Isabelle Niu

I tell visual stories. [email protected] DM for Signal.

[Isabelle Niu @Isabellemniu]

THREAD: Lured by a fake job, a man was kidnapped and trapped in a labor camp by a Chinese scam gang. He worked for his captors for six months while secretly sending me photos, videos and financial records from inside. Then, he went silent. https://t.co/HYD6ye342X

[Isabelle Niu @Isabellemniu]

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@NYTimes

[Mike Forsythe 傅才德 @PekingMike]

Kamala Harris Renews Energy Among Georgia’s South Asian Voters - by ⁦@QianIsabelle⁩ https://t.co/Prt02tCYBL

[Isabelle Niu @Isabellemniu]

ICYMI because of the crazy news cycle: This story reveals so much about how money and political influence operate in China's distinctive form of capitalism. Congratulations @PekingMike, @thewirechina's @NorthropKatrina @eliotcxchen on publishing this incredible investigation

[Mike Forsythe 傅才德 @PekingMike]

THREAD: Digging through the documents showing how Xiao Jianhua, a jailed billionaire and former concierge to China's Communist Party princelings, was secretly invested in Alibaba, Ant Financial and other companies linked to Jack Ma, China's most famous businessman. (1/x)

[Justice For Myanmar @JusticeMyanmar]

🧵 Cyber scam park Dongmei Park in #Myanmar, linked to Karen BGF/KNA, was built w/ involvement of Malaysian citizens, incl. a fmr Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department & @umnoonline senator, Dato Dr Mashitah Ibrahim & her husband, Datuk Abdul Shakor bin Abu Bakar ⬇️

[Yangyang Cheng @yangyang_cheng]

Grateful to be on @NPR @hereandnow to discuss #Tiananmen35: how the censored history shaped the China I grew up in, the power and purpose of remembering beyond a dichotomy of amnesia vs awareness, and lessons on state oppression salient for the US today.📻:https://t.co/PrrjELo0FA

[Isabelle Niu @Isabellemniu]

Take a few minutes to read this story about Shein, a company that struggles to answer the question "where are you really from" and sees its hopes for an U.S. IPO quickly fading. Great work by @shenlulushen https://t.co/ZCbPcRe19S

[Overseas Press Club @opcofamerica]

Congrats @QianIsabelle, @pabloroblesg, @iamrumz and @dawncai624 of the @NYTimes for getting the Citation for Excellence (runner-up) in the Kim Wall category for “7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp.”
https://t.co/IJfNcC32MB
#OPCAwards85

[Dake Kang @dakekang]

1/A year ago, Chinese scientists published data from samples collected at a Wuhan market at the heart of the COVID outbreak - startling many, given it happened years ago. Then the data got retracted.

@mylcheng and I tried to find out why. Our findings:
https://t.co/WsVFIBumZi

[Azmat Khan @AzmatZahra]

Columbia’s formidable Knight First Amendment Institute just issued this statement calling for an urgent “course correction” at the university:

https://t.co/AJHgspEDjB @knightcolumbia @Columbia

[Edward Wong @ewong]

My book At the Edge of Empire comes out May 28. It's an epic work of memoir and reportage spanning 80 years, from my father in Mao's army to China's rise today. A most anticipated book for 2024 — Foreign Policy and Publisher's Weekly. Pre-order here: https://t.co/NJfnGjVyAa

[Zhaoyin Feng @ZhaoyinFeng]

Scoop from @BeimengFu and me: Eight Chinese migrants trying to reach the US were found dead on a Mexican beach. We find out more about their identities, why they went on the fatal boat journey and the human trafficking operations allegedly aided by local Chinese restaurant owners

[Isabelle Niu @Isabellemniu]

Three Is Best: How China’s Family Planning Propaganda Has Changed https://t.co/OKvb1iij8b

[Isabelle Niu @Isabellemniu]

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[Tony Lin @tony_zy]

Question on Zhihu: why is “save” icon designed to look like this? Is it an American garage?

[𝙉𝙋𝘾 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧 @NPC_Observer]

BREAKING: In a break with past practice, Chinese Premier Li Qiang will NOT meet the press after the 2024 session of the National People's Congress closes on March 11, or at any of the 3 remaining sessions of the current NPC. #NPC2024

[Edward Wong @ewong]

I respect @TheAtlantic. It should issue a correction. No one asked me for comment, or I would've pointed out the false context. The irony is that Rubenstein twisted a line to fit his ideological point — the very act he criticizes. And all serious journalists scrutinize opinions.

[Rachel Cheung @rachel_cheung1]

In my latest for @thewirechina:
For years, Sixth Tone succeeded in carving out a precarious, but unique space in China’s media ecosystem. But conversations with 15 former and current employees reveal how the publication has been neutered over the past year.

[Dake Kang @dakekang]

1/A few days ago, files from a contractor for Chinese police quietly dumped online went viral. But though analysts thought the files authentic, they weren't 100% confident.

Now, after a visit to the company's offices, I can confirm the leak is real:
https://t.co/14WfRkoMrE

[Malachy Browne @malachybrowne]

Good news for journalism. Mark Schoofs, former Buzzfeed editor, is launching a new #OSINT program for a diverse student body and will offer scholarships and other supports to students who need assistance.

[Ishaan Jhaveri @ishaan_jhavs]

When a 2,000-pound bomb detonates, it creates a blastwave that can harm people up to 3,000 feet away. Our Visual Investigation suggests Israel routinely dropped this bomb in the area south of Wadi Gaza - the place it had repeatedly told civilians in Gaza to move to for safety. https://t.co/Ir7GkmvIJI