My first long-ish piece on the US economy: a look at Jerome Powell's tenure, ahead of Biden's decision about whether to reappoint him. His fate hinges on his regulatory record. But for economists the big debate is the Fed's ultra-loose monetary policy. economist.com/finance-and-ec…

WEBINAR: China's Youth, with Li Chunling discussing her new Brookings Institution Press book + Cheng Li Matthew Chitwood Stephanie Studer Martin K. Whyte Guobin Yang & Diana Fu, Friday October 15 at 9am EDT. Register: brook.gs/3mxvFZV #USChina

The Economist is hiring a correspondent to write about China. Must be a sharp analyst, read and speak Chinese and have excellent writing skills in English. Location negotiable. Send a CV and an unpublished 600-word article on a China topic to [email protected] by Nov 30th.

Rainfall has become more extreme in China as temperatures have increased. How can people prepare for the deluge? Sponge cities are one answer says Stephanie Studer, The Economist’s China correspondent, on “To a Lesser Degree” econ.st/3vImkmc

It's been ten years since the Zengcheng uprising, when migrant workers rioted for days after a pregnant hawker was violently shoved to the ground by security. 1/7

Very sad I won’t be able to continue reporting from Hong Kong. I loved getting to know the city and its people. I will miss you all: press.economist.com/story/15283/st…

In China, cohabitation and conceiving out of wedlock are becoming more common as sexual mores change. Yet never-married mothers are still penalised by the state. Some are fighting back. My story from Shanghai economist.com/china/2021/12/…

Haze Fan, a member of Bloomberg's Beijing bureau, is still detained in China one year on, with no information forthcoming on her case trib.al/JocFdUd

China’s leadership wants to boost the birth rate, but discriminates against single mothers. On “The Intelligence” Stephanie Studer describes a slow push for equality econ.trib.al/zDT9erP

What does it mean to be a good parent in Hong Kong now? I spent several months speaking to parents & teachers grappling with the city’s changing politics. My first Christmas special & final dispatch from Hong Kong: economist.com/christmas-spec… economist.com/christmas-spec…

In Xi'an, a woman eight months pregnant miscarried after being refused care until she had tested negative for covid, according to a now deleted post. She waited for two hours outside the hospital before staff relented, seeing that she was bleeding heavily. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/…

[Thread🧵] Canto-pop has made a BIG comeback in Hong Kong, as shown in this fascinating interactive info graphics fr The Economist drawing data fr Spotify—streaming of Cantonese songs became the mainstream around late March/April 2020…1/

My big, big take on how the green-energy transition, and the hunt for critical minerals that comes with it, is already affecting the American West. (with a photo taken by moi!) economist.com/united-states/…

A charming portrait of an American city through the highs and lows of Pewabic Pottery economist.com/culture/2022/0… from The Economist economist.com/culture/2022/0…

@PentagonPresSec Zelensky speaks to the nation. The gravity of the situation looks to have really gotten to him. "Today I initiated a phone conversation with the president of the Russian Federation. The result was silence. Although it's the Donbas where there should be silence."

In honour of #IWD2022, I worked with The Economist to invite four women to each contribute a guest essay on four issues deeply connected to girls’ education: conflict, climate, digital inclusion and discrimination. A thread on each incredible contributor and her piece👇🏽

Speaking to The Economist in a government building fortified with sandbags and surrounded with tank traps, Ukraine’s president was disarmingly authentic and humane. Read our exclusive interview econ.st/3tGP5jY

The Economist doesn’t have bylines, so readers may not realise that the editor herself just travelled to Kyiv to interview Zelensky economist.com/europe/2022/03…

"Hoarse shouts for family members filled the air. At first she too shouted 'Mom', but she quickly realized that everyone around her was shouting the same word. So she screamed the family name instead." apnews.com/article/Russia…