So thrilled that Meaghan Tobin, whose work I've long admired, is joining the Times as the paper's new Asia tech correspondent. Welcome, Meaghan! nytco.com/press/meaghan-…

THREAD: Lured by a fake job, a man was kidnapped and trapped in a labor camp by a Chinese scam gang. He worked for his captors for six months while secretly sending me photos, videos and financial records from inside. Then, he went silent. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

“He hadn’t been hired. He had been kidnapped and forced to work for an abusive online scam operation. Only by understanding how it worked could he hope to escape.” Great tale by ⁦Isabelle Qian⁩, graphic design by ⁦Pablo Robles⁩. Read this! nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Darren Byler It’s always been an article of faith with us that given its sheer size and complexity, China’s Xinjiang policies, while risible, don’t mean that we simply write off the whole nation or even the whole leadership as “evil.” 7/x

That’s in large part due to our coverage of Xinjiang: featuring regular columns on the repression of Uyghurs (including one by Darren Byler), talking about it on the podcast, and even putting it in the boilerplate Sinica intro for nearly 5 years. 6/x

The New York Times is looking for an experienced journalist to cover the technology industry, everything from the companies to government policy and consumer trends, in Asia. More details here:
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China's one-child policy has led to a surplus of men, intensifying the competition for wives and causing 'bride prices' to ⬆️ in recent years.

Zixu Wang and I took a closer look at this custom and why officials are cracking down on it: nytimes.com/2023/03/26/wor…

Congratulations, tania branigan! Can’t wait to read this.

This is a haunting first-person account, expertly done by Isabelle Qian New York Times Video, capturing the sheer joy -- and pure terror -- of what happened in Monterey Park

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“We care about this society, we have legitimate emotions to express...So why do you still have to secretly take us away?”

Zixu Wang and I on the women known to be formally arrested in China's quiet crackdown on the anti-zero Covid protesters: nytimes.com/2023/01/26/wor…

I spoke to Mike Zhang, 71, who survived the mass shooting on Lunar new year in Monterey Park, CA. He said he didn’t know what gunshots sounded like before that day, but will never forget now. nytimes.com/video/us/10000… with Ang Li Sarah Kerr Ben Laffin and New York Times Video

“She’s talking about not really having anything left in the tank, and I think part of what’s probably contributed to that is just the disgusting level of sexist and misogynistic abuse to what she has been subjected,” Professor Wilson said. nytimes.com/2023/01/19/wor…

Excited to announce that I've joined the stellar crew of The Daily! lfg! 🍞💪
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1/China is facing a medical emergency. Two harrowing days in Hebei’s ICUs shows the area’s hospitals are buckling with the spread of COVID. We saw ambulances turned away from hospitals, relatives frantically searching for beds, patients sprawled on floors
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Must watch: Exclusive evidence obtained in a monthslong investigation identifies the Russian regiment — and commander — behind one of the worst atrocities in Ukraine. nytimes.com/2022/12/22/vid…

⁦James Millward 米華健⁩ writes: “Political theorists in the early 20th century coined the term “state of exception” for an authoritarian state’s use of crises to normalize extraordinary extralegal measures — and keep them in effect indefinitely.” nytimes.com/2022/12/06/opi…

The end of Zero COVID may finally be in sight. But what do three years of the basic inability to plan for tomorrow do to people’s ambition and optimism?

I spent two weeks in Guangdong — one of the most dynamic parts of China — trying to find out: nytimes.com/2022/12/04/wor…

Thrilled to share that I've joined the The New York Times to cover China and its engagement with the world. Reach out with story ideas. My interest isn't limited to the state, but also how Chinese businesses, culture and ordinary people are shaping the future. nytco.com/press/new-face…

Notable Privacy and Security Books 2022 - annual list by Daniel J. Solove teachprivacy.com/notable-privac… Books by Danielle Citron Orly Lobel Karen Levy Red Clover Advisors Jody R. Westby Woodrow Hartzog Chris Hoofnagle V Mayer-Schönberger @jkosseff Josh Chin Liza Lin