Hello! I’m a writer driven by endless curiosity about the human experience. Storytelling When reporting the news or designing products, I ask: How? And why? Learn more Portfolio Categories All Essays Journalism UX Design In China, Iowa Farmers Try Their Hand at Trade Diplomacy Subscription Value Props Health Vision Story Missing Man Reunites with Family Beijing Boots Migrants to Trim Population China’s Booming Housing Market Becomes Impossible to Tame Rising High Above Beijing, a Security Puzzle Western Cities Want to Slow Flood of Chinese Home Buying, Nothing Works Three-Part Series: Housing Affordability How to Talk to Your Parents About Politics: Part 1 How to Talk to Your Parents About Politics: Part 2 Lifestyle Dashboard China Looks to Build a Major City from Scratch China’s Got Talent, and Cities Are Fighting for a Piece of It Rich, Young Chinese Are Buying Overseas Properties on Their Smartphones China’s Ghost Towns Haunt its Economy Immigration Struggles End in Happy Reunion How a Cyclist Survived a Harrowing Crash Melanoma Health Report Travel Essays Collection Chinese Cities Buy Off Housing Glut with Borrowed Money China’s Hot Housing Market Begins to Cool