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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.

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Billionaires are donating millions to fight China’s coronavirus. But where is the money going?
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 20, 2020
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Coronavirus recovery: Why it’s so hard for China’s factories to get back to work
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 18, 2020
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Impact investment has an incentive problem
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 13, 2020
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Business’s coronavirus conundrum: What’s the best alternative to a handshake?
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 13, 2020
Daily Life In Singapore As WHO Chief Says Global Spread Is Concern
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Singapore urges calm—but its tourism industry is being pummeled by the coronavirus outbreak
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 11, 2020
Hong Kong Tourism Braces for a Hit Worse Than SARS
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Closed attractions, shut restaurants, and a ‘ban’ on hugs: How Disney parks are dealing with the coronavirus
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 7, 2020
UN cancels biodiversity meeting in China over coronavirus fears
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UN cancels biodiversity meeting in China over coronavirus fears
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 6, 2020
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Patient or prisoner? Governments deploy surveillance tech to track coronavirus victims
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 5, 2020
Virus Counter-Measures In Macau As Resort City Reports Second Case Of Novel Coronavirus
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Coronavirus prompts the world’s gambling capital to do the unthinkable: close its casinos
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 4, 2020
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China will struggle to spend its way out of the coronavirus economic slowdown
By Eamon BarrettFebruary 3, 2020
How AI, satellites and drones could help plant a trillion trees
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How AI, satellites and drones could help plant a trillion trees
By Eamon BarrettJanuary 30, 2020
Captain Davos: CEOs urged to lead in sustainability
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Captain Davos: CEOs urged to lead in sustainability
By Eamon BarrettJanuary 23, 2020
Medical staff members carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 18, 2020. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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China braces for spread of deadly new virus as millions travel for Lunar New Year
By Eamon BarrettJanuary 21, 2020
A.I. in China: TikTok is just the beginning
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A.I. in China: TikTok is just the beginning
By Eamon BarrettJanuary 20, 2020
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BlackRock arrives fashionably late to sustainable portfolios
By Eamon BarrettJanuary 16, 2020
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