So very cool to work on my last front-page story @wsj.com with @chunhanwong.bsky.social!
An in-depth @wsj.com look at how China’s Communist Party tries to tackle rising unrest with a new Central Society Work Dept that helps and surveils left-behind communities and social castoffs, using social-control tools to ensure public order. w/ @shen-lu.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
China Ups Surveillance of Troubled People to Quell Rising Unrest
The Communist Party’s new ‘society work’ agency helps with emotional and economic setbacks while monitoring dissatisfied people.
www.wsj.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
So very cool to work on my last front-page story @wsj.com with @chunhanwong.bsky.social!
Yes it’s me :( If you know of cool opportunities, please be in touch!
Only one of the smartest, most perceptive journalists ever to cover China. Snatch Shen Lu up quick. @shen-lu.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Yes it’s me :( If you know of cool opportunities, please be in touch!
My latest about the controversy around the Harvard graduation ceremony speech delivered by a Chinese student and how that illustrates the problems Harvard and Chinese students in the U.S. are facing today:
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Chinese Student Trolled Over ‘Humanity’ Speech at Harvard
The graduate student drew wide applause at commencement ceremonies in late May. Then came the online attacks, from both Chinese nationalists and Beijing critics.
www.wsj.com
June 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My latest about the controversy around the Harvard graduation ceremony speech delivered by a Chinese student and how that illustrates the problems Harvard and Chinese students in the U.S. are facing today:
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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June 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We unpack how targeting Chinese student visas could hurt US universities' finances & American innovation in 5 charts. With Liyan Qi, Ming Li.
So, 1 in every 4 international students comes from China. They make a larger share at some elite schools👇
t.co/zbxOCHiAsj
So, 1 in every 4 international students comes from China. They make a larger share at some elite schools👇
t.co/zbxOCHiAsj
May 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
We unpack how targeting Chinese student visas could hurt US universities' finances & American innovation in 5 charts. With Liyan Qi, Ming Li.
So, 1 in every 4 international students comes from China. They make a larger share at some elite schools👇
t.co/zbxOCHiAsj
So, 1 in every 4 international students comes from China. They make a larger share at some elite schools👇
t.co/zbxOCHiAsj
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Chinese scientists in the U.S. are bracing for a new wave of government scrutiny. Expect this to lead to a new wave of Chinese scientists in fields like AI leaving the U.S.
Here's a telling chart, plus a gift link to the full story by my colleague @shen-lu.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Here's a telling chart, plus a gift link to the full story by my colleague @shen-lu.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
April 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Chinese scientists in the U.S. are bracing for a new wave of government scrutiny. Expect this to lead to a new wave of Chinese scientists in fields like AI leaving the U.S.
Here's a telling chart, plus a gift link to the full story by my colleague @shen-lu.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Here's a telling chart, plus a gift link to the full story by my colleague @shen-lu.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
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Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
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Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
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Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway.
This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism.
open.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Thread: prevalence of post-approval changes in generic drugs and jicai (集采) drugs.
I analyzed >160k supplemental filings and found widespread post-approval changes in generics and jicai drugs. Importantly, jicai drugs underwent more changes than non-jicai counterparts.
bsky.app/profile/airm...
I analyzed >160k supplemental filings and found widespread post-approval changes in generics and jicai drugs. Importantly, jicai drugs underwent more changes than non-jicai counterparts.
bsky.app/profile/airm...
February 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Thread: prevalence of post-approval changes in generic drugs and jicai (集采) drugs.
I analyzed >160k supplemental filings and found widespread post-approval changes in generics and jicai drugs. Importantly, jicai drugs underwent more changes than non-jicai counterparts.
bsky.app/profile/airm...
I analyzed >160k supplemental filings and found widespread post-approval changes in generics and jicai drugs. Importantly, jicai drugs underwent more changes than non-jicai counterparts.
bsky.app/profile/airm...
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一致性评价是确保仿制药有效、安全的关键监管措施。然而，若仿制药在通过一致性评价后，生产环节发生变化，是否依旧符合与参比试剂的一致性？
实际上，一款仿制药在通过一致性评价后，可对原材料供应商、生产工艺、生产厂址等多项生产环节进行变更，而无需重新进行一致性评价，多数情况只需在省级药监部门进行备案。
我分析了国家药监局公布的2019年至今的16万余条药物补充备案，发现通过一致性评价的仿制药、进入集采的药品中，广泛存在过评后生产环节的变更。
并且，进入集采的药品，相对于同成分但未进入集采的药品，进行了更多此类变更。
这些变更并非一定会影响药效、安全性，但仍需解决如何对此进行有效监管的问题。
实际上，一款仿制药在通过一致性评价后，可对原材料供应商、生产工艺、生产厂址等多项生产环节进行变更，而无需重新进行一致性评价，多数情况只需在省级药监部门进行备案。
我分析了国家药监局公布的2019年至今的16万余条药物补充备案，发现通过一致性评价的仿制药、进入集采的药品中，广泛存在过评后生产环节的变更。
并且，进入集采的药品，相对于同成分但未进入集采的药品，进行了更多此类变更。
这些变更并非一定会影响药效、安全性，但仍需解决如何对此进行有效监管的问题。
February 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
一致性评价是确保仿制药有效、安全的关键监管措施。然而，若仿制药在通过一致性评价后，生产环节发生变化，是否依旧符合与参比试剂的一致性？
实际上，一款仿制药在通过一致性评价后，可对原材料供应商、生产工艺、生产厂址等多项生产环节进行变更，而无需重新进行一致性评价，多数情况只需在省级药监部门进行备案。
我分析了国家药监局公布的2019年至今的16万余条药物补充备案，发现通过一致性评价的仿制药、进入集采的药品中，广泛存在过评后生产环节的变更。
并且，进入集采的药品，相对于同成分但未进入集采的药品，进行了更多此类变更。
这些变更并非一定会影响药效、安全性，但仍需解决如何对此进行有效监管的问题。
实际上，一款仿制药在通过一致性评价后，可对原材料供应商、生产工艺、生产厂址等多项生产环节进行变更，而无需重新进行一致性评价，多数情况只需在省级药监部门进行备案。
我分析了国家药监局公布的2019年至今的16万余条药物补充备案，发现通过一致性评价的仿制药、进入集采的药品中，广泛存在过评后生产环节的变更。
并且，进入集采的药品，相对于同成分但未进入集采的药品，进行了更多此类变更。
这些变更并非一定会影响药效、安全性，但仍需解决如何对此进行有效监管的问题。
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Thread: I found data fraud in multiple clinical trials for generic drugs in China.
I've seen limited coverage outside China of the recent controversy over 集采 — centralized procurement of drugs, especially generics. It is a hugely important issue close to my heart.
I've seen limited coverage outside China of the recent controversy over 集采 — centralized procurement of drugs, especially generics. It is a hugely important issue close to my heart.
January 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Thread: I found data fraud in multiple clinical trials for generic drugs in China.
I've seen limited coverage outside China of the recent controversy over 集采 — centralized procurement of drugs, especially generics. It is a hugely important issue close to my heart.
I've seen limited coverage outside China of the recent controversy over 集采 — centralized procurement of drugs, especially generics. It is a hugely important issue close to my heart.
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李宇晖：How China's dictatorship evolved from personal to collective, and then b... youtu.be/CLCHWfshnE8?... via @YouTube
How China's dictatorship evolved from personal to collective, and then back to personal
YouTube video by Huey Li and the news
youtu.be
January 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
李宇晖：How China's dictatorship evolved from personal to collective, and then b... youtu.be/CLCHWfshnE8?... via @YouTube
Meet Alex Zhu, a former "little pink" whose journey from a staunch party supporter to an outspoken critic reflects what many young Chinese have experienced in recent years.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
How a Young Chinese Nationalist Turned Her Back on Beijing
Studying overseas, a former “little pink” started questioning her patriotic education.
www.wsj.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Meet Alex Zhu, a former "little pink" whose journey from a staunch party supporter to an outspoken critic reflects what many young Chinese have experienced in recent years.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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A former legal intern who was also a family babysitter says that Kennedy touched her inappropriately more than two decades ago and that she is willing to testify before the Senate.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-cabinet-sexual-assault-allegations-hegseth-rfk-c61fc4b2?mod=bluesky
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-cabinet-sexual-assault-allegations-hegseth-rfk-c61fc4b2?mod=bluesky
Sexual-Misconduct Allegations Sank One Trump Nominee and Loom Over Kennedy
Former intern and family babysitter says Kennedy touched her inappropriately over two decades ago
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:25 PM
A former legal intern who was also a family babysitter says that Kennedy touched her inappropriately more than two decades ago and that she is willing to testify before the Senate.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-cabinet-sexual-assault-allegations-hegseth-rfk-c61fc4b2?mod=bluesky
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-cabinet-sexual-assault-allegations-hegseth-rfk-c61fc4b2?mod=bluesky
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Re-upping this piece on the mirror images of MAGA & PRC nationalist anti-LGBTQ rhetoric: "while purveyors of moral panic in the US have called LGBTQ History Month a 'left-wing social experiment' & pray to 'save America from homosexuality' keyboard warriors in China1/2 thediplomat.com/2022/12/dont...
‘Don’t Say Gay’ Is Happening in China Too. But It Can’t Turn Back the Clock.
Despite the many differences between the United States and China, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric in each follows a similar logic.
thediplomat.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Re-upping this piece on the mirror images of MAGA & PRC nationalist anti-LGBTQ rhetoric: "while purveyors of moral panic in the US have called LGBTQ History Month a 'left-wing social experiment' & pray to 'save America from homosexuality' keyboard warriors in China1/2 thediplomat.com/2022/12/dont...
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Walmart, the world’s largest private employer, said it will roll back initiatives aimed at enhancing DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion, at the workplace, as such programs face growing legal scrutiny and conservative backlash.
Walmart rolls back DEI commitments amid conservative backlash
Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in U.S. workplaces are under growing scrutiny. Activist Robby Starbuck had targeted Walmart’s policies in an online campaign.
wapo.st
November 26, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Walmart, the world’s largest private employer, said it will roll back initiatives aimed at enhancing DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion, at the workplace, as such programs face growing legal scrutiny and conservative backlash.
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This year I spent months reporting in Colombia, Mexico, and California, following Chinese migrants hoping to seek asylum in the US. It's a route that's become known as 走线. We made a 4-part podcast series about their journey. The first episode is free this week: open.spotify.com/episode/0vTt...
Climbers (part one): A way out of China
Drum Tower · Episode
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November 26, 2024 at 3:59 AM
This year I spent months reporting in Colombia, Mexico, and California, following Chinese migrants hoping to seek asylum in the US. It's a route that's become known as 走线. We made a 4-part podcast series about their journey. The first episode is free this week: open.spotify.com/episode/0vTt...
lovely
my mom named her kid (me) “蓝天” which means bluesky in chinese, so i called myself “jay” to become a bird instead, and then some birdapp company named their project “bluesky” and i ended up running it.
Tell us a true story from your life that sounds made up.
November 22, 2024 at 4:46 AM
lovely
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Thanks to #Stanford #SCCEI for great rsch, including: “firms in innovative industries, such as [AI] & nanotechnology, prioritized by the Chinese govt…are 2.7 percentage points more likely to penalize applicants supporting Western democracy compared to other firms.”
open.substack.com/pub/scceichi...
open.substack.com/pub/scceichi...
Does Ideology Influence Hiring in China?
How has the resurgence of ideology in recent years affected the economic opportunity of job seekers in China?
open.substack.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Thanks to #Stanford #SCCEI for great rsch, including: “firms in innovative industries, such as [AI] & nanotechnology, prioritized by the Chinese govt…are 2.7 percentage points more likely to penalize applicants supporting Western democracy compared to other firms.”
open.substack.com/pub/scceichi...
open.substack.com/pub/scceichi...
so interesting
A form of matrilocal residence, uxorilocal marriage is often celebrated in the contemporary Chinese online sphere (and beyond) as a sign of female empowerment. In this essay, Zhangluyuan Charlie Yang challenges this narrative by exploring the history of this practice in a district of Hangzhou.
Uxorilocal Marriage in Xiaoshan, 1970s to 2020s | Made in China Journal
In late March 2024, I accompanied Yifan to Golden Phoenix, a matchmaking agency specialising in arranging uxorilocal marriages in Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, a place where life still moves at a leisu...
madeinchinajournal.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:36 PM
so interesting
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Among the 45 imprisoned Hong Kong activists is nurse and union chair Winnie Yu, now sentenced to 6 years 9 months.
HK has always been hostile to labor, but this is a new low hklabourrights.org/research/win...
HK has always been hostile to labor, but this is a new low hklabourrights.org/research/win...
Winnie Yu Wai-Ming - Hong Kong Labour Rights Monitor 香港勞權監察
She's been detained since March 2022. Winnie Yu is a registered nurse by profession and the former chairperson of the Hospital Authority Employee Alliance. Yu won the democracy camp’s primaries in the...
hklabourrights.org
November 19, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Among the 45 imprisoned Hong Kong activists is nurse and union chair Winnie Yu, now sentenced to 6 years 9 months.
HK has always been hostile to labor, but this is a new low hklabourrights.org/research/win...
HK has always been hostile to labor, but this is a new low hklabourrights.org/research/win...
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Benny Tai, a scholar at the heart of Hong Kong’s biggest national security trial, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday. Other sentences in the case, which crushed the pro-democracy camp here, ranged from just over 4 to more than 7 years in prison.
Gift link:
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Gift link:
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Hong Kong Court Sentences Dozens in Case That Crushed Pro-Democracy Camp
Defendants include politicians and activists who had hoped to win control of legislature, a plan Beijing found subversive.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:22 AM
Benny Tai, a scholar at the heart of Hong Kong’s biggest national security trial, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday. Other sentences in the case, which crushed the pro-democracy camp here, ranged from just over 4 to more than 7 years in prison.
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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1/My colleague Fu Ting writes on a recent new, but unnoticed clampdown on independent bookstores in China - and how some are finding new homes overseas. At least a dozen have shuttered the past few months alone, with the owner of one arrested:
apnews.com/article/chin...
apnews.com/article/chin...
As China cracks down on bookstores at home, Chinese-language booksellers are flourishing overseas
Independent bookstores have become a new battleground in China. They're getting swept up in the ruling Communist Party’s crackdown on dissent and free expression.
apnews.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:44 PM
1/My colleague Fu Ting writes on a recent new, but unnoticed clampdown on independent bookstores in China - and how some are finding new homes overseas. At least a dozen have shuttered the past few months alone, with the owner of one arrested:
apnews.com/article/chin...
apnews.com/article/chin...
