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Feb 3, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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“Barrier-free internet” only at the hotel lobby. #Beijing2022
First time back in my only home for 10 years. More emotional than I thought I would be.
China can put on a show. #Beijing2022WinterOlympics
Dancing damas (grannies) in the house! (Far left)
Not sure what this song is. Rocket man?
Organizers say these are not regular performers but normal people who volunteered their time to practice.
Xi Jinping arrives!
Swaying grass?
Then crazy fireworks!
US v China mixed doubles curling. US in the lead so far. 2-0.

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Feb 20, 2023
It's been clear to me that the U.S.-Philippines alliance is something to watch this year but even I have been astounded by the speed of the events that have happened in the last month. I just came back from the PH and learned a lot /w @CamilleElemia nytimes.com/2023/02/20/wor…
1. Much of it is driven by the fear of a conflict over Taiwan. The Philippines sits across from Taiwan. We found out that among 3 out of the 4 defense sites that the PH will give the U.S. access to are facing Taiwan.
2. But the other thing that is driving Pres. Marcos is China's aggression over the South China Sea. Many SEA nations have rival claims with China over the waters but it's an especially emotive issue for the Filipinos. One of the 4 new sites is facing the South China Sea.
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Jun 23, 2021
1. There are growing questions now among scientists about the real-world effectiveness of the vaccines made by China's Sinopharm and Sinovac. I spoke to several of them. nytimes.com/2021/06/22/bus…
2. What they are really puzzled about is the countries that have high rates of fully vaccinated people but are still experiencing outbreaks. Among them: Mongolia, the Seychelles, Bahrain, and Chile. 50 to 68 pct of the populations have been fully inoculated, outpacing the US.
3. All four countries are mostly using vaccines developed by Sinopharm and Sinovac. There are also multiple reasons why these countries could be experiencing outbreaks: variants, social controls that are eased too quickly, and ppl thinking they are protected after one shot.
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Jun 1, 2021
1. I recently interviewed three single men who got vasectomies in China. All of them were childless. Their ages: 29, 27, 24. My latest w/ @elsiechenyi nytimes.com/2021/06/01/wor…
2. I was most moved by Huang Yulong’s account. Mr. Huang is a 27-yr-old bachelor from Guangzhou. He grew up as a “left-behind kid” and resented his parents for being absent from his life. (They were factory workers in Guangdong -- he was in Hunan.)
3. Mr. Huang only makes about $630 a month repairing mobile phones. He said he doesn’t want his child to be like him, always stuck at “the bottom class.” “When the time comes, I could also leave my child at home just like my parents," he said. "But I don’t want that.”
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May 31, 2021
Yolanda Ouyang, 39, an employee at a state-owned enterprise in the region of Guangxi, was ecstatic. She had kept her 3rd child hidden for 2 yrs because she feared that she would be fired. “Finally, my child can come outside and play out in the open.” (1x) nytimes.com/2021/05/31/wor…
Li Shan, a 26-year-old product manager at an internet company in Beijing: “No matter how many babies they open it up to, I’m not going to have any because children are too troublesome and expensive. I’m impatient and worried that I won’t be able to educate the child well.” (2x)
Gao Bin, 27, a seller of lottery tickets in the eastern city of Qingdao, recalled how his mother had to flee to 3 places just to escape family-planning officials because she wanted to keep him. “To be honest, when I saw the announcement of this policy, I was pretty angry.” (3x)
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Jan 25, 2021
China's vaccines were supposed to be a win for Beijing. Instead, countries are complaining about a delay in shipments and other citizens are asking why their govts have chosen to go with inoculations that have weaker efficacy rates and little data. nytimes.com/2021/01/25/bus…
1. This matters because at least 24 countries, most of them from the developing world, have signed deals with the Chinese because they offered access at a time when richer nations had claimed most of the doses made by Pfizer and Moderna.
2. Brazil and Turkey have complained that they are not getting the doses they have asked for. The delays could leave them stranded because both ctries chose to rely 1st on a Chinese vaccine. Brazil is already seeking alternatives, and has received an AstraZeneca shipment fr India
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Dec 30, 2020
My first story of 2020 vs last story of 2020. It's been a year.
I've gone back to read this story on Jan. 6 many times. My first instinct after speaking to Mr. Li Bin was this was just going to be a new cold virus. He even described it as such: "It felt like a common cold." nytimes.com/2020/01/06/wor…
He was infected at the Huanan seafood market and said none of his family members was infected. In my mind, I was thinking: "This is fine!" Little did I know.
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