Amy Qin
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Colorado Springs Victims: Town Mourns the Loss of Five Lives After Shooting
The victims included caring bartenders who wanted to make people feel at home, and patrons of a club that offered more than a fun night out. → Read More
Under Lockdown in China
Weeks of confinement in Shanghai have fueled anger and anxiety about the cost of a “zero-Covid” strategy. → Read More
Jonathan Mirsky, Journalist and Historian of China, Dies at 88
He brought a historian’s expertise to many decades of writing about China for The Observer of London, The New York Review of Books and other outlets. → Read More
China cracks down on cryptocurrency, banning all transactions.
The clampdown comes as China’s central bank has been testing its own digital currency, the electronic Chinese yuan. The price of Bitcoin fell as much as 7 percent on the news. → Read More
China’s New Rules Could Hit U.S. Firms and Send a Message to Biden
An order issued on Saturday empowers Beijing to tell companies to ignore U.S. restrictions and allows them to sue other businesses if they comply. → Read More
Chinese Journalist Who Documented Communist History Is Detained in Beijing
Friends of Du Bin said that his detention might have been related to book projects critical of the history of Communism and China’s Communist Party. → Read More
Disney Wanted to Make a Splash in China With ‘Mulan.’ It Stumbled Instead.
A political controversy over a filming location was a rare blunder for one of the world’s savviest companies in dealing with China. → Read More
China’s Xi Jinping Declares War on Food Waste
The Communist Party’s “clean plate” campaign targets livestreaming extreme eaters, wasteful diners and others amid concerns about China’s ability to feed its 1.4 billion people. → Read More
U.S. Health Secretary to Visit Taiwan, in a Move Likely to Anger Beijing
The trip by Alex M. Azar II, a rare high-level U.S. visit, is being billed as an opportunity to highlight Taiwan’s success in battling the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
Coronavirus Diary: Four Stints in Quarantine, on Two Continents
A reporter got a close-up look at how different governments handled the developing pandemic. Some were more impressive than others. → Read More
Coronavirus Survivors Want Answers, and China Is Silencing Them
In Wuhan, where the pandemic started, the police have threatened and interrogated grieving relatives. Lawyers have been warned not to help them sue. → Read More
China Raises Coronavirus Death Toll by 50% in Wuhan
Officials facing skepticism about their credibility also bumped up their tally of infections in the city where the pandemic emerged. → Read More
China Expands Chaotic Dragnet in Coronavirus Crackdown
The “wartime” campaign to round up all who might be sick was extended to cities beyond the epicenter, even as it was marred by confusion that has isolated vulnerable patients and left some to die. → Read More
China Pledged to Build a New Hospital in 10 Days. It’s Close.
State news outlets reported that the 1,000-bed facility would accept patients from Monday even as construction workers raced to complete it. → Read More
Chinese Authorities Cut Off Transportation From Wuhan, Center of Coronavirus Outbreak
A senior health official warned that the annual Spring Festival holiday travel rush would complicate efforts to contain the outbreak, as the official death toll nearly doubled. → Read More
Chinese City Uses Facial Recognition to Shame Pajama Wearers
Local officials apologized, but the crackdown on a common — and comfortable — practice has raised a rare outcry over privacy in a country accustomed to surveillance. → Read More
China Reports First Death From New Virus
The coronavirus, which surfaced in the city of Wuhan, has put the region on alert, but there is no evidence that it can spread among humans. → Read More
In China’s Crackdown on Muslims, Children Have Not Been Spared
In Xinjiang the authorities have separated nearly half a million children from their families, aiming to instill loyalty to China and the Communist Party. → Read More
Powerful Typhoon Bypasses Taiwan and Heads Toward China
Hundreds of flights have been canceled in Taiwan and China because of Typhoon Lekima, and officials on the mainland are worried about torrential flooding. → Read More
The Challenge of Reporting on Women in China, Where Men Control the Narrative
Amy Qin, the China correspondent for The Times, reflects on reporting in China, where women are losing ground in the push for gender equality. → Read More