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David Pierson

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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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World & Nation

Massive voter turnout in Hong Kong propels pro-democracy candidates to victory

World & Nation

Massive voter turnout in Hong Kong propels pro-democracy candidates to victory

Viewed as a referendum on the protests that have divided Hong Kong, the election will help gauge popular opinion and validate one side over the other.
World & Nation

Inside Hong Kong’s besieged Polytechnic University, a few dozen holdouts plot their next move

World & Nation

Inside Hong Kong’s besieged Polytechnic University, a few dozen holdouts plot their next move

The defense of Polytechnic University, a campus left in squalid ruin, has been a costly campaign for Hong Kong’s protest movement that’s left many exhausted and searching for new ideas.
World & Nation

As tensions in Hong Kong continue to escalate, district elections could be the next casualty

World & Nation

As tensions in Hong Kong continue to escalate, district elections could be the next casualty

Intrigue over district council elections marks one more way Hong Kong has devolved into a semi-functioning territory with a crisis that appears more intractable with each passing day.

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Former British Consulate employee in Hong Kong says Chinese police tortured him
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As Hong Kong is torn by unrest, a family anguishes over whether to stay or go

World & Nation

As Hong Kong is torn by unrest, a family anguishes over whether to stay or go

Months of protest have driven many Hong Kongers to consider moving abroad and rekindled memories of the 1990s, when hundreds of thousands fled out of fear of communist rule.

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Hong Kong police form dragnet around Polytechnic campus; court strikes down mask ban
World & Nation

Man set on fire after police shoot protester in Hong Kong

World & Nation

Man set on fire after police shoot protester in Hong Kong

Neither protesters nor the government is showing any sign of compromise amid the violent standoff in Hong Kong.
Food

A new soup dumpling spot in the OC wants to dethrone Din Tai Fung

Food

A new soup dumpling spot in the OC wants to dethrone Din Tai Fung

Paradise Dynasty is determined to unseat Taiwan’s Din Tai Fung as the world’s best-known purveyor of soup dumplings. It plans to open its first U.S. store inside South Coast Plaza next year.
World & Nation

A Christian community proud of its pork resists change to attract Muslim tourists

World & Nation

A Christian community proud of its pork resists change to attract Muslim tourists

Christians in Indonesia’s Lake Toba are pushing back against plans to promote halal tourism, as religious and ethnic tensions simmer in the Muslim-dominated country.
World & Nation

Indonesia is building a new capital from scratch — no matter the environmental impact

World & Nation

Indonesia is building a new capital from scratch — no matter the environmental impact

Indonesia could be trading one environmental disaster for another when it relocates its capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, a hotbed of coal mining, gas extraction and palm oil production on the giant island of Borneo.
World & Nation

Hong Kong’s leaderless protest movement put to the test with arrest of prominent activists

World & Nation

Hong Kong’s leaderless protest movement put to the test with arrest of prominent activists

Prominent democracy activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow are arrested in Hong Kong as China gets tougher on challenges to Beijing’s authority.
World & Nation

Why is Indonesia moving its capital?

World & Nation

Why is Indonesia moving its capital?

Indonesian President Joko Widodo revealed the proposed location of the new capital that is set to replace Jakarta in 2024.

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