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  • law U.S. appeals court rejects Trump's WeChat ban, for now Xeni Jardin
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  • china Hangzhou zoo in China insists its sun bears are not people in costumes Rob Beschizza
  • COVID-19 Shanghai Disney requires a negative Covid test to leave Thom Dunn
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  • Technology Judge to decide by Sunday if TikTok will remain in U.S. app stores Xeni Jardin
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  • politics 'Untrusted' Chinese apps like TikTok and WeChat must be banned from U.S. app stores, says Pompeo promoting 'Clean Network' Xeni Jardin
  • coronavirus Wuhan woman boasts about beating coronavirus check so she could fly to Paris for Michelin-star meal Mark Frauenfelder
  • china A Wechat-based "mobile court" presided over by a chatbot has handled 3m legal procedures since March Cory Doctorow
  • privacy Chinese law professor's social media denunciation of facial recognition in the Beijing subway system Cory Doctorow
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  • Business Facebook expects up to $5 billion FTC fine over privacy Xeni Jardin

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