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My book At the Edge of Empire comes out May 28. It's an epic work of memoir and reportage spanning 80 years, from my father in Mao's army to China's rise today. A most anticipated book for 2024 — Foreign Policy and Publisher's Weekly. Pre-order here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602734/a…

I respect The Atlantic. It should issue a correction. No one asked me for comment, or I would've pointed out the false context. The irony is that Rubenstein twisted a line to fit his ideological point — the very act he criticizes. And all serious journalists scrutinize opinions.

BREAKING: In a break with past practice, Chinese Premier Li Qiang will NOT meet the press after the 2024 session of the National People's Congress closes on March 11, or at any of the 3 remaining sessions of the current NPC. #NPC2024

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Three Is Best: How China’s Family Planning Propaganda Has Changed nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Scoop from Beimeng and me: Eight Chinese migrants trying to reach the US were found dead on a Mexican beach. We find out more about their identities, why they went on the fatal boat journey and the human trafficking operations allegedly aided by local Chinese restaurant owners

两周前，八名中国走线人葬身墨西哥海岸。我和 Beimeng 找到更多他们的身份信息。唯一的幸存者名叫黄忠锦，50岁，福建人。他的妻子和儿子据称都在海难中丧生。在这起事故的背后，是墨西哥塔帕丘拉盘根错节的人口贩运网络，我们还发现，其中有当地华人中餐馆老板的深度参与。

1/A year ago, Chinese scientists published data from samples collected at a Wuhan market at the heart of the COVID outbreak - startling many, given it happened years ago. Then the data got retracted. Maria Cheng and I tried to find out why. Our findings: apnews.com/article/china-…

Congrats Isabelle Qian, Pablo Robles, Rumsey Taylor and Weiyi (Dawn) Cai of the @NYTimes for getting the Citation for Excellence (runner-up) in the Kim Wall category for “7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp.” opcofamerica.org/Awardarchive/2… #OPCAwards85

The Chinese Internet is Collapsing: What's it like to live in a country where the Internet is constantly being erased? What does it do to people's collective memory? Chinese social media influencer He Jiayan (何加盐) reflected on this in a popular post: web.archive.org/web/2024052300…

Take a few minutes to read this story about Shein, a company that struggles to answer the question "where are you really from" and sees its hopes for an U.S. IPO quickly fading. Great work by Shen Lu wsj.com/business/shein…

目前，微信，QQ，微博，抖音，快手等国内社交软件又到了一年一度不能更换昵称或头像的时期。 不过对于年轻一代而言，很多人以为是因为高考导致的。

Grateful to be on NPR Here & Now to discuss #Tiananmen35: how the censored history shaped the China I grew up in, the power and purpose of remembering beyond a dichotomy of amnesia vs awareness, and lessons on state oppression salient for the US today.📻:wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

🧵 Cyber scam park Dongmei Park in #Myanmar, linked to Karen BGF/KNA, was built w/ involvement of Malaysian citizens, incl. a fmr Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department & UMNO Online senator, Dato Dr Mashitah Ibrahim & her husband, Datuk Abdul Shakor bin Abu Bakar ⬇️

揭秘马云和“明天系”肖建华的隐秘商业联系 cn.nytimes.com/china/20240722…

ICYMI because of the crazy news cycle: This story reveals so much about how money and political influence operate in China's distinctive form of capitalism. Congratulations Mike Forsythe 傅才德, The Wire China's Katrina Northrop Eliot Chen on publishing this incredible investigation

Kamala Harris Renews Energy Among Georgia’s South Asian Voters - by ⁦Isabelle Qian⁩ nytimes.com/2024/08/03/vid…

Exclusive from me (and my old colleague Abel Yu) 端傳媒 Initium Media: I spoke to a former colleague and student of Tim Walz at the Chinese high school he taught back in 1989. They remembered him being “very friendly” and “always had a big smile on his face”. 1/ theinitium.com/article/202408…

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