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Katrina Northrop

Katrina Northrop

Staff Writer

katrina@thewire.media

Articles

The Great Expulsion

In the past year, foreign journalists have been forced to leave China in droves, closing the door for reporting on the world's second largest economy. Now, the whole world will be forced to deal with the consequences.

The Crypto Kid

Earlier this month, rioters at the U.S. Capitol chanted anti-China slogans on a Chinese-owned app. This is the story of how a Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur named Justin Sun found his vision for the internet overlapping with far-right extremists.

The Snowden Effect

Seven years ago, Edward Snowden's leaked documents had an unintended impact in Beijing. Today, as most U.S.-China tensions revolve around technology and cyberspace, we're dealing with the consequences.