China Correspondent for The Straits Times (@straits_times). Previously of @AFP. Loves coffee. Tweets about food a lot. Views own.
Jun 11, 2022 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Three weeks ago, I tested positive for Covid right after landing in Shanghai. This was despite FOUR negative pre-flight tests.
Might be the first foreign journalist in China to be this lucky. Wrote a thing about it.
straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia…
I was first taken to a district triage hospital for confirmation tests. They swabbed me EVERYWHERE and took blood twice. Also had a CT scan.
Apr 17, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
I’ve just returned to Beijing from Wuhan and here’s the welcome committee.
We’re divided by area of residence. Mine was right at the end and there were two neat rows of other residents alrdy waiting. I felt like the latecomer on a package tour
Jan 14, 2019 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
I’ve been in Dalian today for the retrial of Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, my first ever Chinese court experience, equal parts fascinating and mind boggling.
I started out as a crime and courts reporter in Singapore, so am not familiar with the inside of a courtroom. No phones, no recorders... it’s standard procedure.
