Cindy Yu
@CindyXiaodanYu
Columnist, @thetimes. Formerly of the @spectator and Chinese Whispers. Writing a book on compromises and loopholes in PRC life | [email protected]
For @TimesMagazine I've written about my family's journey to the UK, how I ended up in journalism writing about my motherland... ...and how this has led to accusations of espionage. The truth is a little less exciting. Read about my real mission 👇 thetimes.com/comment/column…
A 21 year old Chinese student has been at the centre of a social media storm of nationalism and misogyny. My latest column looks at this particular strand of Chinese public opinion – how it was seeded by the century of humiliation, and what it reveals about China's culture wars…
“Flip-flopping between tough talk and muddled actions”, David Lammy had said of the Tory approach to China Now, with the bottling of the China audit, Labour has ditched the tough talk and is muddling down the same path My new column for @thetimes thetimes.com/comment/column…
This is a deeply disappointing red flag for those traveling to China. It chills vitally important people to-people ties. But the reality is that you too could be trapped — possibly for years — if Beijing decides it needs leverage in talks with the US.
Breaking: Beijing is preventing a U.S. Commerce Department employee from leaving China. Major news.
Heavily tattooed, uber-muscly and foul-mouthed, the Taiwanese gym manager and livestreamer Chen Chih-han, a.k.a. 館長, is an unlikely ambassador for China-Taiwan friendship My latest column is on Chen's six-day livestream from Shanghai and what this tells us about Taiwan's…
An honour to have been a part of the judging panel for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing We read so many incredible books but Amelina’s stood out from the very first pages. It’s raw, powerful and original She was a true heir to Orwell the novelist and Orwell the journalist
Victoria Amelina, killed by a Russian bomb in Ukraine on 1 July 2023, has posthumously won the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing for Looking at Women, Looking at War. "An unforgettable picture of the human consequences of war." Kim Darroch, Chair of Judges @WmCollinsBooks
The fluffy monster Labubu is China's hottest new cultural export, adorning the bags of A-listers like Rihanna But it's the source of a moral panic inside China: the boomers fear that it's just another sign that the kids are not okay My latest column 👇 thetimes.com/comment/column…
Chinese boomers are worried about the frivolity of the younger generation, the Labubu craze being the latest example. But I argue in new column that there are good reasons for millennial and Gen Z escapism 👇 thetimes.com/comment/column…
US tariffs have left many countries wondering what President Trump will do next. But should the UK align more closely with China? Rethink on @BBCRadio4 with @benwansell, Prof. Todd Hall, @YelingT, @CindyXiaodanYu and Wang Guan of @CGTNOfficial bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
The Times writer came to Britain from China when she was nine. She’s long put up with jibes that she’s really working for Beijing — but with fears of the country’s influence being so intense, the joke is wearing thin 🔗 Read the full story here: thetimes.com/comment/column…
Chinese students in the West are either seen as temporary customers or potential spies. I argue here that there's a third way – they're assets that can be used in the competition with China thetimes.com/comment/column…
36 years since Tiananmen 🕯️ In 2023 I interviewed @wuerkaixi in Taipei. I met a man whose own children are now much older than he was when he joined and led the protests. He reflected on those weeks and what he wouldn't do to see his parents once more spectator.co.uk/article/i-want…
Fantastic fun to join the News Quiz last week with the legendary Armando Iannucci Ria Lina, Ian Smith and I tried not to fangirl too much! Andy Zaltzman cool as a 🥒 @Aiannucci | @rialinacom | @Iansmithcomedy | @ZaltzCricket bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
