The Stories Which Mattered in 2021

This week, we take a look back at 2021 and the most crucial
stories to emerge from the Indo-Pacific. Up first, our business
and markets reporter Jack Stone Truitt reviews the year's most
popular stories. Then, our feature presentation -- Asia Stream's
first Editors & Reporters Roundtable: an in-depth discussion
with an all-star panel about what's ticking in Asian news. From
Brussels, we are joined by executive editor Michael Peel From New
York .U.S. editor Ken Moriyasu weighs in. And our award winning
duo of tech reporters, Cheng Ting-Fang, and Lauly Li will join us
from Taiwan.


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Asia Stream is hosted by Wajahat Khan, our digital editor in New
York City, and produced by Monica Hunter-Hart and Jack Stone
Truitt.


From this episode:


China PCR test orders soared before first confirmed COVID case by
Masaya Kato


Young, creative and angry: Myanmar's youth pushes back by Thin
Lei Wen


Cyber slavery: inside Cambodia's online scam gangs by Shaun
Turton


US-China tech war: Beijing's secret chipmaking champions by Cheng
Ting-Fang and Lauly Li


All-Turkic corridor heralds rise of new Eurasian political bloc
by Sinan Tavsan 


China's Luxshare builds iPhone mega-plant to challenge Foxconn by
Lauly Li, Cheng Ting-Fang, and Shunsuke Tabeta