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COVID-19
How Companies Can Rethink Asian Supply Chain Disruptions Amid COVID-19
By Ankit Panda
One of the major economic implications of COVID–19 concerns supply chain disruptions worldwide. How can businesses with Asian exposure cope with risks?
COVID-19 and Risk Analysis: Look Beyond the Black Swan Talk
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The focus on “black swan” terminology detracts from the argument’s more sobering realities for risk analysis and prediction.
Bangladesh Is Suppressing Free Speech During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By AKM Wahiduzzaman
The crackdown on dissent during the crisis is part of a larger pattern from the Awami League government.
COVID-19: A ‘Reckoning’ for UK-China Relations?
By Niall Gray
“China hawks” are gaining strength as the United Kingdom struggles with the fallout of the new coronavirus.
The COVID-19 Catastrophe in Bangladesh
By Sudha Ramachandran
The virus risks plunging Bangladesh into social, economic, and political turmoil -- not to mention the public health crisis.
After COVID–19: Manufacturing India’s New Economic Potential
By Akshobh Giridharadas and Vaman Desai
The disruption from COVID-19 may offer India the opportunity to reinvent itself as a manufacturing powerhouse.
Bangladesh Reopens 600 Apparel Factories Despite Virus Risk
By Associated Press
The critical economic sector is slowly returning to normal amid concerns of renewed outbreaks.
US Navy Destroyer Returning to Port with Coronavirus Outbreak
By Steven Stashwick
USS Kidd reports 47 COVID-19 cases as U.S. Navy operations across Pacific are impacted by virus.
COVID-19 Fans Religious Discrimination in Pakistan
By Jaffer Abbas Mirza
Referring to COVID-19 as “the Shia virus.” Denying aid to Christians and Hindus. These are only a few examples of faith-based discrimination in Pakistan.
Uzbekistan’s Changing Media Space
By Catherine Putz
An interview with Ikhtiyor Rakhman of Korrespondent.uz
Why COVID-19 Will Worsen Inequality in Thailand
By M Niaz Asadullah and Ruttiya Bhula-or
Many Thais were already economically marginalized before the outbreak. Without urgent action, they will fall deeper into poverty.
How China’s Poverty Alleviation Campaign Helped Give Birth to COVID-19
By Canghao Chen
China’s wildlife trade, believed to be the origin of the new coronavirus, was encouraged as a way to lift rural workers out of poverty.