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Lucy Hornby
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China-holic. Recovering journalist (Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore) and new citizen of Arizona.
Find my latest writing at Substack.com/@lucyhornby
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Not sure why I've been slow to start subscribing to substacks, but am finding more and more worth following, e.g, for China, this one by Lucy Hornby, formerly based in Beijing for the FT, lucyhornby.substack.com
She said Xi said | Substack
Thoughts on China and places between. Click to read She said Xi said, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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July 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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For @foreignpolicy.com, Lucy Hornby share some thoughts about my book on Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping

foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/06/x...
Xi Jinping’s Family Fortunes
A new biography explores the tangled politics of a revolutionary father.
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June 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Glad that Lucy Hornby wrote up some thoughts about my chapter on Xi Zhongxun's behavior during the June 4 Tiananmen crackdown for the 36th anniversary of the tragedy this week
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The silence of Xi Zhongxun
Some investigative digging into the Tiananmen protests of 1989, from Joseph Torigian's new bio
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June 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Fun reading from the Central Party School:

chinabooksreview.com/2025/05/29/s...
The Life of Saint Xi | China Books Review
China’s official Party press has published a series of oral histories about Xi Jinping’s career, from sent-down youth in Shaanxi to Party Secretary of Shanghai. They read more like hagiography than hi...
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June 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM