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
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 |
Protesters demonstrate against the now-suspended extradition bill on June 16 in Hong Kong.

Ich Bin Ein Hong Konger
Analysis |
Protesters hold placards and shout slogans as they take part in a rally against the extradition law outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong on May 4.

How Hong Kong’s Unrest Plays to Beijing’s Hawks
Report |
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