Rachel Cheung

Staff Writer

Rachel Cheung is a staff writer for The Wire China based in Hong Kong. She previously worked at VICE World News and South China Morning Post, where she won a SOPA Award for Excellence in Arts and Culture Reporting. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Columbia Journalism Review and The Atlantic, among other outlets.

Articles

Heads Roll as China’s Financial Clampdown Continues

The widening of Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive is shaking industry and investor confidence.

Chinese Tourists Aren’t Coming Back Yet

Domestic tourism has recovered since the end of the pandemic as Chinese people prefer to holiday at home.

The Race to Regulate

Beijing is eager for international collaboration on artificial intelligence, arguing that AI is a Pandora’s Box that poses existential threats to humanity if not properly controlled. But as China races ahead with regulating its own AI industry, can it win support for international governance as...

China’s Confucius Institutes Go South

While Western governments are turning against Chinese cultural centers, developing countries are giving them a warmer welcome.