Melissa Chan

Melissa Chan is a reporter focused on transnational issues. She covers China’s influence beyond its borders and the rise of global authoritarianism. She is a contributor to the Global Reporting Centre in Vancouver, Canada.

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A man uses a bottle to feed his newborn baby.
A man uses a bottle to feed his newborn baby.

Baby Formula Marketing Practices Are Still Too Aggressive

The Full Story
Melissa Chan
Flowers and photographs lay at a democracy statue in Hong Kong.
Flowers and photographs lay at a democracy statue in Hong Kong.

Nathan Law’s Lesson for Democracies

Review
Melissa Chan
An illustration photo taken on Jan. 25 shows the Clubhouse app on a smartphone.
An illustration photo taken on Jan. 25 shows the Clubhouse app on a smartphone.

China Ends the Clubhouse Spring

Argument
Melissa Chan
US President Donald Trump (R) walks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a break in talks at the second US-North Korea summit at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi on Feb 28, 2019.
US President Donald Trump (R) walks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a break in talks at the second US-North Korea summit at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi on Feb 28, 2019.

Strategic Lunacy Doesn’t Play in Reality

Review
Melissa Chan
A Chinese bank employee counts new 50-yuan notes with a money counting machine at a bank counter in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on August 30, 2019.
A Chinese bank employee counts new 50-yuan notes with a money counting machine at a bank counter in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on August 30, 2019.

When the Numbers Don’t Add Up in China

Review
Melissa Chan
Thae Yong-ho, a former North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom, on Jan. 19, 2017.
Thae Yong-ho, a former North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom, on Jan. 19, 2017.

The Future of Korean Politics Might Be This Defector From Pyongyang This article has an audio recording

Profile
Melissa Chan
Employees of the Gabonese pharmaceutical factory Sogafam
Employees of the Gabonese pharmaceutical factory Sogafam

The Remaking of Big Pharma in a Post-Pandemic World This article has an audio recording

Argument
Ethan Guillén, Melissa Chan
A rescue worker wearing a protective suit checks on a driver at a roadblock near Milan, Italy, on Feb. 24.
A rescue worker wearing a protective suit checks on a driver at a roadblock near Milan, Italy, on Feb. 24.

The West Is About to Fail the Coronavirus Test This article has an audio recording

Argument
Melissa Chan, Ethan Guillén
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the nation in his first-prime address from the Oval Office of the White House on January 8, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Carlos Barria-Pool/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the nation in his first-prime address from the Oval Office of the White House on January 8, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Carlos Barria-Pool/Getty Images)

Welcome to the People’s Democratic Republic of America

Argument
Melissa Chan
Raul Castro talks with First Vice President Miguel Diaz Canel, during the homage for the 50th anniversary of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's death, in Santa Clara, Cuba, on Oct. 8, 2017. (YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
Raul Castro talks with First Vice President Miguel Diaz Canel, during the homage for the 50th anniversary of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's death, in Santa Clara, Cuba, on Oct. 8, 2017. (YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)

Cuban Communism Is at Its Reform-or-Die Moment

Argument
Melissa Chan
University of California at Irvine Economics Professor Peter Navarro, head of White House National Trade Council nominee for president-elect Donald Trump, arrives in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. A top congressional ally to Trump said Thursday that Republicans will repeal Obamacare, including some funding provisions, quickly while a replacement plan is due in "six to eight months." Photographer: Albin Lohr-Jones/Pool via Bloomberg
University of California at Irvine Economics Professor Peter Navarro, head of White House National Trade Council nominee for president-elect Donald Trump, arrives in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. A top congressional ally to Trump said Thursday that Republicans will repeal Obamacare, including some funding provisions, quickly while a replacement plan is due in "six to eight months." Photographer: Albin Lohr-Jones/Pool via Bloomberg

Trump’s Top China Expert Isn’t a China Expert

Tea Leaf Nation
Melissa Chan
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Will Trump Strike a Grand Bargain With China?

ChinaFile
Melissa Chan, Zha Daojiong, Andrew Nathan, David Schlesinger, Paul Haenle
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The Complicated and Contradictory Legacy of Harry Wu

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Isaac Stone Fish, Melissa Chan
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Chinese Hackers Are Getting Dangerously Good at English

Argument
Melissa Chan
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