Reporter, writer, editor, strategist.
I’m a reporter and writer skilled at conveying complex meaning in accessible language, and an editor adept at sparking dialogue between readers and leaders.
For 27 years I've worked to explain the politics of business and culture in newspaper, magazine and book form. I'm an enthusiastic manager able to break down tasks and motivate teams to hit deadlines with care and calm.
My work has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, The Christian Science Monitor, The Hollywood Reporter, The China Project, ChinaFile, China Film Insider, The Wire China, Agence France Presse, National Public Radio, The China Economic Quarterly, The South China Morning Post, Forbes, Wallpaper, and Billboard.
Recent work includes:
”Ai Weiwei’s ‘Zodiac’ Is a Mystical Memory Tour,” The New York Times, February 7, 2024 — Twelve years after our first interview, I talk with the activist and artist about his new graphic memoir.
“Vanessa Hope on Taiwan, the Invisible Nation,” The Wire China, January 14, 2024 — I talk with the filmmaker who documented the rise of Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's first female, democratically elected president.
“Ya-Wen Lei on China’s Gilded Cage,” The Wire China, December 3, 2023 — I talk with a Harvard sociologist about the Chinese government’s use of digital technology to control the population.
“The Chinese diaspora ‘needs to rise up’ about atrocities against Uyghurs,” The China Project, October 30,2023 — I talk with human rights lawyer Rayhan Asat about the dissonance between China’s support for Palestine and its treatment of her people.
“Violence in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan might sabotage China’s plans to move Middle Eastern oil to Xinjiang,” The China Project, September 28, 2023 — I worked with a colleague in Pakistan to report how Baloch nationalists and the Taliban are making China’s Belt and Road rocky.
"Understanding Beijing’s data lockdown: Q&A with Mu Chen of Baiguan," The China Project, September 27, 2023, — I talk with the founder of a data provider that aims to "power investment research on Chinese companies" at a time when Beijing has made it tough for outsiders to access official data of all kinds.
"How to read the People’s Daily: Q&A with Manoj Kewalramani," The China Project, August 11, 2023 — I talk with an Indian researcher who helps the world understand how China's leaders are thinking.
"An African in China brings global sports to Africa," The China Project, June 27, 2023 — I talk with Lloyd Randall, a Sierra Leonean who works for a Chinese media company.
"A rare environmental success story: The Blue Map app and its 3.8 million Chinese users," The China Project, May 2. 2023 — I talk with Ma Jun, China's leading environmental activist.
"BLACK LAND: A Story of Genocide, Exile and The Language of Resistance in Modern China," — I ghostwrote this forthcoming memoir by exiled Uyghur activist and educator Abduweli Ayup, with a foreword by Raffi Khatchadourian of The New Yorker.
"What China Wants," Management Today, August 2, 2021 — I look at how some foreign ventures are flourishing in China despite Beijing’s increaingly fractious relationship with Western businesses.
"TOXIC POLITICS," I edited and polished Council on Foreign Relations fellow Huang Yanzhong's book on the evolution of China's environmental policy.
"Covering China — International Media & Journalism," Asia Society, October 6, 2021, I moderated this panel discussion with veteran Asia correspondents Mary Kay Magistad and Alyssa MacDonald.
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I’m a reporter and writer skilled at conveying complex meaning in accessible language, and an editor adept at sparking dialogue between readers and leaders.
For 27 years I've worked to explain the politics of business and culture in newspaper, magazine and book form. I'm an enthusiastic manager able to break down tasks and motivate teams to hit deadlines with care and calm.
My work has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, The Christian Science Monitor, The Hollywood Reporter, The China Project, ChinaFile, China Film Insider, The Wire China, Agence France Presse, National Public Radio, The China Economic Quarterly, The South China Morning Post, Forbes, Wallpaper, and Billboard.
Recent work includes:
”Ai Weiwei’s ‘Zodiac’ Is a Mystical Memory Tour,” The New York Times, February 7, 2024 — Twelve years after our first interview, I talk with the activist and artist about his new graphic memoir.
“Vanessa Hope on Taiwan, the Invisible Nation,” The Wire China, January 14, 2024 — I talk with the filmmaker who documented the rise of Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's first female, democratically elected president.
“Ya-Wen Lei on China’s Gilded Cage,” The Wire China, December 3, 2023 — I talk with a Harvard sociologist about the Chinese government’s use of digital technology to control the population.
“The Chinese diaspora ‘needs to rise up’ about atrocities against Uyghurs,” The China Project, October 30,2023 — I talk with human rights lawyer Rayhan Asat about the dissonance between China’s support for Palestine and its treatment of her people.
“Violence in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan might sabotage China’s plans to move Middle Eastern oil to Xinjiang,” The China Project, September 28, 2023 — I worked with a colleague in Pakistan to report how Baloch nationalists and the Taliban are making China’s Belt and Road rocky.
"Understanding Beijing’s data lockdown: Q&A with Mu Chen of Baiguan," The China Project, September 27, 2023, — I talk with the founder of a data provider that aims to "power investment research on Chinese companies" at a time when Beijing has made it tough for outsiders to access official data of all kinds.
"How to read the People’s Daily: Q&A with Manoj Kewalramani," The China Project, August 11, 2023 — I talk with an Indian researcher who helps the world understand how China's leaders are thinking.
"An African in China brings global sports to Africa," The China Project, June 27, 2023 — I talk with Lloyd Randall, a Sierra Leonean who works for a Chinese media company.
"A rare environmental success story: The Blue Map app and its 3.8 million Chinese users," The China Project, May 2. 2023 — I talk with Ma Jun, China's leading environmental activist.
"BLACK LAND: A Story of Genocide, Exile and The Language of Resistance in Modern China," — I ghostwrote this forthcoming memoir by exiled Uyghur activist and educator Abduweli Ayup, with a foreword by Raffi Khatchadourian of The New Yorker.
"What China Wants," Management Today, August 2, 2021 — I look at how some foreign ventures are flourishing in China despite Beijing’s increaingly fractious relationship with Western businesses.
"TOXIC POLITICS," I edited and polished Council on Foreign Relations fellow Huang Yanzhong's book on the evolution of China's environmental policy.
"Covering China — International Media & Journalism," Asia Society, October 6, 2021, I moderated this panel discussion with veteran Asia correspondents Mary Kay Magistad and Alyssa MacDonald.
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