Rong Xiaoqing is a reporter for the Chinese-language Sing Tao Daily in New York, and an Alicia Patterson Fellow (2019). She writes for various English-language media outlets in the U.S. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, and the National Review, among other publications. Rong has won multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, CUNY J-School, and New America Media. She was the first reporter from non-English-language media to win an award from the Deadline Club. She was a grant recipient of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, and the California Health Endowment. Follow her at @xqrong.
Emigré Chinese writer Rong Xiaoqing went to a demonstration at the Chinese consulate in New York, and checked out the supposed ‘foreign forces’ behind the protests in China and around the world.
The Taiwanese party that favors closer ties to Beijing just won 13 of the 21 contested city mayor and county chief seats in Taiwan. The author, who recently visited Taiwan, muses on the future of this self-governed island.
“There is a ‘try a hijab on’ booth at my college campus. So you’re telling me that it’s now just a fashion accessory and not...