James Edgar

China 🇨🇳 news editor/deputy bureau chief @AFP. Previously Asia desk in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Pakistan 🇵🇰 France 🇫🇷

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

Pleased to say (slightly belatedly) I’ve made it to Beijing as @AFP’s Deputy Bureau Chief / News Editor for China and Mongolia.
Any tips for this amazing city very welcome! DMs open

[Matthew Walsh @matthewwalsh91]

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

[Oliver Hotham @OliverHotham]

Today, after months of work -- and missions north, south, east and west -- @AFP is running our bureau's package of stories on how China's property market crisis is impacting people's lives across the country 🧵👇

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

@British_Airways Hi, I just tried sending a message with an inquiry but got an automatic "Oops" message as a reply. I was wondering if I could get some help with a booking. Thanks

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

China sets lowest growth target in years as parliament kicks off https://t.co/P55xFejbZS

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Chinese tattoo artist tells women's stories through ink https://t.co/9BpQsv4uc2 Great story by @jingxuanteng for @AFP in Beijing

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

Search for Inner Mongolia mine collapse survivors on hold after landslide https://t.co/Y3iXbfSavK by @AFP in #China

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Beijing will "work with the international community to promote dialogue and consultation, address the concerns of all parties and seek common security," Qin said in a speech on global security

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

China's foreign minister Qin Gang said in a speech this morning that Beijing is "deeply concerned" about the conflict in #Ukraine, which is "intensifying and even getting out of control"

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Beijing has strongly denied US claims that China is considering arming Russia in its war against Ukraine, as it reiterated a call for dialogue to end the conflict.
https://t.co/gQemtubqjo

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

@Millbarnet @AFP Thanks Kate !

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

Pleased to say (slightly belatedly) I’ve made it to Beijing as @AFP’s Deputy Bureau Chief / News Editor for China and Mongolia.
Any tips for this amazing city very welcome! DMs open

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

@planey2k @AFP Thanks matey. Will do my best on the Stravas

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

With China's dropping of its "zero-Covid" policy, makeshift quarantine centres and testing booths are being repurposed as mini-libraries, information points or even housing

https://t.co/4QToSmuAAF

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

@Nasrat_Haqpal @AFP Thanks Nasratullah !

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

Alleged corruption at the top of Chinese football has left President Xi Jinping's dream of his country becoming a global force in the sport appear more remote than ever

https://t.co/SAzENBFeXj

by @matthewwalsh91 for @AFP in Beijing

[Peter Catterall @pfcatterall]

So excited to announce that I've joined @AFP as a Correspondent for China & Mongolia based in Beijing. I look forward to working alongside my outstanding teammates to cover this fascinating country at such a critical juncture in world affairs.

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

Marvel superheroes return to Chinese cinemas after nearly four years https://t.co/CuOtmXEYVJ via by AFP's @VivianLin_ in Shanghai

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#UPDATE Eight people are dead, including six Chinese nationals, after a ship sank off the coast of Japan, a Chinese diplomat tells state media.

The Jin Tian sent a distress signal on Tuesday evening from a position around 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of the Danjo Islands

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

China says Covid deaths down by nearly 80 percent https://t.co/ENSjXJ6NSW by @afp in Beijing

[James Edgar @JamesEdgar]

Then and now

AFP China photographer @hectorretamal revisits some of the places he went during Wuhan's first lockdown three years ago

[AFP Photo @AFPphoto]

Third anniversary of first Wuhan lockdown. #AFP
Files pictures by @hectorretamal