Today, AFP News Agency is publishing a package of stories on China’s property crisis — something my colleagues and I have been working on for months. 🏡👇

As Hun Manet takes over from his father Hun Sen as Cambodian PM, have a listen to our latest @Asiamatterspod - in which @andypeaps and sophal_ear discuss the handover, its limitations and what it means for the country's future. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/csd…

In a sleek silver building designed to look like an expanding nebula, thousands of delighted Chinese science fiction fans gathered this week in Chengdu for a massive international convention -- held for the first time in China. u.afp.com/54D2 by Rebecca Bailey

Lovely story from Rebecca Bailey on the rise and rise of Chinese sci-fi "It takes advantage of talking about outer space, or being set in different times, but reflects the human condition right now," award-winning author Chen Qiufan said france24.com/en/live-news/2…

'Still suffocated': Mourning China's zero-Covid protests A year after historic demonstrations broke out on Shanghai's bustling Wulumuqi Road, only a subtly increased police presence on main junctions betrays anything out of the ordinary➡️ u.afp.com/5wfj

يقبل الشباب في #الصين بصورة متزايدة على شراء الذهب، وهو استثمار يعتبر ملاذا آمنا في ظل ضبابية الوضع الاقتصادي وانتشار البطالة في الدولة الآسيوية العملاقة. u.afp.com/5xNp #فرانس_برس ✍️ Matthew Walsh Rebecca Bailey

@andypeaps SOAS University of London CSDS-Asia Matters Podcast Thank you, Andrew. The Asia Matters Podcast has been my lunchtime companion. I have enjoyed every episode I listened. Great range of topics. All very timely. Insightful and accessible analysis. Highly recommended.

🚨⚠️ JOB ALERT ⚠️🚨 We (AFP) are looking for a correspondent to join our Bangkok bureau. See link for details and apply! Spread the word. #journalism #journalismjobs welcometothejungle.com/en/companies/a…

1/ It’s here: the annual Media Freedoms Report. Take a look. Tl;dr- reporting conditions have not returned to pre-pandemic levels. Interference, intimidation, and surveillance remain on foreign news others. fccchina.org/2024/04/08/med…

The FCC's highly anticipated Journalism Conference will be held on May 4, 2024 (Saturday) from 9am to 6:30pm. This full-day event will feature panels and workshops with speakers from South China Morning Post , Hong Kong Free Press HKFP , AFP News Agency , The New York Times , and many more! Register here: form.jotform.com/241020850362444

Latest work for AFP News Agency with Rebecca Bailey and Greg Baker in Ningxia, as women drive innovation, evolution of Chinese wine industry.

THREAD: 1. PERSONAL NEWS: Today BBC News has announced plans to close BBC HARDtalk after 3 decades holding the world’s politicians and powerbrokers to account. This is sad news for me personally, but much more important, I think it’s depressing news for the BBC🧵

The BBC has made me redundant in the latest round of cuts. I will now be leaving my position and China by the end of December after over 5 years. I am looking for new filming, editing and producing opportunities in the region and elsewhere in the world.

Talkative and commandeering as he testified in court Wednesday, Hong Kong media mogul #JimmyLai still seemed like a man used to being in charge despite spending most of the last four years in jail. w/Holmes Chan Rebecca Bailey barrons.com/news/the-boss-…

Quite the security presence on Anfu & Wulumuqi this morning, on the second anniversary of the Wulumuqi Lu protests. #zerocovid

Disbelief, outrage at South Korea's short-lived martial law -- KANG JIN KYU's dispatch from last night's protests outside the National Assembly channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/sout…