A break

Week of June 8th reads

What I’m reading and closely watching this week, instead of a piece.

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Coronavirus: South America and SE Asia are now getting hit the hardest.

• These 7 countries have the most worrying Covid-19 outbreaks by Vox

• WHO: Data suggests it's "very rare" for coronavirus to spread through asymptomatics by Axios

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IPO Activity: Chinese companies pursuing a secondary listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• NetEase prices its $2.7 billion listing in Hong Kong with shares to start trading on June 11 by CNBC

• JD.com becomes the latest Chinese company to turn to Hong Kong with $4 billion listing by CNN

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#BLM:

• Black Lives Matter protests: What you need to know by Axios

• Biden rejects calls to defund police by Politico

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Tech companies continuous battle on censorship, neutrality and free speech moderation.

• Snap Says It Will No Longer Promote Trump’s Account by The New York Times

• The Slippery Slope to Censored Speech by The Information ($)

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Re: my piece on India’s telecoms market. Jio Platforms welcomed its 7th foreign investor on June 7th, marking the 3rd investment announcement from the company this week.

• India’s Reliance Jio Platforms to sell $750 million stake to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority by Techcrunch