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Shefali Rekhi

Asian Insider Editor/Asia News Network Editor

shefali@sph.com.sg

Asian Insider, Sept 23: Anwar claims support of 'formidable majority' of MPs, Facebook shuts hundreds of fake accounts in Philippines, China; Thai royalists march against change

Asian Insider, Sept 16: WTO slams US for trade war tariffs on China; Japanese premier Suga’s new Cabinet & successor; China's aggressive push for coronavirus vaccine

Asian Insider, Sept 15: Chinese cables at Himalayan flashpoint; Taiwan’s quest for international space; Snap elections in Japan next month?

Asian Insider, Sept 14: Suga to be Japan’s next premier; ByteDance to opt for Oracle over Microsoft for TikTok; EU-China talks

Asian Insider, Sept 9: AstraZeneca pauses vaccine trial; US-China showdown over big data; China reveals Canberra’s raids on Chinese journalists

Asian Insider, Sept 8: China’s economic recovery; WHO to work with Beijing on testing standards for new Covid-19 vaccines; race to be Japan’s next PM

Asian Insider, Sept 7: Typhoon Haishen smashes into South Korea; India accuses China of abductions in border area; Singapore to allow bigger MICE events

Asian Insider, Sept 2: China - Australia tussle, Taiwan changes passport cover, economies in trouble

Asian Insider, Sept 1: America initiates new economic dialogue with Taiwan, Mongolians protest switch to Mandarin schooling, a new supply chain pact in the Indo-Pacific

Asian Insider, Aug 31: Japan’s next premier, defeat for Mahathir’s new party, Wang Yi in Europe

Asian Insider, Aug 26: China in Pompeo’s Republican convention address, Hong Kong arrests two opposition lawmakers, Manila defies Beijing to continue patrolling Spratlys

Asian Insider, Aug 25: US-China trade deal on track, Singapore begins opening up for tourists, militants’ wives behind Jolo bombing

Asian Insider, August 24: Philippines refutes China’s claims over South China Sea, Sonia Gandhi offers to resign from Congress, Abe’s second visit to hospital

Asian Insider, Aug 19: Morrison to make coronavirus vaccine mandatory; flooding in China reaches Buddha heritage site; Goldman Sachs-Malaysia 1MDB deal

Asian Insider, August 18: Trump’s tax credit for US firms to relocate from China; Asia’s new pro-democracy #MilkTeaAlliance

Asian Insider, Aug 17: A deadly new strain of coronavirus?; Alex Azar’s visit to Taiwan; Japan’s record economic slump

Asian Insider, August 11: Singapore will not return to pre-Covid-19 world, US to label Hong Kong goods as ‘Made in China’

Asian Insider, Aug 5: US-China tussle; Kashmir under curfew; Abe’s rating drops

Asian Insider, Aug 4: Temple in Ayodhya; Suu Kyi seeks second term; Hong Kong authors seek Taiwan safety

Asian Insider, Aug 3: Microsoft-TikTok deal; China's Beidou to rival US' GPS; Dickson Yeo

Asian Insider, July 30: Singapore-Malaysia RTS Link to start end-2026, next few months worrisome in US-China relations, Umno snubs Muhyiddin’s PN alliance

Asian Insider, July 29: Hong Kong faces worst wave of coronavirus, Japan may curb TikTok, Indonesian Muslims go online for Hari Raya rituals

Asian Insider, July 27: China takes over US consulate in Chengdu; Coronavirus resurfaces in Vietnam, Indonesia’s human-trafficking network exposed

Asian Insider, July 22: US orders China's Houston consulate to close; cracks in US-South Korea military alliance?

Asian Insider, July 21: Coronavirus vaccine; Malaysia, Singapore & the Rapid Transit System; Internet giant Naver shifts data centre from Hong Kong