Elsie Chen

@AP reporter covering China. Harvard Nieman Fellow ‘24. Previously @nytimes in Beijing and Seoul.

[Elsie Chen @elsiechenyi]

Probably cutest story that I have written for a while…

[The Associated Press @AP]

'Puppy Mountain' photo draws onlookers to a Chinese riverside https://t.co/eThAkX1sfA

[The Associated Press @AP]

Tesla has sued its own customers for defamation in China after they’ve complained about the safety of their cars — and won just about every time. https://t.co/CnzJ11kdrM

[Dake Kang @dakekang]

1/In the US, Elon Musk says he champions free speech. In China, his car company, Tesla, is silencing criticism - with the backing of the state.

Tesla China sued car owners, outlets and bloggers pointing out safety issues - and has won almost every case.
https://t.co/xIiZhW75Go

[The Associated Press @AP]

Welcome to China’s underground raves, from street techno to quotes from Chairman Mao https://t.co/kbWo9iaXBY

[Dake Kang @dakekang]

Had a lot of fun with @elsiechenyi on this story, hanging out with a crew of state workers-turned-DJs, firefighters-turned-bartenders, and an art student with piercings and dyed hair. This one of the fun, edgy sides of China that foreigners rarely get to hear about these days.

[Elsie Chen @elsiechenyi]

@ByChunHan @teamlipei 他是你雇的水军吗

[Elsie Chen @elsiechenyi]

@ByChunHan 哇哦 给我签名

[FAN Wenxin @xinwenfan]

Shanghai saw some hope of easing a six weeks of strict lockdown, then authorities are again tightening Covid-19 restrictions ⁦@caocli⁩ https://t.co/O8VupYn2gA

[妓者读报 @HoesomeChina]

Shanghai residents say that they can’t get daily necessities delivery during the lockdown while the local TV reports that the fresh food supply is ample. Netizens comment: “I wouldn’t follow the Pulitzer Prize anymore if this photo wasn’t awarded this year.”#ZeroCovid

[妓者读报 @HoesomeChina]

Ma Xue'e, an employee at Yikang pharmacy in Xi'An, fruit shop owner in Xi'an and director of Gedangdian Hospital in Henan talked to state media about her experience during the latest Omicron outbreak. Comment from Chinese internet: "a magical and mysterious woman" #zerocovid

[John Delury @JohnDelury]

The Mung-Hitters of South Korea need to organize a bilateral zone out with the Lying-Flatters of mainland China

#멍때리기 #躺平 solidarity!

h/t @elsiechenyi

https://t.co/01k9LlXmV8

[妓者读报 @HoesomeChina]

A performance art piece created by a student of the Beijing Film Academy went viral on Weibo but disappeared quickly. In the piece, a student is trapped in a cage with a mask covering his eyes, and a card above the cage reads "Don't get out of the cage unless necessary".

[New York Times World @nytimesworld]

His weekend broadsheet laid the groundwork for a golden era of Chinese journalism in the 1990s and 2000s, when the government somewhat loosened its tight control over the news media. https://t.co/Mrx5GRRvZ3

[纽约时报中文网 @nytchinese]

左方帮助创办了中国改革开放时代最具影响力的这份报纸，他和《南方周末》被视为“一个时代的象征”。
《南方周末》曾主导国内辩论，也曾向当权者问责，以犀利的调查报道和打动人心的特写闻名。左方认为，报章有责任用科学和民主的思想启发民众。他于近日去世，享年86岁。https://t.co/c8kmcoNeNE

[FAN Wenxin @xinwenfan]

Obituary of a Chinese newspaper man is another elegy of the paper he edited. Why didn't that kind of journalism survive? Will similar journalism still existing do better? #南方周末

[Elsie Chen @elsiechenyi]

您这中文还行啊

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

系统的目的不是帮助你，而是控制你。 无论您感到多么孤立，请永远不要忘记您并不孤单���对新兴世代的剥削是一场全球斗争。

(对不起，我可怜的中文。'-.-)
https://t.co/KwgTgKqbae

[Elsie Chen @elsiechenyi]

Zhang Xinmin is happy that his song got so much attention after my story. An NHK documentary also used his song together with an interview of his favorite writer Liang Wendao.

[Rita Liao @ritacyliao]

No lying flat and no slacking off 不躺平，不摸鱼 - metro banners in Shenzhen try to inspire high tech park commuters

[Elsie Chen @elsiechenyi]

Luo Huazhong must be happy to see that the "lying flat" movement is spreading in America! https://t.co/9qfow5fnwP

[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

“A powerful China should also be a fair and just China…China is one of the worst countries in terms of redistribution, despite being a socialist country. Public spending is overly concentrated in cities, elite schools and so on.”
@ChuBailiang @jotted https://t.co/nWJv6v3PnS