Investigative reporter at CNN, covering China and more. Personal account, RT ≠ endorsement. Signal: yong.11
Dec 28, 2024 • 24 tweets • 6 min read
CNN just published a months-long investigation by my colleagues and me about China building or expanding more than 200 specialized detention centers nationwide as Xi Jinping widens his corruption purge. #liuzhi #留置中心
Read our report & a thread (1/12): edition.cnn.com/2024/12/28/chi…
Previously, China used an extralegal detention system called “shuanggui,” #双规 but after it set up the National Supervisory Commission (NSC) and expanded the emit of the party’s internal graft watchdog to the entire public sector, it adopted a new detention regime, named “liuzhi,” or “retention in custody.” #留置 (2/12)
Jan 9, 2024 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
We just published a report documenting the unprecedented number of Chinese migrants fleeing China for the US in the past year via the perilous journey in LatAm countries, which is often called "Walking Route"#走线 @David_Culver @simonelmc @CNN
Read on CNN: bit.ly/3NW4uqp
More than 31,000 Chinese crossed the Southern Border into the US in the first 11 months of 2023, that's roughly double the previous ten years combined.