Kim Aris tells the Guardian chance to speak with detained Nobel laureate was ‘public relations’ move from military leaders
Myanmar’s former democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be in good physical and mental health but is living in near-complete isolation, her son has said after the first call with his 81-year-old mother in more than five years.
“She still sounds certainly all there mentally, and physically she sounds strong,” Kim Aris said. “I don’t think she has anybody outside of the military or the police around her, so essentially she’s been held in solitary confinement from what I gather.”
Prominent Chinese economist Ren Zeping's WeChat account has been restricted as Beijing tightens scrutiny of outspoken financial commentators. The channel can no longer gain followers, and his team says posting has been suspended entirely.
Chinese aircraft designers have proposed building radar antenna arrays into the wings of next-generation stealth fighters like the J-20, according to the South China Morning Post. The approach could expand detection range without compromising the jet's low-observable shape.
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