@JamesEdgar

Pakistan 🇵🇰 & Afghanistan 🇦🇫 bureau chief @AFP. Previously China 🇨🇳 news editor, desks in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 & Paris 🇫🇷. Ex @PA in UK 🇬🇧

 Islamabad
linkedin.com/in/jamespcedgar/
Joined April 2011
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Today, @AFP is publishing a package of stories on China’s property crisis — something my colleagues and I have been working on for months. 🏡👇
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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 🧵👇
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@AFP20 Feb 2023
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. u.afp.com/isu2
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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.
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@AFP26 Jan 2023
#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
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Emma Clark@emmaclarkuk27 Dec 2022
Marwa, just 18, staged a one-woman protest in front of armed Taliban guards: "For the first time in my life, I felt so proud, strong and powerful because I was standing against them and demanding a right that God has given us."#Afghanistan rb.gy/pglz53
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The close up video of former Chinese president Hu Jintao being escorted out of the party congress is even more strange via @AFP youtube.com/watch?v=TFaG3EpF…
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Hammers, sickles, slogans and hallowed praise for the leader — here’s our @AFP piece on the vibes at today’s opening of the Communist Party congress, via @ChannelNewsAsia channelnewsasia.com/asia/xi-…
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@AFP8 Sep 2022
#BREAKING Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96: palace
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@AFP31 Aug 2022
#BREAKING UN rights chief releases Xinjiang report minutes before leaving office
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How hot is it in China right now? Chickens in Hefei city are refusing to lay eggs and farmers have had to install air conditioners rfi.my/8fON.T via @AFP

China heat wave pushes up prices as hens lay fewer eggs

Scorching temperatures in eastern China have pushed up egg prices because hens are laying fewer in a hotter-than-usual summer, local media reported.

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🏆📸 Congratulations to #AFP Kabul photo chief Wakil Kohsar (@kohsar) who came to Paris to receive his prize during the Prix Varenne ceremony! 👏 More info ⤵️ u.afp.com/varenne-22
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@AFP10 Dec 2021
Three @AFPphoto journalists have been shortlisted for the @Guardian Agency Photographer of the Year award - @YasuyoshiChiba, @TheLilyfish and @kohsar -- get a look at some of their phenomenal work in the tweets below and at this link: u.afp.com/wSqV

Agency photographer of the year – 2021 shortlist

The Guardian’s team of picture editors highlights the work of some of the photographers whose work has stood out in 2021

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@AFP4 Nov 2021
Afghanistan violence since the Taliban takeover. #AFPgraphics on recent major violence in Afghanistan, since the Taliban seized power in August
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@AFP2 Nov 2021
VIDEO: 🇦🇫 Dust swirls around the heaving scrum of three dozen horses competing in a #buzkashi contest in the #Afghan province of Samangan, where riders known an "chapandazan" are revered - and some Taliban even take part 📹 @MarykeVermaak

Afghans play carcass polo as buzkashi season begins

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FINAL REMINDER: We have a few seats remaining for tomorrow's lunch event featuring #journalists @amcoren @JamesEdgar and @mujmash, who will be discussing the future of #Afghanistan and what's in store for the country and its people under #Taliban rule. fcchk.org/event/club-lunch-t…

Club Lunch – The Fall of Kabul: What’s Next for Afghanistan?

  LUNCH TALK The Fall of Kabul: What’s Next for Afghanistan? PANEL Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lu...

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Au 🎙 de @sarahloulepers, @MMOUTOT, de retour de reportage à Kaboul avec @EmmanuelP_AFP et @JamesEdgar. #Afghanistan
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@afpfr22 Oct 2021
🎧 Sur le fil vous emmène en Afghanistan, premier producteur mondial d'opium. Ici, 10% de la population serait toxicomane. Les Talibans interdisent la drogue, mais cette interdiction risque de ne jamais être appliquée. smartlink.ausha.co/afpaudio-… #podcast #AFP
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An incredible set of photographs by ⁦@Kilicbil⁩ of drug addicts undergoing cold turkey in Afghanistan. Photojournalism at its best. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2…
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@AFP9 Oct 2021
Relatives of the scores of Shiite Muslims killed by a suicide bomber on Friday mourned in the Afghan city of Kunduz as they buried their loved ones ➡️ u.afp.com/UvAi ✍️ @JamesEdgar 📸 @hoshangAFP 📹 @MarykeVermaak
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@AFP8 Oct 2021
#BREAKING Nobel Peace Prize to journalists Maria Ressa (Philippines) and Dmitry Muratov (Russia)
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