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Lily Kuo

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China Bureau Chief at The Washington Post

China bureau chief for @washingtonpost. Formerly Beijing bureau chief for @guardian. Previously @qz @qzafrica in Nairobi, Hong Kong, NYC. [email protected]

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  • 6 days ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Lily Kuo

    SHENZHEN, CHINA - APRIL 12: Pedestrians walk past a Nike store with a prominent logo on display at a retail shopping district, while shoppers can be seen inside browsing apparel and footwear products, on April 12, 2025 in Shenzhen, China. China has imposed a new round of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports, raising duties to 125% in response to the latest escalation by the United States, which increased tariffs on Chinese goods to 145%.

  • 1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Lily Kuo

    Amid Trump’s trade war, China launches a PR blitz (and it might win) (washingtonpost.com) Amid Trump’s trade war, China launches a PR blitz (and it might win) By Lily Kuo 2025041709002600 China's propaganda machine is in full churn as Beijing ramps up all of the tools at its disposal to fight a public relations war with President Donald Trump. It may even have a chance to win.

  • 1 week ago | flipboard.com | Lily Kuo

    9 hours agoAs the trade war between China and the US escalates, attention has been focused on the increasingly high levels of tit-for-tat tariffs the two countries are imposing on one another. But slapping reciprocal tariffs on Washington is not the only way Beijing has been able to retaliate. China has now …

  • 1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Lily Kuo

    In latest salvo against tariffs, China assails ‘peasants in the U.S.’ (washingtonpost.com) In latest salvo against tariffs, China assails ‘peasants in the U.S.’ By Lily Kuo 2025041505405900 A senior Chinese official warned Tuesday that President Donald Trump's tariffs would backfire and that soon, "those peasants in the U.S." would "wail in front of the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization." The remarks are the latest Chinese repudiation of Trump's global trade war as Beijing shifts gears from...

  • 1 week ago | flipboard.com | Lily Kuo

    Trump considers pausing his auto tariffs as the world economy endures whiplashWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains. “I’m looking at something to help some of the car companies with it,” Trump told …

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Lily Kuo
Lily Kuo @lilkuo
18 Apr 24

How a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan by ⁦@Yaoyu_c⁩ https://t.co/9Aa0rxnA7b

Lily Kuo
Lily Kuo @lilkuo
5 Apr 24

Chinese state media hail Janet Yellen’s chopsticks skills. “She definitely eats Chinese food on a regular basis.” https://t.co/nw8rLcnpKM

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Lily Kuo @lilkuo
15 Mar 24

Chinese students on their way to the U.S. are being detained, questioned and forced to leave. “Sitting there and waiting, I felt like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered." We spoke to half a dozen Chinese students, plus scholars with similar experiences. https://t.co/6gKGSNQVKy