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Intrigue swirls about possible reshuffles as China’s parliament convenes

Policy blueprint to be set out for year ahead and big personnel changes may be announced

The Guardian - UK

China's Manufacturing Contracts For Fifth Consecutive Month

China's manufacturing sector contracts for the fifth month, while non-manufacturing PMI rises. Efforts to boost economy show limited impact. Beijing to foc...

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Security, Economy In Focus At Key China Meetings

China's top officials hold an annual gathering next week, offering a rare window into the ruling Communist Party's thinking as it tightens its grip in the face of dire economic headwinds.

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China’s Top Legislature Confirms Ousted Military Officials Violated ‘Discipline and Law’

Nine former senior officers got booted from the National People’s Congress last year for suspected ‘serious violations of discipline and law,’ a euphemism used by the country’s graft-busters for corruption

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TOI Exclusive: Sports ministry suspends Paralympic Committee of India citing sports code violation

NEW DELHI: Calling the delay in holding its elections as “wilful and intentional”, the sports ministry on Saturday suspended the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) – headed by Deepa Malik, the country’s first female para-athlete to win a medal at the Paralympics in Rio 2016 – citing violation of the…

The Times of India

Hit JRPG Sea of Stars removes donation-collecting NPC based on YouTuber The Completionist following charity fraud allegations

Sea of Stars' developer wants to maintain "a positive and optimistic space"

GamesRadar

“So Astounding”: People React To Teen Beating Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Bodybuilding Record

19-year-old Anton Ratushnyi beat Arnie's record more than 50 years later. The post “So Astounding”: People React To Teen Beating Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Bodybuilding Record first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Journalist who fled threats in Mexico wins US asylum appeal

Emilio Gutierrez Soto says he hopes case will highlight need to protect other journalists ‘risking lives to tell truth’.

Al Jazeera

Chinese law to ban comments that harm China’s ‘feelings’ prompts concern

Legal experts and bloggers say proposed crimes could be used arbitrarily and lead to more censorship

The Guardian - UK

Editorial: Anticipating a Renewed Push for ‘Citizens Suing Officials’

China’s legislature axed its review of a draft amendment for the Administrative Litigation Law, in a sign the issue needs further consideration

Caixin Global

People are pretending to be 'NPCs' on TikTok and it's not just weird, it's also lucrative

The one constant the internet offers us is a continual rotation of trends. Months ago, the trend was people exhibiting “main character energy”. People were imagining themselves as main characters in their own life show: they were the ones who knew everyone’s name in the coffee shop, they were having…

The Conversation

What is NCP, TikTok's latest phenomenon? Here's the scoop on the odd trend

But be warned: NPC definitely isn't a compliment

My Imperfect Life

Shanghai Lawmaker Booted From Top Legislature Following Graft Probe

Dong Yunhu, placed under investigation last month, is the first representative to be publicly removed from the 14th National People’s Congress, whose members were confirmed in February

Caixin Global

What the 'NPC streaming' TikTok trend spells for the future of gaming and erotic work

“Yes, yes… mmm, mmm ice cream so good,” coos a platinum-haired woman known on TikTok as Pinkydoll. Holding a hair straightener, she plays with popcorn kernels and audibly pops her lips. Your screen brightens with emojis of food, roses and stars purchased by her audience. What are we watching? Why?

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The Guardian - US

No, I didn’t imagine it – the ‘NPC’ craze really offers money for robotic gibberish

People online pretend to be jerky video-game characters – and some make tons of money doing it. What on earth?

The Guardian - US

$7,000 a day for five catchphrases: the TikTokers pretending to be ‘non-playable characters’

There are anarchic, erotic undertones to ‘NPC streaming’, the trend in which ordinary people play video-game characters

Daily Mirror

Brits could miss out on state pension for 15 years after healthy life expectancy

Unite union and the National Pensioners Convention will join forces to demand the Tories rule out 'an attack on the state pension' after the Tories pushed back a decision to after the election

GamesRadar

Oblivion's Adoring Fan voice actor confirms he's on board for Starfield

Craig Sechler is lending his vocal tones to the iconic NPC once again

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ABC ‘actuated by malice’ in publishing Higgins speech

Ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann claims the ABC maliciously broadcast a speech by Brittany Higgins about her alleged rape that prejudiced his criminal trial.

The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann says ABC acted maliciously by showing Brittany Higgins speech, court documents show

Former political staffer suing national broadcaster over a February 2022 joint address by Higgins and Grace Tame at the National Press Club

The Guardian - AU

ABC argues Brittany Higgins broadcast did not identify Bruce Lehrmann and could not have defamed him

ABC says press club address could not have been defamatory even if Lehrmann’s identity already widely known

Al Jazeera

US journalists renew calls for justice for Shireen Abu Akleh

US National Press Club leaders demand ‘full accounting’ in the killing of veteran Al Jazeera journalist.

ABC News

China approves wide-ranging expansion of counter-espionage laws

After three days of discussions, China's Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passes the first update to anti-spying laws in almost a decade, under which authorities can gain access to data, information on personal property and ban border crossings.

Chronicle Live

Paramedic students spend placements in Rothbury and Whitley Bay GPs and boost urgent care at doctor's

Did you know paramedics work in some of the North East's GP surgeries?

PC Gamer

The lead researcher behind those Sims-like 'generative agents' on the future of AI NPCs

PhD student Joon Sung Park spoke to us about his team's research and how science can be helped by science fiction.

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