Covering South Asia for @business out of Delhi. Focused on politics & econ. Formerly w/@WSJ in Hong Kong. DMs always open. Views mine, more interested in yours.

Joined March 2012
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In a press conference, @selina_cheng of the @HKJA_Official said certain media outlets/journalists are being put through arbitrary tax audits, which imposes heavy costs and stress even when no wrongdoing is found, and potentially curtails press freedom. scmp.com/news/hong-kong/soci…
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I am so glad in retrospect that I never joined the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents' Club, an organisation that has repeatedly disgraced itself over the past half a decade in exchange for a cheap bar.
👉Neither the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) nor the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) has posted statements on Monday’s jailing of media tycoon #JimmyLai. hongkongfp.com/2026/02/09/ho… When approached by HKFP after the Apple Daily founder was sentenced to 20 years behind bars, @fcchk President Morgan Davis said they had “no comment at this time,” whilst @HKJA_Official Chair Selina Cheng said she was “unable to speak freely about the sentencing.”
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.@JeffBezos, since I came to India early last summer to be the The Post's India bureau chief, one thing was abundantly clear: in India's media ecosystem very few outlets can do accountability reporting without fear of government censure. The Post is one of them. Since August, we showed the ways Indian billionaires got treated far better than others; the role of Indian conglomerates in fueling Russia's war in Ukraine; India's draconian deportation campaign of Muslims to Bangladesh and stories unpacking the breakdown in diplomatic relations between Washington and New Delhi. We in New Delhi want to keep doing our jobs so The Post readers can understand the South Asia region better — a wish we hope you share. #SaveThePost
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A murder-for-hire plot in the US that authorities say involved an Indian government official included plans for an additional assassination in Nepal or Pakistan, prosecutors alleged in court documents bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @DanStrumpf
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25 Sep 2025
Angered by corruption, Nepal’s Gen Z ousted its government and turned to Discord for a new leader, @danstrumpf reports. Read more about Asia's deadliest protest this year: bloom.bg/4mzaDqS
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30 Aug 2025
How should Delhi deal with its stray dogs? @DanStrumpf explains why this question has sparked recent protests and challenges to India's Supreme Court: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Three startups in India are delivering everything from iPhones to ice cream at your doorstep in 10-minutes, changing how people shop. This is a deep-dive on how India is executing one of the boldest bets in modern retail or what's called quick commerce. bloomberg.com/features/2025-…
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PM Modi gave India’s middle classes significant tax relief in his budget to cushion the economy against global headwinds, but provided little direct support to the millions of unemployed who voted against him last year. From @DanStrumpf bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bpolitics
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13 Jan 2025
Drawing in as many as 400 million pilgrims, India’s Maha Kumbh Mela could well be the world’s largest human gathering. @DanStrumpf explains how the religious festival spells opportunity for Modi and the Hindu right trib.al/kEbpq7a
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bloomberg.com/news/articles/… "For years, India’s booming economy fueled exuberance that the South Asian nation had entered a new era of faster growth.....Now, a deepening slowdown is raising concerns that a three-year boom wasn’t the start of a new era but a blip." ✍️@anuproy05 and @DanStrumpf
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Journalism is not seditious. Let’s be clear: all they are guilty of is doing journalism. This oppressive ruling shows #HongKong is descending further into authoritarianism #StandWithStandNews
29 Aug 2024
1/ 🚨BREAKING: Two former chief editors of defunct outlet Stand News have been found guilty of sedition, marking the first such conviction of journalists in Hong Kong since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. In full: hongkongfp.com/2024/08/29/br…
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🧵 Bangladesh’s Prothom Alo newspaper has a front-page story on the final moments of Hasina’s tenure. She insisted on using brute force until only 45 minutes before her departure; no amount of pleading from her aides and officials could persuade her to relent. 1/n
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Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, Paul Whelan. Free. Amazing. #IStandWithEvan
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Despite Harris’ well-documented Indian heritage there is little indication that her presidency would meaningfully tip the direction of the US-India relationship. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bpolitics My colleagues @DanStrumpf , Preeti Soni and I report
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