Melinda Liu

Melinda Liu is Newsweek’s Beijing bureau chief and the co-author of Beijing Spring, about the events of April-June 1989.

 

Stories by Melinda Liu
Left: A woman, who has recovered from the COVID-19 infection, is disinfected by volunteers as she arrives at a hotel for a 14-day quarantine after being discharged from a hospital in Wuhan, China, on March 1. Right: A passenger wears a mask on the Metro in Washington, D.C., on March 16.

A Tale of Two Quarantines
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A man wearing a protective face mask walks in a nearly empty shopping mall, a few minutes after rush hour, in Beijing on Feb. 24.

How Do You Keep China’s Economy Running With 750 Million in Quarantine?
Dispatch |
Riot police detain a pro-democracy demonstrator in the Yuen Long district of Hong Kong on Oct. 21.

Hong Kong’s Future: Police State or Mob State?
Report |
G-20 summit dinner

Trump’s Credibility With China Plummets
Analysis |
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Japan.

Xi Jinping Has Embraced Vladimir Putin—for Now
Analysis |
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