Ed White

Ed White is a correspondent for the Financial Times, based in Shanghai. Ed discusses the delegation China is sending to North Korea - the highest-level visit in five years, South Korea's election and… Audio

Asia correspondent Ed White discusses rising tensions between China and the West as the United States House of Representatives passes a bill offering TikTok's owner ByteDance an ultimatum. Audio

Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has declared victory in the presidential election. Ed White looks at what his presidency will bring.  Audio

Asia correspondent Ed White discusses US soldier Travis King, who fled mysteriously across the demilitarised zone separating South and North Korea, as North Korean media finally comment on it. And… Audio

Ed talks to Kathryn about Mongolia which he says is a country at a crossroads with a relatively young Prime Minister trying to push through aggressive reforms and to open up the country to foreign… Audio

Vietnam has banned the new Barbie movie because the American movie is said to feature a scene with a South China Sea map showing the nine-dash line. This is used on Chinese maps to illustrating its… Audio

As the death toll from a three train collision in Odisha, India, Ed talks to Kathryn about the reprisals and political fallout from the tragedy. Also, reports this week have suggested that the head of… Audio

Asia correspondent Ed White talks to Kathryn about a comedian in Beijing has found himself in serious hot water after joking about the Chinese military, and Joe Biden signaling a 'thaw' in relations… Audio

Uncertainty continues for about 1 million Rohingya refugees who have been stuck in Bangladesh for nearly six years despite the latest attempts to return them to Myanmar. Thailand goes to the polls but… Audio

Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times. He talks to Susie about the latest news around Asia; a growing debt crisis in Pakistan, a deadly military airstrike on a village in Myanmar, Japan… Audio

In India fears are rising that democracy is on the ropes amid the legal challenges and political downfall of longtime opposition leader Rahul Ghandi. Kim Jong Un finally appears to be moving toward a… Audio

China appears to be finally calling time on zero-Covid after three years, Ed talks about what has forced Xi Jinping to make a U-turn on one of his hallmark policies. Also, China farewells former… Audio

Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times based in Seoul. He talks to Susie about signs that Xi Jinping's plans for an exit from the Zero-Covid strategy are already unravelling. In… Audio

Asia correspondent Ed White reports from South Korea where the country is still reeling from the Halloween crowd disaster in Seoul, with attention very much turning to who should be held responsible. 

There's been high drama in Beijing at the conclusion of the Chinese Communist party five-yearly party congress. Asia correspondent Ed White talks to Kathryn about how any hopes of reconciliation… Audio

An historic quinquennial congress of the Chinese Communist party will get underway in Beijing this weekend. Ed talks to Lynn about the congress and why is it so important for the future of China and… Audio

Hong Kong calls time on zero-Covid, ending quarantine measures but hopes are still dim that China will follow suit. In Cambodia, more than four decades after the Khmer Rouge was ousted, the… Audio

The Chinese leader sets foot on foreign soil for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started with a trip to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Samarkand, Uzbekistan; North Korea forms… Audio

Can art increase awareness of our coexistence with non-human inhabitants - including fungi, plants and animals? A new exhibition at Wellington's City Art Gallery aims to do this. At Thresholds opens… Audio

China is being criticised by many in the west for failing to join international efforts to stop Putin's invasion. Ed talks to Kathryn about China's official response to Russia's invasion and to… Audio