Allegra Mendelson

Today is my first day as @Telegraph's new Asia Correspondent! I’ll be based in Taipei and cover stories across East and Southeast Asia, with a focus on China and Taiwan. Get in touch at [email protected]

China is planning to establish 6 more transplant facilities in Xinjiang over the next 5 years, which experts warn could be used to forcefully extract, harvest and even traffic organs from detained Uyghurs. More below:

🔴 China increases cyber attacks on hospitals to ‘humiliate’ Taiwan telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

⏱️ Hour by hour, how Israel’s three-pronged attack unfolded Waves of ‘pre-emptive’ strikes rocked cities across Iran through the early hours of Friday Read more from @amendelson_ ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

🇨🇳 The People’s Liberation Army has hugely built up its forces as Washington asks whether the country is an existential threat to US security Read more ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

🚨NEW: Violence is more widespread today than it has been in decades, with armed conflict touching every major region, according to our analysis w/ @amendelson_ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202… 1/13

🔴 World most violent it has been in decades At least 50 different countries have been hit by armed conflict in the past year, researchers find Find out more ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Devastating images coming out of Myanmar following today’s earthquake

I’m going to spend the rest of my afternoon posting clips of high-level officials on that Signal text chain demanding “accountability” for Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information.

BREAKING: Liberal Party members have chosen former central bank Mark Carney to be their new leader and the next prime minister of Canada. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Trudeau expected to announce resignation before national caucus meeting Wednesday - The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

Mech Dara, a journalist, was released on bail from Kandal provincial prison on Thursday at 12 noon, after his apology last night to Senate president Hun Sen and Prime Minister Hun Manet. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

5 yrs ago today, 39 Vietnamese died in a truck in Essex, UK. The incident sent shockwaves around the world, but hasn't affected migration In August & September I traveled to Vietnam, the UK & Canada to talk with migrants & trafficking victims to understand why this is:

The detention of a Cambodian journalist needs more than 'statements' s.nikkei.com/4eSdyay

Award-winning Cambodian journalist Mech Dara, known for reporting on trafficking and cyberscam compounds, was arrested Monday in the country's southwest, according to rights groups and a journalists' association. His whereabouts remain unknown. #Cambodia rfa.org/english/news/c…

Award-winning Cambodian journalist who exposed cyberscams is arrested bbc.in/3N7gMv3

Renowned Cambodian investigative journalist Mech Dara has been charged with incitement to provoke “serious social chaos,” sparking outrage from rights groups and journalism advocates. ⬇️ occrp.org/en/news/outrag…

We are proud to announce that Frontier has won three Awards for Editorial Excellence from the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA). We have also received three honourable mentions and were finalists in three other categories. 🧵 sopawards.com/the-sopa-award…

It's been great reading all the stories from #DubaiUnlocked and watching the impact ripple out across the world. Massive shout out to @eiliv_ @antoniobaqueroi @karinashed and Eric Barrett for all their incredible support, leadership and cheerleading 💪 @OCCRP @e24