Yuan Li (journalist)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yuan.

Yuan Li (Chinese: 袁莉; pinyin: Yuan Li; born c. 1972) is a Chinese-American journalist, columnist, and podcast host.[1] She is an Asia technology columnist for The New York Times, where she writes the The New New World column focusing on China's influence on global business, politics, and society.[2] Yuan is also the founder and host of the Chinese-language podcast "Conservation with Yuan Li" (不明白播客), which discusses contemporary Chinese social, economic, and political issues by delivering uncensored interviews with experts and ordinary Chinese. [3][4]

Life and work

Yuan was born and grew up in Yinchuan, the capital of China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.[1] As a child, she developed an interest in journalism after reading interviews by Italian reporter Oriana Fallaci, including her conversation with Deng Xiaoping.[5]

She studied at Huazhong Normal University in China before pursuing graduate studies in the United States. In 2002, Yuan earned a Master of Science in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and later a Master of Science in international relations from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.[4]

Yuan began her journalism career in the late 1990s at the state-run Xinhua News Agency in Beijing, where she served as an international news editor. She was later posted as a foreign correspondent in Southeast and South Asia, covering events in Thailand (based in Bangkok), Laos, and war-torn Afghanistan (based in Kabul).[4] .

In 2004, Yuan joined The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) as a technology reporter in New York, focusing on U.S. telecommunications and the early mobile internet boom. She advanced to become a columnist for WSJ.com and, in 2008, relocated to Beijing as editor of the WSJ's Chinese-language website.[6] During her 14 years at WSJ, Yuan split time between New York, Beijing, and Hong Kong, covering China's rise as a technology power, gender issues in the tech industry, state control in tech companies, and internet censorship.[7][4]

In May 2018, Yuan joined The New York Times as its inaugural Asia technology columnist, based initially in Hong Kong.[5] She authors the biweekly The New New World column, which examines China's domestic policies and their global ripple effects, including topics like the U.S.-China tech rivalry, the MeToo movement, the zero-COVID policy, economic slowdowns, and AI development.[2][8]

In May 2022, Yuan co-founded a Chinese-language podcast "Conversations with Yuan Li” (不明白播客, Bù Míng Bái Podcast) as the producer and host. The podcast is available on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Podcast,[9] and aims to "provide uncensored interviews with experts and ordinary Chinese about current affairs in China".[4]

Reference

  1. ^ a b "Li Yuan – The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  2. ^ a b "The New New World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  3. ^ "关于不明白播客". 不明白播客. Archived from the original on 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Li Yuan". Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies. 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  5. ^ a b "Li Yuan Joins The Times as Inaugural Asia Technology Columnist". The New York Times Company. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  6. ^ "Li Yuan — Former Reporter at The Wall Street Journal". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  7. ^ "Li Yuan – The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  8. ^ "Li Yuan". china.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  9. ^ "不明白播客 – 一起探寻真理与答案". bumingbai.net. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
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