Journalist, author. Write on youth, politics & education related to China and Chinese students in the US.
Joined November 2010
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50 years ago today, a tsunami tore through central China, hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean, taking as many as 230,000 lives with it—a result of engineering hubris and political fanaticism, which would remain a well-kept state secret for decades. chinachronicles.org/2025/07/…
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Jun 8
"A federal judge on Monday invalidated the Trump administration’s new fees for H-1B visas, saying officials overreached in applying a $100,000 charge for new applicants to the program for foreign professionals."
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May 29
"Chinese officials told The Times they acted against @vwang3, a China correspondent for the paper since 2020, in response to the appearance by video of Taiwan’s president at a Times DealBook summit in New York in December; Wang played no role in the event" nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/po…
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May 29
Every foreign TikTok/YouTube influencer in China now:
"Western media is LYING to you! But I, the China Whisperer, will do something without precedent: Show you the REAL China!” (by which I mostly mean bullet trains, pretty tourist sites and LED-lit buildings in top-tier cities).
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May 29
The New York Times Calls for Reinstatement of China Correspondent. Read more in a statement from Joseph Kahn, Executive Editor of The New York Times.
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May 28
They'll have a field day with this in China.
250 in Chinese (二百五 èr bǎi wǔ) is slang for 'idiot'.
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May 22
Wowza, hadn't realized how much housing prices have fallen in China--index of 4 major cities shows drop of 40% since 2021, double the fall in US during financial crisis (though fallout was far greater in US b/c of loan defaults & banking crisis). nytimes.com/video/world/asia…
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Eric Fish retweeted
May 19
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: The Telegraph can reveal a secret Chinese surveillance platform used to track foreigners, journalists and individuals deemed “of interest” to the state
@sophia_yan explains how the platform's records label her as "trackable" ⤵️
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May 19
Lots of MAGA folks up in arms over this, as if there are even 500,000 Chinese students willing to study in the US at this point. Current number is about half that and has been falling steadily since 2020.
May 15
NOW - Trump says it's good to have 500,000 foreign Chinese students in the U.S. and for China to purchase U.S. farmland; otherwise, colleges and farm prices would collapse: "I frankly think that it's good that people come from other countries and they learn our culture."
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May 14
There were talkers that China changed Rubio’s Chinese name translation from 卢比奥 to 鲁比奥 to subtly lift its sanctions against him.
While it sounded fun, it’s NOT TRUE!
There’re multiple variations of Rubio’s translation back in 2020: including 卢比奥, 鲁比奥, and even 卢比欧!
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May 8
One of those "I had to go to China to find my American dream" influencers gets profiled on CNBC, hyped by Chinese state media figures...then @MrSeanHaines finds he'd previously self-published a now-removed book depicting...another side of his China life😅toosimple.substack.com/p/sta…
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May 4
Almost all of these news influencers build their brand by commenting on reporting done by real journalists at legacy outlets.
A new report shows that social media ‘influencers’ and ‘independent creators’ are taking a greater role in providing news to Americans – especially younger Americans. usnews.com/news/national-new…
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I'm old enough to remember when many of these Chinese scientists/researchers were chomping at the bit to do their work in the US. Turns out when you do almost everything imaginable to drive them back to China, that's where they'll make their contributions. x.com/MAHA_Action/status/204…
Apr 21
“China is now eating our lunch.”
RFK Jr. warns the U.S. is losing its edge to China in medical research and drug development.
“They got more drugs approved last year.”
“They went from running 3% of clinical trials to running 30%.”
“We are losing scientists, we’re losing our IPs, we’re losing the best researchers.”
“We’re going to lose our biosecurity.”
“We are fast-tracking approvals now in our country at record levels.”
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For some reason, systematic visa denials, funding cuts, dubious prosecutions, and hostile rhetoric/racism coming from the very top (ie 'Chinese virus') don't appear to be the best ways to keep critical talent.
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Once again starting to see a whole lot of serious, non-satirical commentaries that look almost exactly like this satirical commentary from almost 10 years ago. web.archive.org/web/20170926…
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Apr 15
There are hawks who see China's leaders as a threat and want to confront them specifically. Then there are hawks who see China's very existence as a threat and would be perfectly happy to see the entire country implode and 1.4 billion people suffer. x.com/semafor/status/2043806…
"I think blocking the Strait of Hormuz is fine from my standpoint," @SenRickScott tells @burgessev.
“If no oil ever goes to China again, and their economy is destroyed, that would be a really wonderful day for me."
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1 in 3 student visa applications by foreign students wanting to study in the US were denied last year. The denial rate was 61% for Indians, the largest source of international students. Surprisingly, the denial rate for Chinese was below the average at 18% chronicle.com/newsletter/lat…
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The share of Americans with an unfavorable view toward China shot up from 47% to 83% between 2017 and 2023. But now that trend is reversing, down to 71% now. pewresearch.org/short-reads/…
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The United States will face a “critical shortage” of China experts with on-the-ground experience within a decade if the number of Americans studying there continues to be perilously low, a new report warns. chronicle.com/newsletter/lat…
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Upon hearing the suggestion, the people of Taiwan all simultaneously shrugged, said "well, gas has gotten more expensive," proceeded to lower Republic of China flags, cancel all future elections, and turn their military over to the PLA.
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