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Thomas White

Assistant Foreign Editor

Asian Insider, Aug 7: Trump orders ban on Chinese apps, Malaysia’s former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng charged with corruption, where is Asia’s new Covid-19 hot spot?

Asian Insider, Aug 6: Pompeo unveils new action for Chinese apps, the Philippines economy slumps, Hiroshima marks 75th anniversary

Asian Insider, July 24: China-US relations sour, Hong Kong faces fresh coronavirus wave, Malaysia stock market value close to overtaking Singapore

Asian Insider, June 26: US Senate approves sanctions on Chinese officials over HK, Asean’s virtual summit, Covid-19 and the youth

Asian Insider, June 19: China publishes Beijing coronavirus genome data suggesting European strain, tensions simmer between India and China, Australia under ‘state-based’ cybersecurity attack

Asian Insider, June 12: Malaysian PM looks to snap polls, Singapore cancels F1 race, Zoom says China demanded it shut activist accounts

Asian Insider, June 5: Record unemployment in Philippines, 1MDB-linked trial closes, Malaysia unveils new stimulus

Asian Insider, June 3: Cyclone Nisarga lands near Mumbai, Japan faces second coronavirus wave, Hong Kong debates anthem Bill

Asian Insider, May 29: Mahathir fights back, Asia to ease coronavirus restrictions, China says attack on Taiwan an option

Asian Insider, May 22: China drops GDP target, Malaysian PM into self-quarantine, Pakistan passenger jet crashes

Asian Insider, May 15: China denies coronavirus cover-up, Hong Kong watchdog releases report on police brutality, Rohingya brace for coronavirus spread

Asian Insider, May 4: Some easing in Asia’s coronavirus fight, Kim Jong Un re-emerges, Philippines closes all airports

Asian Insider, April 24: Coronavirus roundup, Ramadan begins, a high-seas energy fight off Malaysia

Asian Insider, April 17: China revises Wuhan toll, Kerala’s experience with epidemics pays off, Indonesia braces for social unrest

Asian Insider, April 15: China blasts Trump move to cut WHO funding, South Korea votes under strict coronavirus rules, Japan could see 400,000 deaths

Asian Insider, April 3: Singapore to close most workplaces, global coronavirus cases top 1 million, Modi’s candlelight vigil

Asian Insider, March 27: Trump and Xi speak, Malaysia stimulus, China suspends entry of all foreigners

Asian Insider, March 26: More stimulus packages rolled out, life under lockdown in India, Christchurch shooter pleads guilty

Asian Insider, March 25: India lockdown, Malaysia extends movement restrictions, Sikh temple attacked in Kabul

Asian Insider, March 23: Coronavirus, Skype diplomacy in Kabul, Hong Kong protests

Asian Insider, March 17: Malaysia under movement control, Taiwan scrambles jets, again, deepfake videos in India’s elections, two bombs in Yala province

Asian Insider, March 16: Luzon under ‘enhanced quarantine’, Japanese care centre killer sentenced to death, Sanders and Biden face-off, explosion at Johor refinery kills five

Asian Insider, March 12: WHO declares coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong denies human rights abuses, Fukushima looks to green energy, banned Thai opposition figure faces fresh charges

Asian Insider, March 11: Mixed news on coronavirus, Malaysian politics, two sad anniversaries, Biden lengthens his lead