Lili Pike

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Lili Pike is a reporter at Foreign Policy covering U.S.-China relations, China’s foreign affairs, and the country’s response to climate change. Before joining FP, she reported on China and climate change at GridVoxInside Climate News, and China Dialogue. She is a graduate of Harvard College and New York University, where she received a master’s in science journalism. A native of California’s San Francisco Bay Area, she lived in Beijing for four years and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Articles by Lili Pike
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center, meets with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, left, and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi before a meeting regarding the Iranian nuclear issue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center, meets with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, left, and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi before a meeting regarding the Iranian nuclear issue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.
A bright red screen large enough to take up an entire wall shows large images of Xi Jinping. People are seen in shadowed silhouette, backlit by the screen, as they mill about a museum exhibit.
A bright red screen large enough to take up an entire wall shows large images of Xi Jinping. People are seen in shadowed silhouette, backlit by the screen, as they mill about a museum exhibit.
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance greets President Donald Trump's nominee to be under secretary of defense for policy, Elbridge Colby during Colby's confirmation hearing on March 4 in Washington.
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance greets President Donald Trump's nominee to be under secretary of defense for policy, Elbridge Colby during Colby's confirmation hearing on March 4 in Washington.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference.
Smoke rises from a factory of China Baowu Steel Group in Taiyuan, China.
Smoke rises from a factory of China Baowu Steel Group in Taiyuan, China.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shake hands as they pose for a photo.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shake hands as they pose for a photo.
About 20 people of a crowd are seen holding signs under a gray sky and the large white dome of the U.S. Capitol building in the background. Many of the signs; a boy about 12 at the front of the crowd holds a hand-lettered sign that says "Both my parents lost their jobs due to President Musk. How does this make America great again?"
About 20 people of a crowd are seen holding signs under a gray sky and the large white dome of the U.S. Capitol building in the background. Many of the signs; a boy about 12 at the front of the crowd holds a hand-lettered sign that says "Both my parents lost their jobs due to President Musk. How does this make America great again?"
An illustration shows a scribbled tangled line connecting the flags of the U.S. and China on either side. Behind the line is the out-of-focus face of Joe Biden.
An illustration shows a scribbled tangled line connecting the flags of the U.S. and China on either side. Behind the line is the out-of-focus face of Joe Biden.
A view of Marathon Petroleum's refinery in Carson, California, on April 25, 2020.
A view of Marathon Petroleum's refinery in Carson, California, on April 25, 2020.
A close-up photo of George Glass's face.
A close-up photo of George Glass's face.
U.S. President Joe Biden meets employees of the Lobito Atlantic Railway at the Port of Lobito in Lobito, Angola, on Dec. 4.
U.S. President Joe Biden meets employees of the Lobito Atlantic Railway at the Port of Lobito in Lobito, Angola, on Dec. 4.
A close photo of David Perdue with his hand up holding a pen.
A close photo of David Perdue with his hand up holding a pen.
An employee works on an aluminum piston ring production line at a factory that produces car parts in the city of Binzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province, on Oct. 14.
An employee works on an aluminum piston ring production line at a factory that produces car parts in the city of Binzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province, on Oct. 14.
Elon Musk and Li Keqiang, both wearing suits and seated with a side table holding flowers between them. Behind them is a red Chinsese painting in a paneled room.
Elon Musk and Li Keqiang, both wearing suits and seated with a side table holding flowers between them. Behind them is a red Chinsese painting in a paneled room.
Activists demonstrate in support of climate finance grants for poor countries at the U.N. Climate Change Conference.
Activists demonstrate in support of climate finance grants for poor countries at the U.N. Climate Change Conference.