NYTIMES (Li Yuan) - How an Act of Vandalism Helped a Dissident Find His Voice
Li Ying, known as Teacher Li to his 2.2 million followers on X, doesn’t live in China but still faces smear campaigns and death threats. He is not letting that stop him.
NYTIMES (Li Yuan) - China Mourned an Education Influencer. The Grief Was a Quiet Revolt.
Zhang Xuefeng helped people navigate the country’s unforgiving higher education system. The public outpouring after his death was a quiet rebuke to the punishing process.
NYTIMES (Li Yuan) - Laid Off in Midlife, China’s Reform Generation Braces for Downward Mobility
The future once seemed boundless for those who grew up during China’s reform era. Now in middle age, they are pinned between economic stagnation and institutional age discrimination.