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People in masks cross a busy street in Tokyo, with images of Prime Minister Abe on the screen behind them

Phillip Lipscy analyzes public opinion of Japanese leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic

May 26, 2020

https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/05/23/japan-is-not-rallying-around-its-prime-minister

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People wearing masks in Hong Kong

Lynette Ong Comments on What is Happening in Hong Kong for the Washington Post

May 26, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/05/21/hong-kong-independence-china-faq/

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Diana Fu screenshot from BBC News Interview

Diana Fu on BBC World News: China-Hong Kong relations

May 23, 2020

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China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Beijing on Thursday.Credit...Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images

Diana Fu Weighs in for NYT on What Chinese Government Must Do at National People’s Congress

May 22, 2020

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Close up on person wearing a N95 respirator mask

Lynette Ong weighs in for CBC on Canada’s Reliance on China for PPE

May 20, 2020

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ppe-import-china-shortage-1.5552426

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Joseph Wong

Joseph Wong Discusses the Impact of COVID-19 on International Students for Times Higher Education

May 20, 2020

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/blogs/interviews-international-students-canada-about-covid-19-situation

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Ito Peng portrait

Ito Peng says Canada could learn from Japan in how it treats Long Term Care Workers

May 6, 2020

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/04/30/until-covid-19-hit-psws-received-almost-no-recognition-thats-changed.html

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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Did the WHO mishandle the global coronavirus pandemic? Lynette Ong comments on WHO’s deferential relationship with China

May 5, 2020

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-who-china-canada-pandemic-1.5549836

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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, centre, who founded local newspaper Apple Daily, is arrested by police officers at his home in Hong Kong on April 18, 2020.

Lynette Ong Weighs in on how the pandemic is giving Beijing political cover for controversial acts

April 28, 2020

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pandemic-covid-coronavirus-china-hungary-bolivia-texas-israel-turkmenistan-1.5541548

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COVID-19 and the New Normal: An Essay by former Asian Institute Director Joseph Wong

April 7, 2020

https://munkschool.exposure.co/covid19-and-the-new-normal

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