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What Chinese Outrage Over ‘3 Body Problem’ Says About China
The Netflix series showcases one of the country’s most successful works of culture. Instead of demonstrating pride, social media is condemning it.
By Li Yuan
Li Yuan
Li Yuan writes the New New World column for The New York Times, which focuses on the intersection of technology, business and politics in China and across Asia.
Based in Hong Kong, Ms. Yuan has written about China's censorship system, the emerging technology cold war between the United States and China, China's artificial intelligence ambitions and its emerging #MeToo movement. She joined The Times in May 2018. Before that, she worked for The Wall Street Journal in New York, Beijing and Hong Kong as a reporter and an editor for 14 years, covering the early days of the mobile internet, the launch of the iPhone and China's rise as a technology power.
Ms. Yuan is a graduate of Columbia University and George Washington University. She grew up in China's northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. She worked for the Xinhua News Agency in Beijing, Bangkok and Kabul, Afghanistan, as an editor and a foreign correspondent.
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the new new worldFilmmaker Draws Censors’ Wrath: ‘A Price I Have to Accept’
Wang Xiaoshuai is among the few Chinese artists who refuse to bend to state limitations on the subjects they explore.
By Li Yuan
the new new worldA Window Into Chinese Government Has Now Slammed Shut
Once a year, the premier held a news conference, explaining the economy and giving Chinese a taste of political participation. That has come to an end.
By Li Yuan
the new new worldChina Has Thousands of Navalnys, Hidden From the Public
China has no dissident with the kind of public profile that Aleksei A. Navalny had. The government has many critics, but they all disappear from view.
By Li Yuan
the new new worldÉmigrés Are Creating an Alternative China, One Bookstore at a Time
From Thailand to America, Chinese denied a safe public space for discussion in their home country have found hope in diaspora communities.
By Li Yuan
How China Broke One Man’s Dreams
Gao Zhibin is among the thousands of migrants disillusioned with their home country who have risked the perilous crossing into the United States.
By Michael Barbaro, Li Yuan, Stella Tan, Shannon Lin, Jessica Cheung, M.J. Davis Lin, Michael Benoist, Paige Cowett, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell and Chris Wood
the new new worldWhat a Viral Post on Giraffes Says About China’s Fed-Up Investors
As their losses pile up, Chinese investors are losing confidence not only in the stock market but in the government’s ability to turn the economy around.
By Li Yuan
the new new worldTaiwan’s Democracy Draws Envy and Tears for Visiting Chinese
People with personal ties to China, on a tour to see Taiwan’s election up close, learned of the island’s path to democracy — messy, violent and, ultimately, inspiring.
By Li Yuan
the new new worldAn Egg Fried Rice Recipe Shows the Absurdity of China’s Speech Limits
A popular chef’s video was attacked as a jab at Mao Zedong’s dead son. But what if a recipe for egg fried rice was just a recipe for egg fried rice?
By Li Yuan
the new new world‘I Have No Future’: China’s Rebel Influencer Is Still Paying a Price
Li Ying used social media to help tell the world about last year’s protests. Now in exile, he has been threatened and lost his livelihood for his defiance.
By Li Yuan
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