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  • Ivan Watson
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    Ivan Watson is an award-winning senior international correspondent for CNN based at the network's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong.

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A woman is reunited with her waiting mother outside the Insein Prison following her release in Yangon on October 18, 2021, after authorities announced more than 5,000 people jailed for protesting against a February coup which ousted the civilian government would be released. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

See emotional reunion as Myanmar frees hundreds of anti-coup protesters

They made signs, now they're making explosives. Myanmar's resistance movement on the rise

Biden and Xi agree to hold virtual meeting amid tensions

The former Chinese police detective claims he followed orders to torture Uyghur people in Xinjiang.

'Some are just psychopaths': Chinese detective in exile reveals extent of torture against Uyghurs

The former Chinese police detective claims he followed orders to torture Uyghur people in Xinjiang.

Chinese whistleblower exposes torture of Uyghur prisoners in CNN interview

China's internet lit up when a photo of billionaire actress Zhao Wei surfaced, allegedly showing her at a mobile phone shop, according to local media.  It was only a few weeks ago when Zhao was mysteriously erased from the internet, censored by the Chinese government.  CNN's Ivan Watson reports.

Billionaire actress erased from internet resurfaces in pictures - and goes viral

Video of child taken to quarantine alone gains attention in China