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Cindy Yu

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RedNote is breaking down the Great Firewall of China

RedNote is breaking down the Great Firewall of China
17.01.2025 4

The Spectator

Cindy Yu

Keir Starmer wants to redefine crime and punishment

Keir Starmer wants to redefine crime and punishment
12.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Cindy Yu

China’s Hong Kong strategy is working

Overnight, dozens of influential figures in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement were sentenced to lengthy terms under the fiercest application of...

19.11.2024 1

The Spectator

Cindy Yu

Will China tell North Korea to pull out of Ukraine?

Throughout the Russian invasion, China has, for the most part, refused to be drawn into the conflict. It has not condemned Russia or asked Putin to...

03.11.2024 1

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Cindy Yu

Labour’s attitude to China looks just as confused as the Tories’

David Lammy is in China on a mission to reset relations with Beijing. But the Foreign Secretary has also pledged to raise some difficult subjects...

18.10.2024 10

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Cindy Yu

Growing hostility / China’s fear and loathing of the Japanese

Ten-year-old Shen Hangping was walking to school when he was stabbed. Japanese on his father’s side, Chinese on his mother’s, he was a pupil at...

03.10.2024 4

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Cindy Yu

Past masters / Why China’s nostalgia industry is booming

Nostalgia is a thriving industry in China. I first noticed this while walking around Nanjing last summer. There were shops with names like...

15.08.2024 2

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Cindy Yu

Books / The rootlessness that haunts the children of immigrants

As a child, Edward Wong had no idea that his father had been in the People’s Liberation Army. The only uniform the young Wong associated with his...

03.08.2024 2

The Spectator

Cindy Yu