
China correspondent for @nytimes, former China bureau chief for @washingtonpost @guardian, previously with @qz in Nairobi, Hong Kong, NYC. [email protected]
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I was the Washington Post's China bureau chief until last year. So much our coverage depended on our local researchers. Some left China so that they could do their work more safely. Now their future is uncertain. Please help support them. gofund.me/2b1c6bb48
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The Chinese artist Gao Zhen is jailed in China for art he made more than 15 years ago. At night he makes portraits out of torn paper for his wife and 7 year old son to show how much he misses them. His wife shared the ones he’s most proud of with us. nytimes.com/interactive/2025…
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高兟被拘留后,其妻赵雅良后来试图带着儿子返回纽约,但在北京机场被官员拦下,官员以国家安全为由禁止他们离境。当她试图去美国大使馆寻求帮助时,两人被警察拦截并带回三河市。
“这是他们惯用的策略——控制你的家人,让你尽快认罪,”她说。尽管如此,她说她的丈夫不会认罪。
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So excited to join the excellent @nytimes team covering China! nytco.com/press/new-correspo…
Xi Jinping’s visit to Southeast Asia shows how it is becoming a battleground for a proxy trade war between China and the U.S. For these smaller often sidelined countries this means both opportunities and new risks. with @rebtanhs washingtonpost.com/world/202…
The Washington Post is hiring for a news researcher to join its China bureau in Taipei! More details here: linkedin.com/posts/activity-…
How a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan by @Yaoyu_c washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Chinese state media hail Janet Yellen’s chopsticks skills. “She definitely eats Chinese food on a regular basis.” washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Chinese students on their way to the U.S. are being detained, questioned and forced to leave. “Sitting there and waiting, I felt like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered." We spoke to half a dozen Chinese students, plus scholars with similar experiences. wapo.st/3vlmEvn
Our story on who China would like to see win in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. “Biden and Trump are like two bowls of poison for China. No matter who comes to power, the pressure on China will continue to exist.” wapo.st/48R8uQr
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Feb 27: China correspondent of the largest Dutch news organization NOS Sjoerd den Daas was harassed and manhandled by plain-clothes and uniformed 🇨🇳 policemen when he was filming a group of investors protesting outside the HQ of struggling shadow bank Sichuan Trust (四川信托) in Chengdu. He and his cameraman were arrested and detained for a few hours. They were subsequently released.
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For the past year, @YoonJulie & I have been digging into gender inequality in South Korea and the factors underlying its superlatives on gender/family issues among all major economies (biggest gender wage gap, lowest in glass-ceiling index, lowest fertility rate, etc).
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A rare glimpse inside the messy world of Chinese hackers-for-hire that compete for security and military contracts to try and turn a profit. Research by @stronghead_yo @Yaoyu_c and Lyric Li
Fascinating, unprecedented, look here inside files of a firm (iSoon/安洵) that does Chinese state hacking, targeting almost two dozen foreign governments w/ @cdcshepherd
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The Washington Post is looking for a China correspondent based outside of China for now. Apply soon to work with a great team! washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.c…
Internet user on Weibo wishing everyone a happy year of the dragon using the names of companies whose stock prices have fallen more than 7% in recent days.
Our investigation into how Taiwanese companies are supplying high-tech precision equipment to a Russian company that supplies arms makers, including a secretive Russian effort to mass produce attack drones. w @DDaltonBennett @maryilyushina @stronghead_yo wapo.st/491geAf
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WaPo investigation found: Precision equipment for Russian arms makers came from U.S.-allied Taiwan. Experts say the shipments likely violated U.S. export controls. Reported by @DDaltonBennett @maryilyushina @lilkuo & Pei-Lin Wu.
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