Zhi's criminal gang back to China. Li Xiong previously served as chairman of Huione Group, a subsidiary of the Prince Group.

An open source website on the Chinese Communist Party elite, with data visualizations. Every Central Committee (4,324), Politburo (168), and PBSC member from 1945–Present. All data available for download, as promised. Link and some standout charts below🧵

BREAKING Myanmar installed former spymaster Ye Win Oo as new military commander in chief on Monday, reports say, replacing junta leader Min Aung Hlaing

BREAKING: The United Nations has voted 123-3 in favor to condemn the enslavement of millions of Africans and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The three countries voting against it? 🇺🇸 USA 🇮🇱Israel 🇦🇷 Argentina Nearly all of Europe abstained.

Read our full story from O'Smach here: france24.com/en/live-news/2…

These were fresh chats, scams underway less than 24 hours earlier. I was shocked and fascinated by images captured by @AFP colleagues @suy_se and Sothy Tang Chhin -- there's masses of evidence here that could be so valuable.

"We see a difference here because in the past the offenders were foreigners, but now Cambodians also start to do this."

A rare look inside a freshly-busted scam centre this week with @suy_se and Sothy Tang Chhin for @AFP revealed how fraudsters ensnare foreign victims online

【AFP Gets a Tour of a Busted Phnom Penh Scam Office】 AFP was invited onto the 30th floor of a luxury building in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, one day after police raided a scam operation inside. 57 Cambodian suspects and eight Chinese "ringleaders" were detained. The operation had been targeting victims in Britain and Europe through fake investment schemes. The computers were still on. Telegram channels in Chinese selling stock photos, social media accounts, and US/UK SIM cards. Scripts written in more than 20 European languages. Logs tracking how long workers spent eating, smoking, even using the toilet. One conversation in Czech showed the pig-butchering playbook mid-execution, with a scammer posing as a 33-year-old woman flattering a 52-year-old man before sending him a photo of a young woman. Chhay Sinarith, senior minister on Cambodia's anti-cyberscam commission, told AFP that around 250 scam sites and 91 casinos have been shut down since the crackdown began in July. More than 200,000 people have reportedly fled scam operations and left Cambodia, with around 10,000 foreign nationals deported. He confirmed the government has frozen Chen Zhi's assets, including real estate and businesses, and said Chen will still be prosecuted in Cambodia despite his extradition to China. Authorities also acknowledged a shift in the industry, with scam operations moving out of large compounds and into smaller offices and hotel buildings. Chhay Sinarith said the government aims to wipe it all out by April. Phnom Penh deputy police chief Bun Sosekha, who led the raid, flagged another change worth watching. Cambodians are now running scams themselves, not just foreigners.

The day the money stopped, workers rioted. A 1.6 million–square-meter scam compound in Cambodia suddenly froze. After the U.S. sanctioned Huione, construction slowed, wages went unpaid, and unrest erupted. Here’s what happened. 🧵huangyan.substack.com/p/how-us-sanct…

"Some experts argue that there may be incentives for the PLA to compensate by engaging in more aggressive military activity as it is undergoing massive internal changes to demonstrate that capabilities have not been eroded & that [it] can still readily defend Chinese interests."

Scam centres 'destroying' Cambodia's economy, PM tells AFP, pushing back on allegations of government connivance. The nation has emerged as a hotspot for crime syndicates running a multibillion-dollar fraud industry that sees scammers lure internet users globally into fake romantic relationships and cryptocurrency investments u.afp.com/S6Fi

not the best sign when two superpowers are so concerned with your sovereignty

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te speaks to AFP in his first interview with an international news agency since taking office in May 2024. In a wide-ranging discussion, Lai comments on the threat posed by China, saying that "if Taiwan were to be annexed, the next countries under threat would be Japan, the Philippines, and others in the Indo-Pacific region"

Today PLA Daily finally published another editorial on the Zhang Youxia case, which in itself is not surprising. What is striking are the following: 1. The editorial came a full 6 days after the case was first reported, during which time Zhang’s name never appeared at all.