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@IWMF 2025 Neuffer Fellow. Breaking News Reporter @nytimes Formerly @washingtonpost, @sopasia winner, @Pulitzercenter grantee. Words @TheGuardian @AJEnglish
Dec 21, 2022 11 tweets 5 min read
In Nov, I went to a town close to the #Colombia-##Panama border to cover Latin American migration across the #DarienGap to the US. Surprisingly, I discovered dozens of #Chinese citizens lining up for boats headed for the jungle crossing themselves. (1/10)
twreporter.org/a/run-philosop… A growing number of Chinese citizens are fleeing #China in search of a safer, brighter future, which they term “#runology” (潤學). Trekking through the Darien Gap to the US is perhaps the most perilous escape route they can take. (2/10)