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    • Ben Westcott
      Asia-Pacific Affairs Writer

      Ben Westcott is the Asia-Pacific Affairs Writer for CNN Digital Worldwide in Hong Kong. He covers breaking news and foreign relations in the Asia-Pacific region with a focus on China and Australia.

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      Leaked Xinjiang documents reveal how China monitors and judges its Uyghur citizens

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    • A group of Muslim protesters march with banners against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Banda Aceh on Decmber 27, 2017. There has been a growing backlash against Indonesia's small lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community over the past year, with ministers, hardliners and influential Islamic groups lining up to make anti-LGBT statements in public. / AFP PHOTO / Chaideer MAHYUDDIN (Photo credit should read CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images)

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