Edward Wong
@ewong.bsky.social
Diplomatic Correspondent for The New York Times
I was thrilled to speak about my book on China #AtTheEdgeOfEmpire at #UWRF25 in Bali! It capped international festival talks this year at Jaipur, Auckland, Sydney and Edinburgh. Thanks to Janet DeNeefe and her team. More talks coming — join me at the Museum of Chinese in America in NYC on Nov. 19.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I was thrilled to speak about my book on China #AtTheEdgeOfEmpire at #UWRF25 in Bali! It capped international festival talks this year at Jaipur, Auckland, Sydney and Edinburgh. Thanks to Janet DeNeefe and her team. More talks coming — join me at the Museum of Chinese in America in NYC on Nov. 19.
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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The arc of his success is nothing short of staggering. At the start of the year, Mamdani was polling at 1%, tied, as he likes to say, with the candidate known as “someone else.”
Now, at age 34, he will be NYC's youngest leader in more than a century
Now, at age 34, he will be NYC's youngest leader in more than a century
How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor
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November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The arc of his success is nothing short of staggering. At the start of the year, Mamdani was polling at 1%, tied, as he likes to say, with the candidate known as “someone else.”
Now, at age 34, he will be NYC's youngest leader in more than a century
Now, at age 34, he will be NYC's youngest leader in more than a century
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NEW: Trump's threat to end aid to Colombia jeopardizes US security cooperation on anti-drug efforts. It's part of Trump's assault on leftist leaders in Latin America. Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, says Trump murders civilians in boats. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Trump’s Feud With Colombian Leader Threatens U.S. Antidrug Efforts
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October 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: Trump's threat to end aid to Colombia jeopardizes US security cooperation on anti-drug efforts. It's part of Trump's assault on leftist leaders in Latin America. Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, says Trump murders civilians in boats. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
NEW: Trump's threat to end aid to Colombia jeopardizes US security cooperation on anti-drug efforts. It's part of Trump's assault on leftist leaders in Latin America. Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, says Trump murders civilians in boats. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Trump’s Feud With Colombian Leader Threatens U.S. Antidrug Efforts
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October 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: Trump's threat to end aid to Colombia jeopardizes US security cooperation on anti-drug efforts. It's part of Trump's assault on leftist leaders in Latin America. Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, says Trump murders civilians in boats. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
NEW: Some prominent Trump advisers and supporters are criticizing the administration's expanding military actions against Venezuela. They ask whether Rubio aims to do "regime change." Steve Bannon, Laura Loomer and Curt Mills are speaking up. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
Trump Supporters Are Uneasy About Military Actions Against Venezuela
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October 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NEW: Some prominent Trump advisers and supporters are criticizing the administration's expanding military actions against Venezuela. They ask whether Rubio aims to do "regime change." Steve Bannon, Laura Loomer and Curt Mills are speaking up. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
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ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
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October 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
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Marco Rubio co-signed a letter in support of the nomination of María Corina Machado for the Nobel Peace Prize. Here’s the letter he and several other GOP lawmakers sent to the Nobel committee last year. Mike Waltz also co-signed the letter. www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/fil...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Marco Rubio co-signed a letter in support of the nomination of María Corina Machado for the Nobel Peace Prize. Here’s the letter he and several other GOP lawmakers sent to the Nobel committee last year. Mike Waltz also co-signed the letter. www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/fil...
The Trump White House denounced the Nobel committee's awarding of the peace prize to Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado. But Rubio is a big supporter and co-signed a letter last August to the committee saying she should win the prize. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
White House Disapproves of Machado’s Nobel, but Rubio Is a Big Supporter
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October 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Trump White House denounced the Nobel committee's awarding of the peace prize to Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado. But Rubio is a big supporter and co-signed a letter last August to the committee saying she should win the prize. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
The Trump White House denounces the Nobel Peace Prize committee for awarding Machado. But an adviser to Machado told The New York Times that her group talks to US agencies about countering Maduro. Here's our recent story on Rubio's support of her and his contacts: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
Top Trump Aides Push for Ousting Maduro From Power in Venezuela
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October 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Trump White House denounces the Nobel Peace Prize committee for awarding Machado. But an adviser to Machado told The New York Times that her group talks to US agencies about countering Maduro. Here's our recent story on Rubio's support of her and his contacts: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
Marco Rubio co-signed a letter in support of the nomination of María Corina Machado for the Nobel Peace Prize. Here’s the letter he and several other GOP lawmakers sent to the Nobel committee last year. Mike Waltz also co-signed the letter. www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/fil...
www.rickscott.senate.gov
October 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Marco Rubio co-signed a letter in support of the nomination of María Corina Machado for the Nobel Peace Prize. Here’s the letter he and several other GOP lawmakers sent to the Nobel committee last year. Mike Waltz also co-signed the letter. www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/fil...
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NEW: While Qatar helps with Gaza talks, it's trying to mediate the US-Venezuela conflict. But Trump is cold on diplomacy. He has put 10,000 troops in the Caribbean and is continuing airstrikes on civilian boats. And Rubio pushes to oust Maduro. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Qatar Pushes U.S.-Venezuela Diplomacy as Trump Focuses on Military Action
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October 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
NEW: While Qatar helps with Gaza talks, it's trying to mediate the US-Venezuela conflict. But Trump is cold on diplomacy. He has put 10,000 troops in the Caribbean and is continuing airstrikes on civilian boats. And Rubio pushes to oust Maduro. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
NEW: While Qatar helps with Gaza talks, it's trying to mediate the US-Venezuela conflict. But Trump is cold on diplomacy. He has put 10,000 troops in the Caribbean and is continuing airstrikes on civilian boats. And Rubio pushes to oust Maduro. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Qatar Pushes U.S.-Venezuela Diplomacy as Trump Focuses on Military Action
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October 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
NEW: While Qatar helps with Gaza talks, it's trying to mediate the US-Venezuela conflict. But Trump is cold on diplomacy. He has put 10,000 troops in the Caribbean and is continuing airstrikes on civilian boats. And Rubio pushes to oust Maduro. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
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A Spanish-language journalist who lived and worked in Georgia has been deported to El Salvador.
Spanish-language journalist arrested while covering protest near Atlanta deported to El Salvador
A Spanish-language journalist who lived and worked in Georgia has been deported to El Salvador. Mario Guevara was detained in June while covering a protest near Atlanta.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A Spanish-language journalist who lived and worked in Georgia has been deported to El Salvador.
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BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Según funcionarios de EE. UU., la estrategia para tratar de sacar a Nicolás Maduro del poder está liderada por Marco Rubio, secretario de Estado y asesor de Seguridad Nacional. Rubio sostiene que Maduro es un dirigente ilegítimo que impulsa la exportación de drogas a Estados Unidos.
Altos funcionarios de Trump presionan para derrocar a Maduro en Venezuela
El movimiento opositor, cuyas figuras se han reunido con funcionarios estadounidenses, afirma que se está comunicando con Washington sobre los planes para desmantelar la ‘estructura criminal’ de Nicolás Maduro.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Según funcionarios de EE. UU., la estrategia para tratar de sacar a Nicolás Maduro del poder está liderada por Marco Rubio, secretario de Estado y asesor de Seguridad Nacional. Rubio sostiene que Maduro es un dirigente ilegítimo que impulsa la exportación de drogas a Estados Unidos.
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NEW: Sec. Rubio is leading a push to try to oust Maduro. The Pentagon has put 6,500 troops in the region and is drawing up possible operations against crime gangs in Venezuela. Opposition figures say they're talking to the US about plans. Gift link to our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
Top Trump Aides Push for Ousting Maduro From Power in Venezuela
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September 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
NEW: Sec. Rubio is leading a push to try to oust Maduro. The Pentagon has put 6,500 troops in the region and is drawing up possible operations against crime gangs in Venezuela. Opposition figures say they're talking to the US about plans. Gift link to our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
NEW: Sec. Rubio is leading a push to try to oust Maduro. The Pentagon has put 6,500 troops in the region and is drawing up possible operations against crime gangs in Venezuela. Opposition figures say they're talking to the US about plans. Gift link to our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
Top Trump Aides Push for Ousting Maduro From Power in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
NEW: Sec. Rubio is leading a push to try to oust Maduro. The Pentagon has put 6,500 troops in the region and is drawing up possible operations against crime gangs in Venezuela. Opposition figures say they're talking to the US about plans. Gift link to our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
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James Millward: "One of the things about history in China is that it's very, very often, for thousands of years, been controlled by the state. And I really don't want to see our own history be Tiananmenized the way that the Chinese Communist Party tries to censor its own past."
Citizen historians document Smithsonian exhibits under White House scrutiny
The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. It's a public-private trust that has long operated at arm's length from the White House, but now finds itself...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
James Millward: "One of the things about history in China is that it's very, very often, for thousands of years, been controlled by the state. And I really don't want to see our own history be Tiananmenized the way that the Chinese Communist Party tries to censor its own past."
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NEW: After one of Kristi Noem’s major financial supporters contacted her, the DHS chief quickly expedited more than $11 million of federal money to rebuild a historic pier in Naples, Florida, records obtained by ProPublica show.
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: After one of Kristi Noem’s major financial supporters contacted her, the DHS chief quickly expedited more than $11 million of federal money to rebuild a historic pier in Naples, Florida, records obtained by ProPublica show.
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Entering the high school choice process with our 8th grader and you know what he’s taking into considering when ranking schools?
Whether he can jump out the window and run home in the event of a school shooting.
That’s fucked up.
Whether he can jump out the window and run home in the event of a school shooting.
That’s fucked up.
September 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Entering the high school choice process with our 8th grader and you know what he’s taking into considering when ranking schools?
Whether he can jump out the window and run home in the event of a school shooting.
That’s fucked up.
Whether he can jump out the window and run home in the event of a school shooting.
That’s fucked up.
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Breaking News: Britain, Canada and Australia formally recognized Palestinian statehood.
Britain, Australia and Canada Recognize a Palestinian State
The announcements came on the eve of the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly.
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September 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Breaking News: Britain, Canada and Australia formally recognized Palestinian statehood.
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Trump criticizes Pam Bondi for not charging his adversaries quickly enough, in a Truth Social post that looks a lot like a DM. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
September 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Trump criticizes Pam Bondi for not charging his adversaries quickly enough, in a Truth Social post that looks a lot like a DM. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...