Lily Kuo
@lilkuo
China correspondent for @nytimes, former China bureau chief for @washingtonpost @guardian, previously reporting for @qz in Nairobi, Hong Kong, NYC.
Xi Jinping’s visit to Southeast Asia shows how it is becoming a battleground for a proxy trade war between China and the U.S. For these smaller often sidelined countries this means both opportunities and new risks. with @rebtanhs washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/…
So excited to join the excellent @nytimes team covering China! nytco.com/press/new-corr…
The Washington Post is hiring for a news researcher to join its China bureau in Taipei! More details here: linkedin.com/posts/activity…
How a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan by @Yaoyu_c washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…
Chinese state media hail Janet Yellen’s chopsticks skills. “She definitely eats Chinese food on a regular basis.” washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…
Chinese students on their way to the U.S. are being detained, questioned and forced to leave. “Sitting there and waiting, I felt like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered." We spoke to half a dozen Chinese students, plus scholars with similar experiences. wapo.st/3vlmEvn
Our story on who China would like to see win in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. “Biden and Trump are like two bowls of poison for China. No matter who comes to power, the pressure on China will continue to exist.” wapo.st/48R8uQr
Feb 27: China correspondent of the largest Dutch news organization NOS Sjoerd den Daas was harassed and manhandled by plain-clothes and uniformed 🇨🇳 policemen when he was filming a group of investors protesting outside the HQ of struggling shadow bank Sichuan Trust (四川信托) in…
For the past year, @YoonJulie & I have been digging into gender inequality in South Korea and the factors underlying its superlatives on gender/family issues among all major economies (biggest gender wage gap, lowest in glass-ceiling index, lowest fertility rate, etc). Thread:
A rare glimpse inside the messy world of Chinese hackers-for-hire that compete for security and military contracts to try and turn a profit. Research by @stronghead_yo @Yaoyu_c and Lyric Li
Fascinating, unprecedented, look here inside files of a firm (iSoon/安洵） that does Chinese state hacking, targeting almost two dozen foreign governments w/ @cdcshepherd wapo.st/4bOF9sw
The Washington Post is looking for a China correspondent based outside of China for now. Apply soon to work with a great team! washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/washingtonpost…
Internet user on Weibo wishing everyone a happy year of the dragon using the names of companies whose stock prices have fallen more than 7% in recent days.
WaPo investigation found: Precision equipment for Russian arms makers came from U.S.-allied Taiwan. Experts say the shipments likely violated U.S. export controls. Reported by @DDaltonBennett @maryilyushina @lilkuo & Pei-Lin Wu. wapo.st/491geAf
In perhaps his 1st interview (aside from Chinese media) re switch, Nauru's foreign minister denied recognizing China was about 💴 “To say it’s a question of dollars is absolutely an insult to us,” he told The Post. “It’s about our development strategy.” wapo.st/49dMAaH
With Maotai and EVs equipped with massage chairs, China courts local U.S. leaders as a hedge against an increasingly hostile government in Washington with @catecadell wapo.st/42kMDPH
