Chang Che
@Changxche
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writer covering China | ex @nytimes, words in @newyorker |🇯🇵🇨🇳🇺🇸| join my mailing list for updates on my writing: https://t.co/DwXYrsVUFJ
Joined October 2011
RT @chris__pc: This was a harrowing and exhausting book for me to read and for me it’s one of just three books I have read in recent years…
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For @gdnlongread, I wrote about Chinese burnout, and the man who's created a business—modeled of Alcoholics Anonymous—to tackle it, one session at a time.
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For @NewYorker, I wrote about Xiao Gongqin, the architect of Chinese “neo-authoritarianism." I discuss its origins, Xiao's views of American politics, and what lessons his theory holds for America's current predicament.
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"Some asked for medicine, some for food, and many were crying out for hospital treatment. I deleted these videos while crying myself. I felt I was doing something evil but there was nothing I could do. That was my job, and I had to do it" — internet censor
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This March, I visited Tokyo, where a new community of Chinese expat are opening bookstores, attending lectures, and imagining alternatives to Xi's China from the relative safety of Japan. My latest in @newyorker:
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What a different 20 years makes: 13 million Chinese sat for the college entrance exam, the gaokao, on Friday. Reporters asked if the test could change destinies. The resounding response: "No." "Twenty years ago, it could," one responded. Now, only rich, powerful relatives can.
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Early Chinese internet seems to be disappearing...Only 1 search result on Jack Ma from 1998 to 2005.
fascinating CENSORED article on the death of the early Chinese internet: Set search parameters between 1998-2005 on Baidu and you'll find exactly one (1) result for Jack Ma. Similarly barren for Pony Ma, Lei Jun, Sister Furong, Jay Chou, Li Yuchun, etc.
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"frustrated elite aspirant" That's... a shockingly apt phrase for me
For @NewYorker this week: How to thrive in the American elite -- while declaring it your enemy. History suggests this is more than hypocrisy; the era of "intraelite conflict," as scholars call it, should be an alarm bell. Image by the great @JavierJaenB
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A full list of words China came up with during the 3-year pandemic period. It's a striking reminder of just how intensely the Chinese Communist Party employs language, and its reinvention, as a tool of governance.
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RT @emergingtechobs: 🎉We’re excited to unveil Scout, our new discovery tool for Chinese writing on science and technology. Scout makes it e…
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@_dreadadon @_dreadadon I'm looking into this for the new york times. Could I get a contact info from you via DM?
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Q: Is Qin Gang the current foreign minister? Ernie: Change the subject please
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@DebbieBerkowitz Hi Debbie, I'm trying to reach out, let me know if you could send a number via DM -Chang, NYT
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Update: I'll be in New York City until mid-August working on some U.S. news. Then I'll fly back to Asia to cover China again. If you're in the city and want to grab coffee etc., please shout!
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@Scholars_Stage You see the anti-natalism in the cities (in both countries) not really the countryside. I think it’s wrapped up with involution: dwindling rewards + hyper competition spawns a scarcity mentality. Why add a child?
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