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TP-Link signs letter of intent with Key Tronic for $1B US router manufacturing

TP-Link has announced a letter of intent with Key Tronic to assemble Wi-Fi routers in the United States, a deal reportedly worth $1 billion. The move follows years of congressional scrutiny over TP-Link's Chinese origins, culminating in the company and other router makers being added to a federal restrictions list in March 2026.

Democracy activists Joshua Wong and Jimmy Lai remain jailed in Hong Kong, facing new charges

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, imprisoned since 2020, has been hit with fresh charges that will extend his detention beyond a planned January 2027 release date. Media mogul Jimmy Lai, 78, has also been imprisoned since December 2020 on democracy-related charges, and commentators warn both men risk being forgotten by the world after Beijing's crackdown crushed the 2019-2020 protest movement.