An award like this only encourages me to write more about Chinese Americans. Tip me off at [email protected] if you have a story to tell.

Chinese and American people have some weird ideas about each other bostonglobe.com/2024/08/27/opi… via The Boston Globe

「人生沒有另一種可能」：一個紐約華人家庭的生死盟約｜端傳媒 Initium Media theinitium.com/article/202408…

To me, the punch line is not offensive. It is not even that funny. Why can’t men in China take a joke? bostonglobe.com/2024/11/15/opi… via The Boston Globe

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Chinese political asylum seekers are worried about being deported by Trump. They Escaped Chinese Government Repression. Now They’re Imploring Trump to Let Them Stay in America thecity.nyc/2024/11/19/chi…

In the past 20 some years, he has been sitting at the same spot on the same street in Chinatown, watching the neighborhood declining, watching his own American dream withering. Chinatown Vendor Tallies Neighborhood’s Decline in $1 Plastic Bracelets nytimes.com/2024/11/24/nyr…

After just ending affirmative action, Asian American prosperity is again in jeopardy. “How do you even find it defensible when it’s the party that’s attacking your heritage?” Chu said.” Chinese Conservatives Drift From GOP Over Bill Banning Property Purchases

Chinese Conservatives Drift From GOP Over Bill Banning Property Purchases documentedny.com/2025/03/13/tom…

Can food from China survive geopolitical wrestling? businessinsider.com/china-restaura…

So honored to share this award with colleagues who still maintain faith in journalism in spite of everything. ethicsandjournalism.org/2025/04/11/ann…

Chinese students whose visa Marco Rubio is threatening to revoke have gotten some unlikely defenders. documentedny.com/2025/06/03/ant…

When a Chinese kid gets into foster care, what would happen to him or her? documentedny.com/2025/06/23/chi…

My story about how two generations of a Fujianese immigrant family have helped change the food picture in the American South is in today's The Food Section. Check it out: thefoodsection.com/tiger-father-t…

My story about the gangsters and Chinatown, then and now. A former gang boss told me "holding a pen is better than holding a gun." Ghosts of Chinatown  documentedny.com/2025/09/12/gho…

Wish I didn’t have to write this piece as we should be focusing on maintaining language services for non-English speakers at this moment. But the NYC DOT really made me furious. They even lied when answering my media inquiry. city-journal.org/article/new-yo…

ICE arrested a Chinese immigrant in Brooklyn, but she said it's retaliation against her for not being helpful to the FBI. documentedny.com/2025/10/31/ice…

My op-ed piece in the Boston Globe: Mamdani is not a communist/socialist, and he won't turn New York into Mao's China. bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/opi…

Honored to have worked with talented young journalist Bethany Johnson on this video about Chinese food. From Chop Suey to Quanjude Peking ducks, the story of Chinese food is indeed a story of Chinese immigrants. youtube.com/watch?v=8dcZA3…

My essay in the New York Times: the quietness in immigrant neighborhoods is deafening. nytimes.com/2026/02/07/opi…