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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 nyti.ms/39NiHka

Hope, Despair, Control: The 1950s China My Father Saw, Echoed Today (Published 2020)

William Stevenson was one of the first foreign correspondents to visit the People’s Republic of China. Decades later, despite its transformation, I recognize the same country.

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First day back at work following parental leave and trying out Twitter .. erm X? ... again. Anything much happened on here??
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Sixth Tone
@SixthTone18 Jan 2023
In early December, China dismantled its “zero-COVID” policy. Within a month, the virus was everywhere. Sixth Tone’s @BeimengFu traveled to remote villages in the southwestern province of Sichuan, where she witnessed firsthand how the virus surge has inundated local hospitals.

Reporter’s Notebook: How Rural China Is Grappling With COVID

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Mara Cepeda
@maracepeda18 Jan 2023
Nobel laureate & Rappler CEO Maria Ressa holds back tears as she celebrates her court victory today. “Today, facts win, truth wins, justice wins,” adds her acquittal isn’t just for Rappler “but for every Filipino who has ever been unjustly accused.” @straits_times
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“I never thought if you had a debacle like this, they wouldn’t let you withdraw your funds.”
Matthew Goldstein@MattGoldstein265 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/busin…

Ordinary Investors Who Jumped Into Crypto Are Saying: Now What? (Published 2022)

Many small investors who piled into cryptocurrencies on FTX, BlockFi and other platforms are recognizing the perils of investing in an unregulated industry.

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“There isn’t enough work for everyone...You can’t go to bed every night having to look for work in the morning. It’s too tiring.”
Vivian Wang@vwang34 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 people’s ambition and optimism? I spent two weeks in Guangdong — one of the most dynamic parts of China — trying to find out: nytimes.com/2022/12/04/world…

The Chinese Dream, Denied (Published 2022)

The world’s harshest Covid restrictions exemplify how Xi Jinping’s authoritarian excesses have rewritten Beijing’s longstanding social contract with its people.

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What an explanation: “If the trial is to be conducted with a jury, there is a real risk that the due administration of justice might be impaired.”
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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/obitu…

Jiang Zemin, Leader Who Guided China Into Global Market, Dies at 96 (Published 2022)

Mr. Jiang, a wily and garrulous politician, presided over a decade of meteoric economic growth in the post-Tiananmen era.

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Huizhong Wu@huizhong_wu29 Nov 2022
When a picture is worth a thousand words. Sunday afternoon’s protest in Shanghai. Source: AP via a protester
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Interesting analysis of why the protests we’ve seen in cities across China this past weekend are different from earlier protests
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Amy Chang Chien@amy_changchien27 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/world…

After Deadly Blaze, Surge of Defiance Against China’s Covid Policies (Published 2022)

Protests became rare once the government cut off most routes to collective action. But ubiquitous Covid rules, bringing shared suffering, have created a focus for anger.

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The deadly fire in Urumqi appeared to crystallize public anger over those pressures. “Before I felt I was a coward, but now at this moment I feel I can stand up.” nytimes.com/2022/11/26/world…

Protests Erupt in Shanghai and Other Chinese Cities Over Covid Controls (Published 2022)

A chanting crowd called for China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to step down, a rare act of defiance reflecting growing anger after nearly three years of lockdowns.

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Eva Rammeloo@eefjerammeloo26 Nov 2022
This is now on Wulumuqi (=Urumqi) lu in #Shanghai. People holding up white sheets of paper. ‘We don’t need to write anything on it. It is a symbol of the revolution of the people’, someone says. (Don’t manage to send videos.)
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“It’s maybe 10 steps forward and nine steps back."
Keith Bradsher
@KeithBradsher22 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/world…

Outbreaks Test China’s Efforts to Limit the Cost of ‘Zero Covid’ (Published 2022)

China wants to fine-tune its stringent pandemic restrictions to reduce the disruption to daily life caused by lockdowns. But officials are still taking few chances.

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On China's sprawling internet sexagenarians rap, octogenarians croon and septuagenarians tango, serving up content for millions of fans. “What we do now is something we could only dream of when we were young." w/ @ZixuWang_News + photos via @GillSabrie nyti.ms/3GwH9IS

China’s Grandparents Are Done Babysitting and Ready to Go Viral (Published 2022)

Rapping grannies, crooning 70-year-olds and gamers in their 80s are challenging traditional Chinese views about aging and what it means to have a long and happy life.

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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.' “We sing out of tune. We are tone deaf," says one. But making videos keeps them busy and fans love it. nyti.ms/3GwH9IS

China’s Grandparents Are Done Babysitting and Ready to Go Viral (Published 2022)

Rapping grannies, crooning 70-year-olds and gamers in their 80s are challenging traditional Chinese views about aging and what it means to have a long and happy life.

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Eva Rammeloo@eefjerammeloo22 Nov 2022
Meet the gang of 6 that is following me and ⁦@SLeplatre⁩ in #Guiyang. ‘We are looking out for your safety’. ‘Are you police?’ ‘No.’ ‘So who are you?’ ‘I can’t say.’
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Leo Lord-Jones@leolordjones21 Nov 2022
We’ve 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 couldn’t leave until revealing what he was doing with foreign media.
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Matthew Goldstein@MattGoldstein2618 Nov 2022
“So easy.” nytimes.com/2022/11/18/busin…

How FTX’s Sister Firm Brought the Crypto Exchange Down (Published 2022)

Alameda Research was Sam Bankman-Fried’s first company. He built FTX partly to help Alameda’s trading business. Then things got out of control.

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