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India had the highest suicide rate in Asia (CNN)—and that was before COVID-19 hit and removed many social safety nets. Despite the high rates of mental illness, many sufferers don’t get treatment due to high prices and societal stigmas. A mental health crisis exacerbated by COVID-19 isn’t
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Subscribe now Undercovered this week Another loss – for the “crime” of writing biographies of Uyghur historical figures, jailed unjustly by China’s rulers. Meanwhile, a Chinese journalist and historian, Du Bin – who often wrote books that showed the ruling Communist party in not a great light, was arrested for “picking
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Subscribe now Undercovered still: Uyghur Crisis The tragedy continues unabated, even as we enter a new year. Global Voices has been doing a superb job of trying to put a human face on the crisis, publishing stories about Uyghurs abroad. This one, published anonymously, interviews Mehbube Abla, a 38-year-old Uyghur
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Welcome to the first in a new series of special issues for Asia Undercovered. What to Watch are forward looking, complementing our other content aimed at ensuring readers understand what’s happening in Asia. Subscribe now While Backgrounders give historical and political context for breaking news, Special Issues dive into
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Undercovered this week Remember when The Philippines got hit by a series of successive typhoons earlier this month? (It got nearly no attention in US media). The government’s lackluster response has been heavily criticized, and has led to protests in Universities around the country, reports Karlo Mongaya for Global
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Another Year of Uyghur Genocide It’s becoming cliché to talk about how terrible 2020 was. And it was, for many around the world. But for Uyghurs, it was just another year of terror, following several in which millions were rounded up into camps, jailed, mosques and cemeteries bulldozed, part
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Not China-led, despite what you saw on mainstream news.
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Undercovered this week So, apparently China may have territory from Nepal – and the pro-China leaders in Kathmandu...didn’t mind. Creeping imperialism in the Himalayas, again (The Telegraph). Meanwhile, in China, more signs that the war on the Uyghurs is turning into a war on Islam, with Chinese Muslims far
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