CNN has hired John Liu to be its China business reporter in Hong Kong. He has been at The New York Times since 2021. Previously, he worked as a freelance journalist covering Taiwan and Myanmar, including Myanmar’s 2021 military coup,

Amid ongoing junta bombardments of civilians in northern Shan State, TNLA negotiators fly to Kunming for talks with the military regime.

Thailand, China and Myanmar have coordinated efforts over the past month to shut down the scam centers that bilked victims around the world out of billions of dollars.

Battered and bruised Chinese workers from online scam centres in Myanmar faced an anxious wait to return home, as Beijing and Thailand finalised plans on Wednesday for their repatriation.

A crackdown on Myanmar’s scam hubs has freed 10,000 workers, but concerns remain over the sustainability of the efforts against powerful crime syndicates.

During Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, one of the main topics of discussion was the proliferation of scam centers close to Thailand’s borders in Myanmar,

The request is part of a four-point proposal by Chinese Assistant Minister for Public Security Liu Zhongyi on how to deal with scam call centers in Myanmar.

Assistant Minister for Public Security Liu Zhongyi has been given the assignment of combating scam operations run by Chinese nationals along Myanmar’s borders.

China has deployed a powerful radar system near the Myanmar border, capable of tracking India's missile launches and monitoring vast areas of the Indian Ocean, raising security concerns for New Delhi.

Chinese nationals rescued from online scam centres in Myanmar were repatriated to China, while hundreds more are expected to arrive in China in the coming days, according to Beijing's Ministry of Public Security.

With the civil conflict in Myanmar still unresolved four years after the military coup, a new political equilibrium might take the form of the break-up of the state.