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31 Jul 2020
Six decades ago my father was one of the first reporters into Communist China. The country has changed so much since then and yet there are echoes of his observations today. A very personal project
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2 Aug 2023
First day back at work following parental leave and trying out Twitter .. erm X? ... again. Anything much happened on here??
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Alexandra Stevenson retweeted
18 Jan 2023
In early December, China dismantled its āzero-COVIDā policy. Within a month, the virus was everywhere. Sixth Toneās @BeimengFu traveled to remote villages in the southwestern province of Sichuan, where she witnessed firsthand how the virus surge has inundated local hospitals.
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Alexandra Stevenson retweeted
18 Jan 2023
Nobel laureate & Rappler CEO Maria Ressa holds back tears as she celebrates her court victory today. āToday, facts win, truth wins, justice wins,ā adds her acquittal isnāt just for Rappler ābut for every Filipino who has ever been unjustly accused.ā @straits_times
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6 Dec 2022
āI never thought if you had a debacle like this, they wouldnāt let you withdraw your funds.ā
5 Dec 2022
Tired of the SBF media road show, here's what real people how were customers of FTX and BlockFi have to say about crypto and how they feel now nytimes.com/2022/12/05/businā¦
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5 Dec 2022
āThere isnāt enough work for everyone...You canāt go to bed every night having to look for work in the morning. Itās too tiring.ā
4 Dec 2022
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 peopleās ambition and optimism?
I spent two weeks in Guangdong ā one of the most dynamic parts of China ā trying to find out: nytimes.com/2022/12/04/worldā¦
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4 Dec 2022
What an explanation: āIf the trial is to be conducted with a jury, there is a real risk that the due administration of justice might be impaired.ā
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Alexandra Stevenson retweeted
30 Nov 2022
Jiang Zemin, the Shanghai Communist kingpin who was handpicked to lead China after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and presided over a decade of meteoric economic growth, died on Wednesday. He was 96. nytimes.com/2022/11/30/obituā¦
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Alexandra Stevenson retweeted
29 Nov 2022
When a picture is worth a thousand words. Sunday afternoonās protest in Shanghai. Source: AP via a protester
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Alexandra Stevenson retweeted
28 Nov 2022
Several people in Hong Kongās central district tonight are commemorating the fatal #UrumqiFire
One mainland Chinese living in Hong Kong, in her 20s, said she was āmovedā by the protests in the mainland and wanted to express her support as well as grievances over zero-Covid
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28 Nov 2022
Interesting analysis of why the protests weāve seen in cities across China this past weekend are different from earlier protests
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Alexandra Stevenson retweeted
27 Nov 2022
Urumqi fire has unleashed defiant eruption of public anger against the CCP. Thousands gathered with candles to mourn the victims. Students staged vigils, many holding pieces of blank white paper in mute protest. w/@ChuBailiang @vwang3 @Changxche @muyixiao nytimes.com/2022/11/27/worldā¦
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26 Nov 2022
The deadly fire in Urumqi appeared to crystallize public anger over those pressures.
āBefore I felt I was a coward, but now at this moment I feel I can stand up.ā nytimes.com/2022/11/26/worldā¦
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Alexandra Stevenson retweeted
26 Nov 2022
This is now on Wulumuqi (=Urumqi) lu in #Shanghai. People holding up white sheets of paper. āWe donāt need to write anything on it. It is a symbol of the revolution of the peopleā, someone says. (Donāt manage to send videos.)
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23 Nov 2022
āItās maybe 10 steps forward and nine steps back."
22 Nov 2022
Less than two weeks after tweaking "zero Covid" policies to make them less of a burden on local governments and the economy, China is already expanding lockdowns again and reimposing mass testing. nytimes.com/2022/11/22/worldā¦
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22 Nov 2022
On China's sprawling internet sexagenarians rap, octogenarians croon and septuagenarians tango, serving up content for millions of fans. āWhat we do now is something we could only dream of when we were young." w/ @ZixuWang_News photos via @GillSabrie nyti.ms/3GwH9IS
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22 Nov 2022
Hardcore Gamer Yang, 86, plays Call of Duty. Another grandpa serenades fans with ballads. Rappers in their 60s offer jams like 'Spicy Hot Pot Real Rap.' āWe sing out of tune. We are tone deaf," says one. But making videos keeps them busy and fans love it. nyti.ms/3GwH9IS
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Alexandra Stevenson retweeted
22 Nov 2022
Meet the gang of 6 that is following me and ā¦@SLeplatreā© in #Guiyang.
āWe are looking out for your safetyā.
āAre you police?ā
āNo.ā
āSo who are you?ā
āI canāt say.ā
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Alexandra Stevenson retweeted
21 Nov 2022
Weāve just left a major Chinese city after spending a day filming a story about a Covid outbreak.
Less than 3 hours later our locally hired driver was taken into the police station and told he couldnāt leave until revealing what he was doing with foreign media.
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