Hong Kong suspends more facilities and services amid fears of community outbreak
HONG KONG, Mar 28, 2020, The Standard. Public facilities and services including the court trials…
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[Analytics] Why Xi should hand out cash to Chinese as Trump do for Americans
Beijing appears to be relying on its usual method of boosting infrastructure to offset the…
Poor workers across India will be fed during lockdown
NEW DELHI, Mar 28, 2020, The Asian Age. With thousands of poor, migrant workers, homeless…
Greater Tokyo and Osaka citizens urged to stay indoors until Apr 12
TOKYO, Mar 28, 2020, SCMP. People in greater Tokyo and the Osaka area in western…
‘Clear we have entered recession’: IMF chief
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 27, 2020, AFP. The coronavirus pandemic has driven the global economy into…
[Analytics] The damaging consequences of Modi’s Hindu agenda
India’s slide into illiberalism began before the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came into power in…
In India’s metros, lockdown turns air purifier
NEW DELHI, Mar 27, 2020, India Today. The nationwide lockdown imposed to fight Covid-19 seems…
BTS puts off N. American leg of world tour over coronavirus
SEOUL, Mar 27, 2020, Yonhap. K-pop boy band BTS put off the American leg of…
[Analytics] Japan: Waiting for the lockdown
The dread begins when you get on the train in Tokyo’s morning rush hour. You’ve…
‘Printing money’: booming mask producers in China meet global demand
BEIJING, Mar 27, 2020, AFP. As the coronavirus pandemic that originated in a central Chinese…
No foreign nationals entry in China from Mar 28
BEIJING, Mar 26, 2020, Xinhua. China Thursday night announced temporary suspension of entry by foreign…
[Analytics] In virus era, even summits are virtual
The face-to-face tension among foes was gone. So was the in-person camaraderie among allies. Gone…