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Want to pitch a story to an international publication? Join Suyin Haynes and Jessie Lau for a workshop on how to get published! Send your pitch ahead of time for feedback during session. Suyin and Jessie have written for CNN, The Guardian, The Economist, Foreign Policy, and more.

Thanks to a member of our community, one scholarship is also available for a journalist of colour to cover the workshop fee! Email us if you are interested in applying. Attendees will also receive a downloadable presentation and video recording. nuvoices.com/2025/01/21/nuv…

Xiaohongshu’s U.S. daily active users averaged 800,000 in March, a sharp decline from its peak of 32.5 million in January restofworld.org/2025/xiaohongs…

I wrote a review Los Angeles Review of Books of “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom,” an important new book by Emily Feng 冯哲芸 on Chinese identity—and what it means to be living in the margins of a rapidly-changing China: lareviewofbooks.org/article/were-a… via @lareviewofbooks

“This was the cycle of creation and disruption under Party rule; a hundred flowers could bloom, the choice ones picked—but even that was no guarantee that a few of the most beautiful buds were to be trampled on later when tastes changed.“ Emily Feng 冯哲芸 Los Angeles Review of Books Jessie Lau

I’m so thrilled to announce the winners of our 1st NüVoices 女性之音 nuvoices.bsky.social essay contest: Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray, Jenna Wang & Chris Yitao Shen—congratulations! It gives me such joy to provide a home for their fab stories and to share them with the world. Read here: nuvoices.com/2025/01/22/ent…

London folks: I’ll be discussing reporting on human rights, politics & culture in China from afar + our work ⁦NüVoices 女性之音 nuvoices.bsky.social⁩ on a panel ⁦Frontline Club⁩. Hosted by The China Correspondents’ Club of London, the event is on June 3⁩ – join us!! eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-discus…

Today, I joined 20,000 protesters in London marching in solidarity with Palestinians. Now, the death toll is over 53,000 in Gaza. We must not look away; we must not normalise genocide. We must stop arming Israel, seek an immediate ceasefire and end complicity in this horrific war

On Tuesday 3rd June I'll be moderating a talk about 'Reporting on China' at the great Frontline Club in London. Come along to hear from a diverse group of four great journalists about the realities of reporting on China. Get your tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-discus…

Just in: Hong Kong-based 中国劳工通讯 CLB suddenly announced dissolution “due to financial difficulties and debt issues” It said its other social media platforms “have also been removed.” clb.org.hk/zh-hans/conten…

Not much on X these days, but making an exception for the cover of Translator, new magazine out this week. Our response to the global journalism polycrisis: writing from beyond the Anglosphere translated into English, so we can read the world differently. translatormag.co

I’m excited to share my longread @bbcfuture_official about researchers using AI to revitalize the Ainu language in Japan. It’s about the use of AI in language preservation efforts—and how the Ainu are challenging society’s mono-cultural narrative of Japan: bbc.com/future/article…

So thrilled to see this new mag in print and being celebrated with a smart (and trendy) panel Sophia Smith Galer Jessie Lau Abdirahim Saeed and crowd. Check it out. 👇

Can AI speak the language Japan tried to kill? bbc.com/future/article… @bbcnews Jessie Lau @laujessie.bsky.social

The Battle for Bangladesh: Fall of Sheikh Hasina - youtu.be/gYXaPTDatis?si… Our #BBCEye investigation on the uprising that led to the downfall of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister #SheikhHasina on August 5 2024, when 36 days of protest ended in bloodshed. ... youtu.be/gYXaPTDatis?si…

While planning my wedding, I struggled to find "the dress." It led me to write about how my anxieties were less about the look itself, and more about what it had come to represent–my identity in a mixed race marriage. Thanks CNN Style for giving it a home cnn.com/2025/07/09/sty…

“I feel increasingly protective of my Hong Kong heritage and defensive against assimilation. The pressure I’ve felt has been exacerbated by the racist and sexist backlash in recent years to East Asian women marrying outside their race, which has become a negative cultural trope”

This well-reported and important documentary investigating police violence against anti-authoritarian protesters in Bangladesh - and the fall of Sheikh Hasina - is worth watching. Narrated by expert filmmaker ⁦Riddhi Jha⁩ of ⁦BBC News (World)⁩ Eye youtube.com/watch?v=gYXaPT…

INVESTIGATION: I worked with the amazing ⁦Carlotta Dotto (@carlottad.bsky.social)⁩ and her team ⁦CNN⁩ As Equals on this interactive story on the precarious conditions that domestic workers face in HK, where one misstep can lead to debt, detention and even deportation: cnn.com/interactive/as…

Calling all UK-based ESEA journalists: I’m so excited to launch New Tide Media Network! We aim to strengthen ESEA perspectives in western media and create supportive spaces. Join us for our launch party & journalists panel in London on Aug. 7 - RSVP now! lu.ma/cpbwuzv2