Retired broadcaster 33 years @voanews. Broadcast to Asia & Africa. Working on family history involving Liverpool, North Wales, Rochester, NY and Haverhill, MA.
"The number of correspondents from American media outlets allowed to work in China has now fallen to an alarmingly low level, at a time when the need for people everywhere to understand China is greater than ever."
This is Vivian Wang, China Correspondent for NY Times. She was just expelled from China in a very troubling decision. Vivian is an excellent correspondent and a solid professional. Voices Unbound calls on China to reverse this unfortunate decision. https://t.co/TjysY9xepK
“Chinese officials had complained for months about Ms. Wang’s coverage, which focused on the lives of ordinary Chinese people and often addressed sensitive matters such as censorship, [COVID], and the steady expansion of China’s security state.”
https://t.co/IV2pUlkXJt
NEW: The NYT sent an email to freelancers today forbidding contributors from submitting "any material for publication that contains content generated, modified or enhanced" by generative AI.
The "reminder" follows a string of AI incidents at the paper:
https://t.co/eQPpUhJrkS
An estimated 600,000 people paid $100 deposits for the T1 Phone. Yet, nearly nine months later, the phone hasn't been released and there is no release date listed on the Trump Mobile website. https://t.co/tUzXA4HgQj
#ICYMI: A must-read piece on the curious direction of Xi’s tenure
Xi Jinping spent 13 years building a military to rival that of the United States. But the stronger the Chinese forces grew, the less he trusted the generals he had handpicked to run them
https://t.co/OADozCBT0u
"A new law had recently been proposed: Now, a person accused of a crime in Hong Kong could be sent to the mainland for trial and punishment.
About two million of Hong Kong’s seven million residents took to the streets in protest.
Jimmy Lai went to the front line, and his presence was noted by every journalist and camera in sight.
Near the end of the evening, I gathered the courage to ask what I think everyone else was also wondering. 'Why do you do this, Jimmy?' Why did he take such risks?
He looked at me, pellucid and unguarded. 'It’s just me,' he said. 'It’s who I am. What can I do?'"
#FreeJimmyLai
https://t.co/1XGS9TjeGF
Breaking News: The London rooftop where the Beatles played their final gig will open to the public next year, the band’s record label said.
https://t.co/5KrKi50k3P
BREAKING: Leon Botstein, the embattled president of Bard College, has resigned -- one day after an investigation by a firm commissioned by the college revealed his longtime ties to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, the Miami Herald has learned. His resignation letter, which makes no reference to Epstein, was sent out to students this afternoon by the college's PR department. 1/
Kim's column for the May 2026 Journal of the North American Shortwave Association (NASWA) contains Kim's testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The testimony explains the role of VOA and argues for maintaining VOA's funding for FY 2027.
https://t.co/W33Ln8Ygv0
Stars and Stripes Ombudsman: The Pentagon is trying to silence me and to destroy editorial independence of the publication.
The job was created by Congress. The paper's independence is enshrined in law.
Read more:
https://t.co/TewtQserCc
The Chernobyl exclusion zone is both haunting and full of life. For the 40th anniversary of the disaster, I worked on this photo essay with legendary Italian photographer Pierpaolo Mittica for @NatGeo https://t.co/FI5poB82KD