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Mark R. Thompson is professor and head of the Department of Asian and International Studies at City University of Hong Kong, where he is also director of the Southeast Asia Research Centre.
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FROM STAFF REPORTS news@joplinglobe.com Dec 26, 2020 1 min to read A Southeast Kansas woman was killed in a one-vehicle crash at 1:05 p.m. Thursday on Route H, 5 miles west of Jasper in Jasper County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. Deborah L. Thompson, 66, of Weir, Kansas, was a passenger in an eastbound vehicle driven by Mark R. Thompson, 63, also of Weir. According to the patrol, the vehicle ran off the left side of the road, struck an embankment and overturned, ejecting both occupants. Deborah Thompson was pronounced dead at the scene by Jasper County De...