“The education and reeducation of a Mongolian reporter.”
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The School for Wildlife Traffickers
“Chinese criminals are recruiting Malawian orphans into the ivory trade.”
Eight Limes, No More: The Accidental Poetry of Found Lists
A found list is a rare analog window into someone else’s needs—an accidental autobiography, a blank space to be filled with one’s imagination.
My Mom and Dr. DeepSeek
“In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.”
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive.
“A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.”
The Secret Pattern
“Filtered only through headlines, China had become a political entity more than a physical place where I had grown up, where half of my family still lived.”
Unraveling the Mystery of the Art God
“For a decade, one writer tried to unravel the story of Dorje Chang, whose artwork sold for millions and who claimed to be the third coming of Buddha. Then he got an email: Dorje Chang and his wife were dead. What really happened?”
Letter from Manhattan 2
On trying to be a “world citizen”—and how expat life rarely delivers on its promises.
Knock It Off!
“Getting copied is devastating—but not necessarily illegal. Who owns what in an era of unprecedented mass consumption?”
Who’s Afraid of Mickey Mouse?
“Why the Disney formula doesn’t work in China.”
