Isabelle Qian

New York

Reporter at The New York Times

@nytimes I tell visual stories about China. 专注中国视觉报道，讲述普通人的故事。 [email protected] | 讲中文，DM for Signal.

Articles

Una presa grande y misteriosa en China alarma a paĆses vecinos y expertos

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Tiffany May |Isabelle Qian |Suhasini Raj

Hazte a un lado, presa de las Tres Gargantas. El último proyecto colosal de infraestructura de China, de ser completado, será la presa hidroeléctrica más grande del mundo y estará en lo alto de la meseta tibetana en la frontera con la India. China afirma que la central hidroeléctrica de Motuo que está construyendo en el Tíbet es clave en su esfuerzo por cumplir los objetivos de energía limpia.
China's Large and Mysterious Dam Project Is Alarming Neighbors and Experts

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Tiffany May |Isabelle Qian |Suhasini Raj

Step aside, Three Gorges Dam. China's latest colossal infrastructure project, if completed, will be the world's largest hydropower dam, high up in the Tibetan plateau on the border with India. China says the Motuo Hydropower Station it is building in Tibet is key to its effort to meet clean energy targets. Beijing also sees infrastructure projects as a way to stimulate the sluggish Chinese economy and create jobs.
Video: Bracing for Life after TikTok, Americans Join the Chinese Internet

Jan 16, 2025 | nytimes.com | Isabelle Qian |Ben Laffin |Aaron Byrd

new video loaded: Bracing for Life after TikTok, Americans Join the Chinese InternetBackBracing for Life after TikTok, Americans Join the Chinese InternetHundreds of thousands of so-called TikTok refugees are flocking to Xiaohongshu, a Chinese social media app also known as Red Note. Americans users say they feel welcome, but politically sensitive topics are off limits.
Why Did Tens of Thousands of Chinese Students Go on Night Bike Rides?

Nov 17, 2024 | hoover.org | Isabelle Qian |Yan Zhuang

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China: por que dezenas de milhares de estudantes pedalavam juntos à noite, até o governo proibir a prática?

Nov 11, 2024 | estadao.com.br | Isabelle Qian |Yan Zhuang

Os estudantes surgiam em suas bicicletas, às dezenas de milhares, aparentemente do nada. Eles pedalavam durante horas à noite, à luz dos postes de iluminação pública, às vezes cantando versos do hino nacional chinês. Alguns carregavam bandeiras chinesas. Eles estavam fazendo a viagem de cerca de 64 quilômetros da cidade chinesa de Zhengzhou, a capital da província de Henan, até a cidade vizinha de Kaifeng, uma viagem de bicicleta que pode levar até cinco horas só de ida. Por quê?
Why Did Tens of Thousands of Chinese Students Go on Night Bike Rides?

Nov 10, 2024 | nytimes.com | Isabelle Qian |Yan Zhuang

The students would emerge on their bikes, in the tens of thousands, seemingly out of nowhere. Like a flash mob on wheels, they rode for hours in the night, by the light of streetlamps, sometimes bursting into verses of the Chinese national anthem. Some carried Chinese flags. They were making the 40-mile journey from the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, to the neighboring city of Kaifeng, a cycling trip that can take up to five hours one-way. Why? For the sake of it.
'I'm Definitely Re-engaged:' Harris Fuels Energy Among Georgia's South Asian Voters

Aug 3, 2024 | nytimes.com | Isabelle Qian |Alex Pena |Alex Peña

Harris Fuels Hope and Skepticism With Georgia's South Asian VotersIn Georgia, a critical swing state President Biden won by less than 12,000 votes in 2020, Kamala Harris' political identity has prompted renewed interest among Asian Americans, the fastest-growing group of eligible voters in the United States. It's just after 6 a.m. at a mosque in suburban Georgia, and the topic of discussion over breakfast is Kamala Harris. "Let's see what happens, right.
Harris Fuels Hope and Skepticism With Georgia's South Asian Voters

Aug 3, 2024 | nytimes.com | Isabelle Qian |Alex Pena |Alex Peña |Amy Marino
Harris Fuels Hope and Skepticism With Georgia's South Asian Voters

Aug 3, 2024 | nytimes.com | Isabelle Qian |Alex Pena |Alex Peña |Amy Marino
Por qué estas madres trabajadoras chinas no quieren tener más hijos

Jun 26, 2024 | clarin.com | Isabelle Qian

Una dirige un equipo en una empresa financiera y gana más que su marido. Otra persigue su sueño de convertirse en funcionaria pública. Una tercera es un influencer en ciernes que aspira a ser el sostén de la familia. Cada mujer está criando a un hijo pequeño y no quiere otro, sin importar lo que diga su marido o los incentivos que ofrezca el gobierno chino, preocupado por el envejecimiento de la población. Atrás quedaron los días de la política de hijo único de China.