@NPR China correspondent. Ex-APM Marketplace & BBC via Shanghai, Shenzhen, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Calgary, Grande Prairie. Views are my own.
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#shanghai is a place where you can sample the best global cuisine. My social media used to be filled with friends boasting the best Sichuan hotpot to Michelin star French dining. Today in China’s wealthiest city this is what food postings look like. Here is my food diary:
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The tile game mahjong is having a moment in the US. @jpak25 and Jasmine Ling visit a city in China where workers are cranking out the pieces for the game npr.org/2026/10/22/nx-s1-600…
If you've been taking up mahjong, the craze for the Chinese tile game in the U.S. has given manufacturers in one Chinese town a boost. Listen, read and see photos of where some of your tiles are made here:
npr.org/2026/10/22/nx-s1-600…
With thanks to: @nivincent Jasmine, Christine, Miguel @alexleff and the rest of the team back at HQ.
On October 1st, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the founding of the People's Republic of China. It's been 50 years since he died. And as China's economy becomes sluggish, a lot of young Chinese are fascinated by Mao. Listen here: npr.org/2026/10/01/nx-s1-598…
With thanks to Jasmine, @nivincent, Emma and the rest of the team for helping to bring this to air
Listen here: npr.org/2026/10/01/nx-s1-598…
As Trump and Xi gear up for a day of meetings, we asked what young Chinese people thought of the U.S. Did they, as was often the case 20 years ago, still want to study and visit the U.S. if they had the means and visa? Listen here: npr.org/2026/09/23/nx-s1-597…
With thanks to Nick Zeller, @yawei_liu1960 at the @CarterCenter for helping us make sense of what we heard on the ground versus why young people they surveyed have such a low opinion of the U.S.
Big thanks to the team Jasmine, @nivincent, @NPRArrasmith
You can also listen here, along with how Beijing is skirting the Iranian oil sanctions.
npr.org/2026/09/23/nx-s1-597…
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Twelve days after flash floods on the Nepal-China border, very little is known about the victims in Tibet as China censors information to "unprecedented" levels (@jpak25 / NPR)
(Visit Mediagazer dot com for the link and full context!)
More than one week after the deadly floods, very little is known about China's dead or missing.
China's control over media and digital censorship is in stark contrast to open reporting in Nepal. But it's not new. Read 👉 npr.org/2026/09/07/nx-s1-596…
With thanks to Vincent @miguelmacias and @DiaaHadid1, Mamita and the rest of the team for getting it over the finish line.
First time Chinese officials announce the nationalities of the missing foreigners 👇
Here is the breakdown of missing foreign nationals by country:
🇳🇵Nepal: 104
🇮🇳India: 49
🇱🇻Latvia: 33
🇺🇸United States: 18
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 15
🇦🇺Australia: 6
🇨🇦Canada: 6
🇿🇦South Africa: 4
🇩🇪Germany: 3
🇲🇾Malaysia: 3
🇷🇺Russia: 3
🇪🇪Estonia: 2
🇫🇷France: 2
🇮🇪Ireland: 2
🇳🇱Netherlands: 2
🇳🇿New Zealand: 2
🇫🇮Finland: 1
🇭🇺Hungary: 1
🇰🇿Kazakhstan: 1
🇱🇹Lithuania: 1
🇵🇹Portugal: 1
🇪🇸Spain: 1
🇺🇦Ukraine: 1
Chinese authorities have notified relevant embassies and consulates in China regarding the missing foreign nationals. No foreign tourists remain stranded in Gyirong County, according to a press conference on Sunday morning.
China's courts side with workers displaced by AI, but job anxiety persists. The push for industries to adopt AI is coming from China’s top leaders amid a sluggish economy. 🎧 👉
npr.org/2026/08/10/nx-s1-582…
Read our digital piece 👉
npr.org/2026/08/10/nx-s1-582…
With thanks to Jasmine, Miguel, @nivincent and the production and digital teams.
This summer NPR Weekend Edition is doing a global tour of breakfasts. We sampled quite a few baozi - steamed, fluffy buns w/ fillings, for this assignment. We've hit our baozi quota for a while.
🎧👉: npr.org/2026/08/01/nx-s1-589…
W/tks to Jasmine, Miguel, and the team back at HQ.
For this assignment we sampled:
- soy sauce pork buns
- eggplant & green peppers
- pork and fennel (a Beijing staple)
- chocolate red bean (surprisingly not that sweet)
- pineapple filling
What's your favorite baozi filling?
Photos: me & Jasmine
🎧👉 npr.org/2026/08/01/nx-s1-589…
Why China and India, two of the largest countries, don't have men's teams competing in this World Cup. A fun collab with our corro in Mumbai. 🎧 👉: npr.org/2026/07/10/nx-s1-587… W/tks to Jasmine, @shweta_desai1, @nivincent and the rest of the team who helped get this to air.
ICYMI Lingering questions in the aftermath of the Beijing plane crash 🎧👉 npr.org/2026/07/04/nx-s1-587…