asia
why hong kongers fight
dissent magazine, summer 2020
the infinite heartbreak of loving hong kong
the nation, may 23, 2020
translated into chinese for the news lens.
the WHO ignores taiwan. the world pays the price.
the nation, april 3, 2020
translated into chinese for the news lens.
the us-china feud leaves us all worse off
opendemocracy, march 27, 2020
the left’s role in the hong kong uprising
dissent magazine, november 27, 2019
i interview avery ng, chairman of hong kong’s league of social democrats.
hong kong’s mask ban is a cover for a police crackdown
the nation, october 4, 2019
translated into chinese for lausan.
hong kong’s fight for life
dissent magazine, august 8, 2019
one of the most-read pieces on dissent in 2019. translated into chinese for the owl, german for der freitag and polish for krytyka polityczna.
u.s.
i am a new york food courier. right now, it’s worse than you think
the guardian, april 3, 2020
delivery workers are coronavirus first responders
nbc news, march 22, 2020
how journalists of color plan to survive trump’s america
splinter, december 13, 2016
included on huffington post‘s “30 of the most important articles by people of color in 2016”
columbia is first u.s. university to divest from prisons
cnn, june 23, 2015
photography
without the human: book review of jungjin lee’s echo
artasiapacific, july 29, 2019
issac lam’s photos are dreamlike tributes to hong kong youth culture
still / loud, february 16, 2019
review: ho fan, portrait of hong kong
artasiapacific, june 27 2017
mysteries along the hong kong-china border
still / loud, august 6, 2017
to live this freely: in memory of ren hang
still / loud, march 4, 2017
also at invisible photographer asia. translated into chinese for initium
interviews
lit lunch
asian american writers workshop, june 17, 2020
i am interviewed by writer hannah bae on instagram live.
crisis in hong kong deepens
upfront on 94.1 kpfa, may 26, 2020
i am interviewed by cat brooks and brian edwards-tiekert on live radio.
what do hongkongers want?
none of the above, april 10, 2020
i am interviewed with joshua wong. (recorded in february 2020)
what the fight for hong kong is really about
gen, december 13, 2019
i am interviewed by journalist and editor maria bustillos.
‘die allerletzte chance für eine widerstandsbewegung’
die zeit, october 12, 2019
i am interviewed by xifan yang, china correspondent, die zeit (interview is in german).
the pro-democracy uprising in hong kong
the intercept, october 9, 2019
i am interviewed by jack d’isidoro for the intercepted podcast.