The scope and scale of the protests sweeping through China are rare, especially in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s era in which dissenters often face hyper surveillance or jail time. buff.ly/3OLZTpV

Despite widespread censorship, the internet in China is dominated by feminism. As a result, countless Chinese women have changed their outlook on relationships, motherhood, and more. 🧵

I co-hosted with zhang lijia our latest NüVoices @nuvoicescollective/nuvoices.bsky.social podcast featuring the brilliant gender journalist Wanqing Zhang (check out her longread Rest of World: restofworld.org/2023/china-onl…) We spoke about latest wave of digital activism, how the feminist movement has evolved, and more:

Glad to be invited to NüVoices @nuvoicescollective/nuvoices.bsky.social podcast! Had such a nurturing and inspiring conversation with these two brilliant women Jessie Lau @laujessie.bsky.social and zhang lijia

Excited to share that I've recently moved to London to join BBC's newly formed Global China Unit as a senior journalist. 💐 Feel free to send tips or just say hi at [email protected]

This has been a bucket list story + I’m so thrilled it found a home in Foreign Policy . I got rare access to a full private tasting of the presidential inauguration banquet. How it's the ultimate form of soft power: foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/19/tai…

Always amazed by the agency of Chinese women in not compromising with society's expectations⬇️ ChatGPT is not readily accessible in mainland China so women have to use VPN to reach their AI companion. My latest for the BBC World Service bbc.com/articles/c4nnj…

The The Wall Street Journal's firing of 香港記者協會 HKJA chair Selina Cheng has sent shockwaves through the media. But the most shocking part may be that the WSJ is not alone: sources tell Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 @ryanhk.bsky.social HK's biggest international media are pressuring employees not to join. chinamediaproject.org/2024/07/19/cod…

A young political dissident in Europe named Wang Jingyu made his name in the news media as a defiant critic of the Chinese Communist Party. His former housemate and alleged victim says he's a grifter. npr.org/2024/08/03/g-s… 1/ 5

I'm so grateful for the 300+ signatures on the petition calling on WSJ to reinstate me, org'd by IAPE TNG/CWA 1096 & supported by the The NewsGuild-CWA. Thank you. I hope WSJ will respond. The press is stronger when their reporters can join unions. The right to unionize is a basic human right.