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Bethany Allen 貝書穎
@bethanyallen.bsky.social
Head of China investigations @aspi_cts. Was @axios @foreignpolicy @yale @HopkinsNanjing. Author BEIJING RULES, Financial Times Best Books of 2023. Email me: bethanyallen@aspi.org.au
The change in nighttime illumination around Myawaddy between 2021 and 2024, with specific scam centre locations annotated. Navy blue shows an increase in nighttime illumination, and red shows a decrease.
September 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The specific location of 27 identified scam compounds in Myawaddy township along the Thai border:
September 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
In Myanmar, scame compounds have become so ubiquitous in several areas that the language has developed a specific moniker, Kyar Phyant, borrowed from the Chinese word for ‘scam’
September 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Read @aspi-org.bsky.social's full report here. Through extensive satellite imagery analysis, @nrg8000.bsky.social shows that scam compounds along the Thai-Myanmar border have grown from 11 dedicated compounds to 30 since the junta took power in 2021.
September 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
“The sheer volume of Chinese investment has been so much larger than in the West,” Dr. Wong Leung said. “It meant they could build industries from the ground up, all the way through the supply chain.”
August 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
ASPI has just launched a Taiwan newsletter! Our weekly "State of the Strait" is a data-based approach to tracking of all the ways China is putting the squeeze on Taiwan.

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April 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The Trump admin's response, filed by Pete Marocco, the new Director of the Office of Foreign Assistance at State, states that the administration will continue its freeze on funds for both USAID and State:
February 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
NEW: The Trump administration has just told a federal judge in a court filing that it will not comply with the court's order to resume funding for USAID and State Department foreign assistance.
February 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
🥰 This NYT article includes Axios as part of the Washington Post "peer group": "

The New York Times, The Washington Post, Axios and Politico"
January 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
New ASPI report: We identify several prominent Chinese companies that are putting persuasive technologies to work for China’s propaganda, military and public-security agencies.

What are persuasive technologies and why does this matter for democracies? Keep reading:
November 26, 2024 at 4:50 PM