so happy for Nilesh Christopher!! always an inspiration

(1) How did coverage of China change after NYT/Wapo/WSJ journalists were expelled in March 2020? Slight changes, but largely resilient — new paper with Jennifer Pan in @journal_of_communication about how news outlets remained flexible to maintain consistent coverage (link at end)

'When Chinese software engineer Ben joined TikTok’s San Jose office in 2023, he felt as if he had entered a workplace back in his home country. All but a handful in his 100-strong team were Chinese nationals.'
Caiwei Chen Viola Zhou
restofworld.org/2024/tiktok-ch…

Keeping an eye on Chinese e-commerce apps: AliExpress is more popular than Amazon in Mexico now.

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It's incrwasingly clear that Caiwei Chen and Viola Zhou (now with Joanna Chiu) do some of the most amazing coverage related to China. Read it all! Every piece is a home run that links culture, politics, geography, and tech in a seamless fashion Rest of World is lucky to have them!

Epoch Times, the Falungong backed paper is now the No.3 Right Wing news site in the U.S

Baffling… do they not read books in cop college😭

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