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Eamon Barrett formerly was Fortune's news editor for Asia, based in Hong Kong, as well as the author of Fortune’s weekly Trust Factor newsletter. While on staff at Fortune, Eamon covered business and tech news in China and Asia at large. He studied Chinese and International Relations at the University of Leeds and has worked as a journalist in Asia since 2015, previously covering Chinese business trends with Week in China, where he also published several guidebooks to Chinese cities.

Kwun Yum Treasury Festival in Hong Kong
Health
Hong Kong dangles incentives for local face mask production as coronavirus stretches supply
By Eamon BarrettMarch 18, 2020
Sanitary product distribution by benevolent Pakistani family in Hong Kong
Hong Kong gets thousands of mainland Chinese visitors each day. How it’s kept coronavirus at bay
By Eamon BarrettMarch 15, 2020
Views of Macau As Gaming Revenue Suffers Record Plunge From Virus Blow
10 cases, 10 recovered: How the world’s most densely-populated region fought off the coronavirus
By Eamon Barrett and Grady McGregorMarch 15, 2020
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Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau: How mainland China’s closest neighbors have kept coronavirus cases so low
By Eamon BarrettMarch 15, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic shows how governments could respond to climate change
Newsletters
The coronavirus pandemic shows how governments could respond to climate change
By Eamon BarrettMarch 12, 2020
Mandatory Temperature Check at Incheon International Airport
Health
South Korea hopes its coronavirus epidemic has peaked—but there’s risk of a ‘second wave’
By Eamon BarrettMarch 11, 2020
China’s box office was supposed to surpass North America’s this year. Then came the coronavirus
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China’s box office was supposed to surpass North America’s this year. Then came the coronavirus
By Eamon BarrettMarch 9, 2020
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100,000 coronavirus cases: How COVID-19 defied borders to reach this new milestone
By Eamon Barrett, Grady McGregor, Naomi Xu Elegant and Claire ZillmanMarch 6, 2020
The coronavirus exposed a flaw in global supply lines. It’s time to build better ones
Newsletters
The coronavirus exposed a flaw in global supply lines. It’s time to build better ones
By Eamon BarrettMarch 5, 2020
Concern In Japan As The Covid-19 Spreads
Health
Will the coronavirus cancel or postpone the 2020 Olympics? Host city Tokyo sends mixed messages
By Eamon BarrettMarch 4, 2020
CHINA NANJING MASKED COMMUTERS
Tech
The coronavirus is giving China cover to expand its surveillance. What happens when the virus is gone?
By Eamon BarrettMarch 1, 2020
We’re facing a climate crisis. What comes next?
Newsletters
We’re facing a climate crisis. What comes next?
By Katherine Dunn and Eamon BarrettFebruary 27, 2020
Commuters As Coronavirus And Sales Tax Hike Pushes Japan Toward Recession
Health
Is the coronavirus a ‘pandemic’? The World Health Organization can’t seem to make up its mind
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 25, 2020
Daily life in Beijing, China, amid coronavirus outbreak
Finance
A week of corporate coronavirus warnings starts to quantify the economic toll of China’s outbreak
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 21, 2020
Bezos’s $10 billion Earth Fund could shape Earth in Bezos’s favor
Newsletters
Bezos’s $10 billion Earth Fund could shape Earth in Bezos’s favor
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 20, 2020
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