David Pierson is a Southeast Asia correspondent for the Los Angeles Times in Singapore. A staff writer since 2000, he was previously based in Beijing covering China. Pierson is a native of Hong Kong and has also written on technology, agriculture and marijuana from California.
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Hard-won access to family planning has diminished during the pandemic, with a resulting surge in births expected to strain healthcare resources.
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More than 50 opposition and pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong have been arrested in the latest sign of Beijing’s intolerance of political dissent.
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The policy reverses previous assurances that the data would be limited to coronavirus contact-tracing, sparking renewed concerns about privacy.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes chips for iPhones, video game consoles and fighter jets. Now it’s being forced to choose sides.
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China is targeting government opponents through financial institutions using a draconian national security law that’s already led to U.S. sanctions.
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Safe distancing ambassadors help ensure Singaporeans are observing health guidelines to maintain the country’s success in curbing cases of COVID-19.
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World reacts as Joe Biden becomes U.S. president-elect after several days of vote counting.
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Five years after emerging from military rule, optimism over Myanmar’s future is sinking over a troubled economy, a tarnished international image and an election that observers say won’t be free or fair.
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A jailed Philippine activist is forced to attend her infant’s funeral in handcuffs and a hazmat suit
A jailed Philippine activist is forced to attend her infant’s funeral in handcuffs and a hazmat suit
The death of Reina Mae Nasino’s 3-month-old daughter, River, has sparked an uproar over President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on human rights defenders. The underweight infant was separated from her mother, denying her breast milk that could have prolonged her life.
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Shiok Meats is among a bevy of companies hoping to win the “edible space race” by making cell-cultured beef, chicken and even bluefin tuna and foie gras.