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James Pomfret

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Special Correspondent, Reuters, mostly covering China, HK and Taiwan. X handle @jamespomfret

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James Pomfret @jamespomfret.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
How is the CCP amplifying KMT narratives and turning them against Taiwan? We took a months-long deep dive on China's latest turbocharged information warfare tactic. With Yimou Lee & data crunching partner Chihhao Yu of research group IORG www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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China turns Taiwan’s own voices against it in information war
As Chinese warships and fighter jets staged massive drills around Taiwan in December, a parallel action was unfolding on smartphone screens.
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James Pomfret @jamespomfret.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
After Jimmy Lai's 20 year jail term in Feb, Reuters delved into thousands of national security and protest related arrests by Hong Kong police between 2019-2026, in an interactive graphic: "Awaiting Justice:The impact of #HK NSL laws". www.reuters.com/graphics/HON... #HK w/@jessiepang.bsky.social
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Awaiting justice: The impact of Hong Kong’s national security laws
Beijing’s sweeping national security law, imposed in 2020, has reshaped Hong Kong’s political landscape. With a conviction rate exceeding 90%, many people remain behind bars, and the city’s democratic...
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Lianain Films @lianainfilms.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Our latest for @aj101east.bsky.social The head of a Chinese trade association claims he is Beijing’s man in Paraguay - Taiwan‘s sole South American ally. But he’s also an alleged criminal with a secret agenda. 1/2 youtu.be/QA78--LYmWA
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Is China using an alleged criminal to get Paraguay to ditch Taiwan? I 101 East Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21/04/2025
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters reut.rs/3RoyBbh
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Pentagon chief Hegseth shared sensitive Yemen war plans in second Signal chat, source says
He shared details of a March attack in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
For people in the journalism business, and for people in general, *this* is the killer detail in latest Hegseth-dereliction-of-duty report: That *four* people on the call were willing to talk about it! Congrats to the reporters. And most obvious dead-man-walking of cabinet members perhaps ever.
Story on Hegseth leaked Signal file, including line that revelations were "according to four people with knowledge of the chat."
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Scott Stossel @stossel.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"Harvard is changing course, perhaps because it grasped the true takeaway from Columbia’s cautionary tale: Appeasement doesn’t work, because the Trump administration isn’t really trying to reform elite higher education. It’s trying to break it." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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What Harvard Learned From Columbia’s Mistake
If cooperation and even capitulation don’t get you anywhere, why give in to the Trump administration’s demands?
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Huizhong Wu @huizhong-wu.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
It's too early and drastic to say that the U.S. and China are decoupling their economies. The two are intertwined at so many levels (e.g. 90% of christmas decorations sold in the US are from China) but if the tariffs are kept in place for, say, 6 months, the split may then become real
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mayawang.bsky.social @mayawang.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Lu Siwei, Chinese human rights lawyer who fled to Laos and sent back to China, is sentenced to 11 months in prison for "illegally crossing the border". Many rights lawyers are now barred from leaving China: ino.to/xOZe4eL
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四川人权律师卢思位被控“涉嫌偷越国境罪”一案将于2025年4月18日在成都市成华区法院宣判 卢思位获刑11个月
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20/04/2025
Raising a child in America has never been cheap. But tariffs will make it many times more expensive for new parents.
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Strollers and other baby products will get more expensive – and harder to find – with tariffs
Raising a child in America has never been cheap. In the first year alone, it costs an average of $20,384, according to parenting website Baby Center.
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William Yang @williamyang120.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Breaking: #Taiwan’s Digital Ministry said two undersea cables connecting the main island and the outlying island Matsu have been severed since this morning. The exact cause remains unclear. www.cna.com.tw/news/afe/202...
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台馬海纜兩條全斷 中華電證實15日及今晨接續故障 | 產經 | 中央社 CNA
台馬海纜再度傳出全斷狀況,中華電信公告,台馬第3海纜於15日下午發生障礙,台馬第2海纜於今天凌晨發生障礙,訊務已疏轉至微波電路。數發部表示,目前通訊應不受影響,數發部長黃彥男預計11時召開記者會對外說明。
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 22/01/2025
Three siblings of wanted former pollster Chung Kim-wah have been taken in for questioning by national security police, local media has reported. In full: buff.ly/40SoH7r
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Chung Kim-wah's siblings questioned by national security police - reports
Three siblings of wanted former pollster Chung Kim-wah have been taken in for questioning by national security police, local media has reported.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14/01/2025
NATO countries will deploy frigates, patrol aircraft and naval drones in the Baltic Sea to help protect critical infrastructure and reserve the right to take action against ships suspected of posing a security threat, alliance members said reut.rs/4afLTzs
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NATO to deploy ships, aircraft in Baltic Sea after cable breaches
NATO countries will deploy frigates, patrol aircraft and naval drones in the Baltic Sea to help protect critical infrastructure and reserve the right to take action against ships suspected of posing a security threat, alliance members said on Tuesday.
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James Pomfret @jamespomfret.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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A filmmaker made a documentary about protests in China. Now he’s sentenced to more than 3 years in prison | CNN
A Chinese filmmaker has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his documentary about China’s nationwide protests against Covid lockdowns in late 2022, as Beijing seeks to erase public ...
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James Pomfret @jamespomfret.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Tencent <0700.HK> shares down 7% in HK at the market bell after the firm was added to US "Section 1260H list" of entities that qualify as "Chinese military companies". The tech giant says its inclusion on the list was "clearly a mistake" www.reuters.com/world/us-add...
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US adds Tencent, CATL to list of Chinese firms allegedly aiding Beijing's military
The U.S. Defense Department said Monday it had added Chinese tech giants including gaming and social media leader Tencent Holdings and battery maker CATL to a list of firms it says work with China's military.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Wow. This is a jaw-dropping thriller of a story: How a Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias
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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
This is highly disconcerting. WaPo editors killed an editorial cartoon that mocked Bezos and other tech oligarchs. Will the Post respond to this? Democracy dies with accommodation. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 04/01/2025
⚡️Drones reportedly target one of Russia's largest sea trade ports in Leningrad Oblast. Most of the drones that attacked Leningrad Oblast were shot down over the terminal of Novotrans, a Russian transportation and logistics company.
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Drones reportedly target one of Russia's largest sea trade ports in Leningrad Oblast
Most of the drones that attacked Leningrad Oblast were shot down over the terminal of Novotrans, a Russian transportation and logistics company.
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