Selected Opinion Pieces

Interent censorship in China
In China, the ‘Great Firewall’ Is Changing a Generation, Politico, 9/2020

The CCP’s ideological control
Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Kong protests, The Los Angeles Times, 8/2019

China exports censorship and surveillance
How China’s censorship machine crosses borders — and into Western politics, The Washington Post, 2/2019
WeChat Is a Trap for China’s Diaspora, Foreign Policy, 8/2020
The problem with TikTok’s claim of independence from Beijing, The Hill, 3/2024

How the US should address CCP’s human rights abuses
Opinion: Tough talk from Biden at APEC won’t move Xi Jinping. Here’s what will, The Los Angeles Times, 11/2023

How democracies should combat CCP’s foreign interference
Why some Chinese immigrants living in Canada live in silent fear, The Globe and Mail, 2/2019
To Combat China’s Influence Operations, US Officials Need Sharper Tools and a Deft Touch, The Diplomat, 9/2024

Women’s rights in China
Is #MeToo Changing China? The Washington Post, 9/2018
#MeToo is at a crossroads in America.  Around the world, it’s just beginning. The Washington Post, 5/2020

The Chinese prodemocracy movement
A Massacre, Erase The Washington Post, 5/2019
Silenced in China, Grassroots Activists Commemorate the White Paper Protests Abroad, The Diplomat, 11/2023

Selected Reports

Only Men Need Apply,” Gender Discrimination in Job Advertisements in China, Human Rights Watch, 4/2018
China: Combat Anti-Black Racism on Social Media, Human Rights Watch, 8/2023
China Media Bulletin, Freedom House, 10/2023-present