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Laos releases blogger jailed for criticizing govt flood response
The communist-ruled nation regularly ranks low in the global freedom of press indexes The communist government of Laos released a…
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Suspected Chinese Communist Party ties at local business near Air National Guard base
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas's Secretary of Agriculture is asking Attorney General Tim Griffin to investigate a Fort Smith business with suspected ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Secretary Wes Ward says the department…
Is Laos facing a China debt trap?
China has financed major infrastructure projects in Laos, but the return on investment has yet to overcome the small country's mounting debt problems. As part of its Belt and Road Initiative, China has provided Laos…
Bangladesh court scraps job quotas after deadly unrest
Bangladesh's top court has scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had sparked violent clashes across the country that have killed more than 100 people. A third of public sector jobs had been…
How Laos’ plans to fast-track development left it facing a debt and inflation crisis
Laos is in serious economic trouble. The developing South-East Asian country borrowed big — mainly from China through the Belt and Road Initiative — to fund an ambitious infrastructure program. With the goal of becoming…
