HONG KONG — Mark Simon, a 47-year-old businessman from Falls Church, was until recently just another American lured by the opportunities offered by Asia’s economic boom. Today, the portly Virginian has a dashing but, he says, “extremely unpleasant” new role at the center of a political thriller scripted by China’s Communist Party and its allies in Hong Kong. It features espionage, slush funds …
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WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – The suspension of U.S. sanctions barring investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the poor Southeast Asian state...
