Poppy McPherson
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Southeast Asia investigative and enterprise reporter @Reuters.com. Formerly Yangon, Phnom Penh, London. DMs open for tips, cat pix.
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After President Trump's administration froze donations in January to Cambodia's largest demining organization, which works to clear the countryside of deadly remnants of Washington's past wars in Southeast Asia, the group announced new funding — from China reut.rs/4jQoHMu
U.S aid freeze risks handing influence to China in Beijing's backyard
After U.S. President Donald Trump's administration froze donations in January to Cambodia's largest demining organization, which works to clear the countryside of deadly remnants of Washington's past wars in Southeast Asia, the group announced new funding - from China.
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“It is not hype or conjecture or hand wringing or even contested use of stats to say that hundreds of thousands of malnourished children could die without USAID." A comprehensive, urgent report on the global consequences of cutting off US aid.
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Halt in U.S. aid cripples global efforts to relieve hunger
The Trump administration’s effort to slash and reshape American foreign aid is crippling the intricate global system that aims to prevent and respond to famine.
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The Trump administration’s effort to slash and reshape American foreign aid is crippling the intricate global system that aims to prevent and respond to famine reut.rs/4jRBDBV
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China-born She Zhijiang, who has Cambodian citizenship, has suffered violence that has left him unable to stand and has received unwanted visits from Chinese officials, lawyers said. This comes after he said in an Al Jazeera documentary that he spied for Beijing.

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Detained tycoon She Zhijiang, who says he spied for China, alleges abuse in Thai jail
A jailed gambling tycoon fighting extradition to China received "inhumane treatment" in a Thai prison after saying he was a Chinese spy, his lawyers have told Interpol, saying they fear for his life.
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“At first I wanted to file a police report, but they said missing persons reports were only for women and children.”

After a Chinese actor was kidnapped in Myanmar by scam gangs, hundreds of other families began cautiously speaking out about their own relatives.

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China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar
The abduction and cross-border rescue had all the makings of the kind of action script struggling Chinese actor Wang Xing had hoped to land – only not as a reality star.
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I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
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Last story of 2024 - a @reuters.com team of reporters on the effort by Myanmar’s junta to cover up increasingly desperate hunger. The military warned against the release of research detailing the crisis, which has been driven by conflict and its own policies.

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Myanmar junta intimidates aid groups in effort to hide hunger crisis
Myanmar’s army has warned aid workers not to release data showing millions are hungry. Fearing retaliation, aid groups have held back publicizing their findings
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