Bethany Allen 貝書穎
@bethanyallen.bsky.social
Head of China investigations @aspi_cts. Was @axios @foreignpolicy @yale @HopkinsNanjing. Author BEIJING RULES, Financial Times Best Books of 2023. Email me: [email protected]
Our report shows that Myanmar and its junta are central to the continued existence of this transnational criminal ecosystem, and that continued significant bilateral engagement with junta authorities is incompatible with goals to disrupt the scam industry.
September 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Our report shows that Myanmar and its junta are central to the continued existence of this transnational criminal ecosystem, and that continued significant bilateral engagement with junta authorities is incompatible with goals to disrupt the scam industry.
The compounds are heavily securitized and fortified, with fences, watchtowers, checkpoints and heavy surveillance,
along with considerable permanent border-crossing infrastructure. That infrastructure directly enables the human
trafficking of victims across the Thai border.
along with considerable permanent border-crossing infrastructure. That infrastructure directly enables the human
trafficking of victims across the Thai border.
September 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The compounds are heavily securitized and fortified, with fences, watchtowers, checkpoints and heavy surveillance,
along with considerable permanent border-crossing infrastructure. That infrastructure directly enables the human
trafficking of victims across the Thai border.
along with considerable permanent border-crossing infrastructure. That infrastructure directly enables the human
trafficking of victims across the Thai border.
The change in nighttime illumination around Myawaddy between 2021 and 2024, with specific scam centre locations annotated. Navy blue shows an increase in nighttime illumination, and red shows a decrease.
September 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The change in nighttime illumination around Myawaddy between 2021 and 2024, with specific scam centre locations annotated. Navy blue shows an increase in nighttime illumination, and red shows a decrease.
The specific location of 27 identified scam compounds in Myawaddy township along the Thai border:
September 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The specific location of 27 identified scam compounds in Myawaddy township along the Thai border:
In Myanmar, scame compounds have become so ubiquitous in several areas that the language has developed a specific moniker, Kyar Phyant, borrowed from the Chinese word for ‘scam’
September 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
In Myanmar, scame compounds have become so ubiquitous in several areas that the language has developed a specific moniker, Kyar Phyant, borrowed from the Chinese word for ‘scam’
Read @aspi-org.bsky.social's full report here. Through extensive satellite imagery analysis, @nrg8000.bsky.social shows that scam compounds along the Thai-Myanmar border have grown from 11 dedicated compounds to 30 since the junta took power in 2021.
September 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Read @aspi-org.bsky.social's full report here. Through extensive satellite imagery analysis, @nrg8000.bsky.social shows that scam compounds along the Thai-Myanmar border have grown from 11 dedicated compounds to 30 since the junta took power in 2021.
“The sheer volume of Chinese investment has been so much larger than in the West,” Dr. Wong Leung said. “It meant they could build industries from the ground up, all the way through the supply chain.”
August 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“The sheer volume of Chinese investment has been so much larger than in the West,” Dr. Wong Leung said. “It meant they could build industries from the ground up, all the way through the supply chain.”
If the world doesn't know that protests are happening in China, it's very hard to assess the Chinese government’s assertions that its policies, and thus its governance model, are successful.
July 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If the world doesn't know that protests are happening in China, it's very hard to assess the Chinese government’s assertions that its policies, and thus its governance model, are successful.
CDM’s work to document local protests "shows that China has serious social conflicts" that are "exacerbated by China’s political system," said Maya Wang, associate China director at Human Rights Watch. "This is the opposite of what the Chinese government claims internationally."
July 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
CDM’s work to document local protests "shows that China has serious social conflicts" that are "exacerbated by China’s political system," said Maya Wang, associate China director at Human Rights Watch. "This is the opposite of what the Chinese government claims internationally."
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"Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes. These findings were affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intel Cmte., led by … Marco Rubio."
July 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes. These findings were affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intel Cmte., led by … Marco Rubio."