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A string of stunning losses in northern Shan State has the regime and its chief international backer reevaluating their relationship. As the escalating conflict between Myanmar’s military regime and its opponents wreaks bloodshed across the country’s northeastern borderlands, neighbouring China has found itself straddling two seemingly incompatible positions: one calling for peace, the other preparing for war. Just hours after urging an immediate ceasefire in northern Shan State on Sunday, Beijing declared that it would continue live-fire military drills on its side of the frontier in order to test its forces’ “mobility, border control abilities, and firepower capabilities.”

A long-term paid volunteer with the UN’s food assistance agency says he was forced to flee the military’s bombing of Loikaw on his own after realising he was not included in his employer’s exit plan. After United Nations (UN) staff evacuated the Karenni State capital of Loikaw earlier this month amid escalating fighting, a long-term local volunteer with its food assistance agency said that he and others like him were left behind.

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) sold $ 739.5 million on the interbank foreign exchange market over the past week. These are the results of currency interventions published on the central bank’s website, Ukrinform reports. Between November 27 and December 1, 2023, the National Bank sold $739.5 million and purchased $1.6 million on the interbank foreign exchange market.

In the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have repelled 56 Russian attacks in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka and Zaporizhzhia directions. The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Ukrainian warriors continue holding positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region, inflicting fire damage on Russian occupiers.

英媒報導，幾週來，中國神秘「類武漢病毒」肺炎病毒（Mystery Covid-like）一直是中國混亂的根源，專家現在擔心可能會出現新的疫情。其他國家正做好準備，以防病毒像第一次武漢病毒爆發後在人群中傳播。這種神秘「類武漢病毒」的3個關鍵症狀現在已揭曉，分別是喉嚨痛、疲勞和持續數週或數月的咳嗽。據報導，中國呼吸道疾病大幅增加，北京醫院因住院人數過多而人滿為患，讓當局感到擔憂。根據英國《每日星報》（Dailystar）報導，印度的一些邦現在正準備衛生服務，以應對這種病毒。

越南成衣訂單銳減，當地成衣巨頭Garmex Saigon前三季營收較去年同期少了97%，導致前三季虧損將近440億越南盾，今年裁員累計1945名員工，員工只剩37人，相當砍掉98.1%員工。為了增加營運資金，11月還拍賣資產，打算賣掉9輛貨車，總底價為30億越南盾（約台幣390萬）。越南快訊報導，Garmex Saigon營運欠佳，已經連續第四季虧損，截至第三季營收約80億越南盾（約台幣1040萬），較去年同期的2450億越南盾（約台幣3.18億），年減97%；前三季累計虧損達440億越南盾（約台幣5720萬），去年同期虧損68億越南盾（約台幣884萬），虧損增加5470%。