What #Hamas’s secret global investment portfolio looks like. These property assets in Turkey are part of int’l network that US govt says is funnelling funds to Hamas, making senior leaders 💵
My 1st @Telegraph investigation since moving to Istanbul 2wksago
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These housing complexes are developed by Trend GYO, a Turkish firm named in US sanctions 3x in last 1.5 yrs. US says Trend is part of huge network that has "generated vast sums of revenue" for Hamas. US May 2022 statement - 1st sanctions against Trend:
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HOME IN THE #US FOR FIRST TIME IN 2.5 YEARS 🙌 Yes, I will return to #Beijing, but for now I’m gonna relish being in the land of the free, home of the brave 🇺🇸🤣 This thread will be occasional musings about re-entry into my own country which has changed dramatically in this time First: Dunkin’ Donuts now serves #avocado toast. When did this happen??? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Lots has happened in the 2 yrs since a controversial extradition proposal brought millions of #HongKong people to the streets. Explore how much has changed & what next with @Telegraph @TelegraphWorld's series, "Future of Hong Kong" 1 | #HongKong’s vigorous legal profession is finding itself increasingly forced to adapt to a communist concept of governance and justice under increasing mainland Chinese control. By @niccijsmith telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/0…

#China's crackdown on its tiny congregation of #Jews. ~100 practising in a community of ~1,000. That such a small group can attract the #CommunistParty’s ire shows how far the suppression goes @TelegraphWorld @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/1… #religiousfreedom #Hanukkah Ancestors of those in #China claiming Jewish heritage – prob merchants from Persia – settled >1,000 yrs ago in Kaifeng, then a bustling imperial capital during Northern Song Dynasty. Through dynasties, wars, natural disasters, Cultural Revolution, they kept their history alive

.@Telegraph exclusive: #China continues to harass exiles on British soil, say victims. These threats are a way to “silence them from using their voices to raise awareness of #humanrights violations,” says @FrancesEveCHRD @CHRDnet telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/1… @TelegraphWorld .@AzizIsaElkun, a British Uighur who has campaigned from the UK about #China’s internment camps for Muslim minorities, revealed he had been sent msgs from his mother, apparently under duress via WhatsApp from Turkey & Hong Kong numbers. He believes it’s a warning to silence him

#China has occupied 60+ sqkm of Indian territory in eastern Ladakh, acc to senior Indian Army source. @Telegraph can reveal up to 12,000 Chinese troops pushed over #India border last month amid violent clashes as Beijing squeezes Modi for closer ties w US telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/1… 3 Indian soldiers killed in Galwan Valley in Ladakh last night by Chinese troops, 1st casualties along 3,488km border since 1975, as threat of war intensifies. #India says there were also Chinese deaths though #Beijing has yet to confirm telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/1… #China @joerwallen

#Wuhan postcard: Kite-flying, #cat on leash smelling 🌸, city skyline along the #Yangtze, and #socialdistancing to the max 🐶🐯 #coronavirus #China More #Wuhan postcards: Entrance to Carrefour; makeshift takeout window through metal barrier; makeshift barrier, period - everything plus the kitchen sink; #Communist Party disaster relief tent (these are still everywhere)

#Wuhan resident Chen Min, 65, died within 10 days of developing fever, cough. Docs never tested her for #coronavirus. She's not incl in official govt count of 56 dead & suggests scale of problem is *far* greater than #China has acknowledged telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/2… @Telegraph @Telegraph To be clear: Her symptoms were consistent w the new virus infection though docs at 3 hospitals in #Wuhan kept sending her home w basic cold meds, even when a CT scan showed shadows in her lungs – not enough beds. She was finally placed in isolation Jan 15 & died 6 hours later

Life in #China — a little tale of how this country deals with problems like squabbling children: I move into a new apt to discover upset neighbors who pay a visit to scream unintelligibly at me. I finally figure out that they think the electric ac/heat in my unit is creating much noise in theirs. I learn this was a previous issue that the prop mgmt company I’m renting through failed to resolve.