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Eamon Barrett

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.

High school students chant slogans as they stick posters reading "all people masked" on their uniforms as protesters gather in the heart of Hong Kong's commercial district Central on October 4, 2019, after the government announced a ban on facemasks. - Hong Kong's leader invoked colonial-era emergency powers on October 4 to ban protesters wearing face masks, but the move aimed at quelling months of unrest sparked immediate fresh rallies and vows to defy the new law. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Politics Hong Kong Has Used an ‘Emergency Regulations’ Law to Ban Face Masks. Here’s What Happens Now

By Eamon BarrettOctober 4, 2019

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Finance Why PayPal’s Approval to Enter China’s Payments Market May Be Less Than It Seems

By Eamon BarrettOctober 2, 2019

Fireworks explode over Tiananmen Square as performers take part in the evening gala marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China

Newsletters Blow Out the Candles: China at 70 — The Loop

By Eamon BarrettOctober 1, 2019

Newsletters Delisting China

By Clay Chandler and Eamon BarrettSeptember 28, 2019

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Newsletters Climate Week Starts With a Fizzle at the U.N. — The Loop

By Eamon BarrettSeptember 24, 2019

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Environment Google Has Bought Enough Renewable Electricity to Power All of Uruguay

By Eamon BarrettSeptember 20, 2019

Newsletters Is The Tech Sector Going On Climate Strike? — The Loop

By Eamon BarrettSeptember 17, 2019

A customer and child are seen past a refrigerator displaying Mengniu milk products at a store in Beijing on June 24, 2019. - Coca-Cola and Chinese dairy firm Mengniu have signed a deal to become joint sponsors of the Olympic Games from 2021 to 2032, IOC chief Thomas Bach announced on June 24. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)

Finance China Mengniu Dairy Makes $1 Billion Bid for Australian Infant Formula Maker Bellamy’s as Beijing Pushes Self-Sufficiency

By Eamon BarrettSeptember 16, 2019

Newsletters Do U.S. Democrats Have a Better China Strategy?

By Clay Chandler and Eamon BarrettSeptember 14, 2019

AB InBev's Asia unit is pursuing an IPO again, after cancelling a previous attempt in July.

Finance AB InBev Is Reviving the Hong Kong IPO of Its Asia Business, 2 Months After Scrapping Its First Try

By Eamon BarrettSeptember 12, 2019

Hong Kong Stock Exchange As China's Bullish Start to Year Gains Momentum

Finance Protests? Brexit? Hong Kong Stock Exchange CEO Downplays Crises in Bid for London Rival

By Eamon BarrettSeptember 11, 2019

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Newsletters What We Learned From The Fortune Global Sustainability Forum

By Eamon BarrettSeptember 11, 2019

Newsletters China’s Struggles

By Clay Chandler and Eamon BarrettSeptember 7, 2019

024B Fortune Global Sustainability Forum 2019 Thursday, September 5th, 2019 Yunnan, China 2:00pm-2:50pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS: BEHIND THE GREEN CURTAIN Choose 1 of 3 SMART WHEELS: WHO’S LEADING THE CHARGE? What’s the potential, and what are the pitfalls, on the road from the gasoline-powered present to an electric-car future? How can the broad transportation system accommodate and encourage the pump-to-plug shift? A discussion with executives trying to speed the transition. Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Founder and CEO, Cadenza Innovation Freeman Shen, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, WM Motor Zhang Congming, General Manager and Vice Chairman, Yunnan Communications & Investment Co. Andy Zheng, Founder, Aspiring Citizens Cleantech; Adjunct Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities Interviewer: Katherine Dunn, Associate Editor, FORTUNE Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune

Conferences Government Subsidies Fueled China’s Electric Vehicle Boom. Now They’re Facing Intense Scrutiny

By Eamon BarrettSeptember 6, 2019

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Conferences How the U.S. Trade War Could Threaten China’s Efforts to Go Green

By Eamon BarrettSeptember 5, 2019

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