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Christian Shepherd

Asia–Pacific (APAC)

China Correspondent at The Washington Post

Also goes by 马思潭. China correspondent for The Washington Post

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Christian Shepherd
Christian Shepherd @cdcshepherd
7 Apr 25

The photos @Jiankui_He regularly posts on this website — today is no exception — were taken in a PKU-affiliated biotech incubator lab in Beijing. After visiting, we discovered he was barred from the building weeks ago. One of the many oddities in his attempted comeback

Katrina Northrop
Katrina Northrop @NorthropKatrina

But much about his return to science remains murky. We found that he doesn’t have a lab — despite posting photos on X to the contrary. He doesn’t have academic affiliations or access to his passport. And his relationship to the Chinese government is complicated.

Christian Shepherd
Christian Shepherd @cdcshepherd
7 Apr 25

RT @kyleichan: All Americans should think about this chart https://t.co/tRA5N6Qv5r

Christian Shepherd
Christian Shepherd @cdcshepherd
7 Apr 25

RT @NorthropKatrina: He Jiankui, China’s most infamous scientist, is attempting a comeback. He says he remains committed to use gene-editin…