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Coronavirus

April 23, 2020
India Plans Wristband Patient Surveillance as Lockdown Eases
By Associated Press
With wristbands and an app, Indian authorities hope to contain COVID-19.

April 21, 2020
Amid COVID–19, Pakistan Launches an ‘Islam Friendly’ Action Plan to Keep Mosques Open
By Umair Jamal
The plan should be a cause of concern for the international community.

April 21, 2020
A Diamond in the COVID–19 Rough? Taiwan Export Orders Surge in March
By Ankit Panda
What explains the March 2020 surge in Taiwan’s export orders?

April 21, 2020
COVID–19 Is a Test for Climate Migration and the World Is Failing
By Pierfilippo M. Natta and Adam Weinstein
Countries need to come together to stem the effects of climate migration in the coming years and decades.

April 21, 2020
A Glimpse Inside India’s COVID-19 Lockdown in Assam
By StoriesAsia
India’s northeast has been relatively less affected by the pandemic, but the lockdown takes its toll.

April 21, 2020
Singapore COVID–19 Cases Reach Record, Surge Past 8,000
By Associated Press
Low-wage migrant workers account for more than half of Singapore’s confirmed cases.

April 18, 2020
China Posts 6.8 Percent Q1 2020 GDP Contraction. Markets Don’t Flinch
By Ankit Panda
Was this historic Chinese economic contraction simply priced in -- or are expectations of a future rebound at play?

April 16, 2020
Time for Asian Countries to Put Aside Squabbles and Cooperate
By Kan Kimura
The pandemic poses risks that should transcend nationalist pride.

April 16, 2020
IMF Warns of Pandemic-Induced ‘Great Lockdown’
By Ankit Panda
The crisis to come may be the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s, but with its geopolitical consequences still uncertain.

April 16, 2020
China Didn’t Warn Public of Likely Pandemic for 6 Key Days
By Associated Press
Internal Chinese government documents show a delay in Beijing’s official reaction.

April 15, 2020
Amid COVID-19, a Governance Crisis Looms in Pakistan
By Umair Jamal
Pakistan faces a likely ruling class reshuffle in due time—once the COVID–19 crisis clears.

April 15, 2020
Japan and South Korea Should Use the Coronavirus to Patch up Their Differences
By Rintaro Nishimura
It’s in both Seoul and Tokyo’s interest to get along.