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Bao Tong, Chinese ex-official turned dissident, dead at 90
Bao Tong, Chinese ex-official turned dissident, dead at 90
by  AFP

Chinese dissident Bao Tong, a top Communist Party official imprisoned in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests who became a vocal critic of Beijing, has died at 90 years old, his son said on Twitter. "My late father... died peacefully at 07:08 on the 9th of November 2022," his son Bao Pu wrote Wednesday night on Twitter.

Indigenous film bringing cross-border Amazon tribes together
Indigenous film bringing cross-border Amazon tribes together
by  AFP

In Colombia's Amazon jungle, indigenous people of different nations, ethnicities and languages have come together to find a single voice in cinema to tell their own stories, rather than let outsiders do it. After much laughter, applause and shared masato, Kata Matis reflected on the place of indigenous people in modern nation states.

Biden seeks to gauge US, China 'red lines' with Xi
Biden seeks to gauge US, China 'red lines' with Xi
by  AFP

US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would ask Chinese President Xi Jinping about his "red lines" to reduce the potential for conflict after soaring tensions on Taiwan when they gather next week in Bali. "What I want to do with him when we talk is lay out what kind of -- what each of our red lines are," Biden told a news conference following US midterm elections.

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