Diplomatic Correspondent @nytimes. Author of "At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China." Harvard Nieman Fellow. Taught at Princeton & UC Berkeley.
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I can’t believe I’m holding this! It’s the completion of a six-year project that really spans my adult life — and 80 years of Chinese history, from Mao to Xi. I tell the story of modern China through a dramatic family saga and contemporary reporting. Learn more and order here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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From our publisher A.G. Sulzberger as the @NYTimes celebrates 175 years:
Five generations. One newspaper. And lessons on stewardship.
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An incredible showing by Lula tonight. He proved every pollster and doubter wrong.
And this is an important point: The margin of victory is so big that the controversy over the polling hours becomes far less relevant. He would’ve won if they closed an hour early.
The most popular Venezuelan opposition leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize says she has returned. The Trump administration had refrained from supporting that move. But pressure for political change has been growing. Our @nytimes story from Friday: nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/po…
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US officials say they see the highest threat level from Iran since the start of Trump and Netanyahu's war. They say intel shows Iran is in the "advanced stages" of planning to attack US officials, including ambassadors — not only in the Middle East, but in Europe and the US too.
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NEW from @nytimes: Trump says Venezuela isn't ready for elections and focuses on its oil, but Rubio has pushed talks between combatant politicians. We went to Caracas to get a look — and to gauge whether the US is actually prodding the authoritarian rulers toward democracy.
US officials say they see the highest threat level from Iran since the start of Trump and Netanyahu's war. They say intel shows Iran is in the "advanced stages" of planning to attack US officials, including ambassadors — not only in the Middle East, but in Europe and the US too.
Gift link to our @nytimes story. Confirms a memo reported earlier by @axios. nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/po…
This time the Bay of Pigs will succeed.
NEW from @nytimes: Trump says Venezuela isn't ready for elections and focuses on its oil, but Rubio has pushed talks between combatant politicians. We went to Caracas to get a look — and to gauge whether the US is actually prodding the authoritarian rulers toward democracy.
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Come work with us! The New York Times is hiring for an open-source reporter based in New York. If you work in investigative journalism, open-source intelligence, any related field or you're just a natural digger, this is a great opportunity to do high-impact work with some of the kindest and smartest people in the business. I'd be happy to answer any questions.
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SCOOP: Julio Herrera Velutini, a Venezuelan billionaire, really wanted a pardon. He got it not long after his daughter hired Alina Habba, a lawyer close to Trump, in a deal worth more than $50 million. Habba was also working at DOJ at the time.
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