InAsia: Schools Close, Life Goes On; China’s Soft Power; A Greener Post-Covid Future?

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April 29, 2020
China has leveraged its soft power with a comprehensive and well-targeted humanitarian response to the pandemic.
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NEW AUDIO: Prior to the pandemic, China was already positioning itself to provide leadership on global issues. Covid-19 may have given China a new opportunity to realize these ambitions. 
Schools are using apps to send assignments, but Sukla Day has to do the teaching.
Photo: The Asia Foundation
Coronavirus Dispatches
By Asia Foundation Staff
As schools in Asia mostly shut down, families are juggling work and kids; and a solar-powered food-cart project in Kabul has switched to sanitizer carts, all driven by women. Dispatches from our staff in the field. Read more.
New Delhi before and after the lockdown. Will governments be willing to go back?
Photo: Rishi, left, and Shruti Patil, right / The Asia Foundation
By Anindya Upadhyay 
As the world stays home, clear skies are replacing toxic smog from Los Angeles to New Delhi. The question now is not how long it will take after the lockdowns end for clean air to disappear, but whether governments will choose to allow it. Read more.
The Foundation's Timor-Leste handwashing stations support women, children, and people with disabilities.
Photo: ALfeLa

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have acute effects on women and girls in Asia. Thanks to the flexibility of our donors and partners, our existing projects have pivoted to confront the emergency. Read more.
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