@ewong.bsky.social
Diplomatic Correspondent for The New York Times
NEW: A State Dept. cable says Chinese intelligence officers interrogated a Commerce Dept. employee about his US Army service. He was visiting relatives in Chengdu. When US diplomats escorted him to Beijing, officers followed. He can't leave China. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...
22.07.2025 00:03 — 👍 71 🔁 23 💬 2 📌 5
Trump and Xi Jinping will likely meet this year, Sec. Marco Rubio told us at an Asian diplomatic forum in Malaysia. He met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi. They spoke about potential cooperation, but Trump's tariffs loom over everything. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
11.07.2025 18:04 — 👍 36 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 1
Sec. Marco Rubio has landed in Malaysia for meetings with top Asian diplomats and others. China and Russia are here. He plans to meet with Lavrov on Thursday. US allies are frustrated by Trump's new tariff threats. My story from his trip to Kuala Lumpur: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...
10.07.2025 01:15 — 👍 47 🔁 10 💬 18 📌 3
The State Dept. is investigating episodes in which someone used AI to impersonate Sec. Rubio over text and voice messages to other US officials and top foreign diplomats. @washingtonpost.com reported details earlier. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...
08.07.2025 18:00 — 👍 58 🔁 13 💬 15 📌 9
NEW: China and Russia are keeping Iran at arm's length during the crisis. They didn't rush to aid Iran as it was being pummeled by the US and Israel. Is there actually an "axis" among these nations and North Korea, as some US and UK officials said? Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u...
06.07.2025 16:43 — 👍 59 🔁 16 💬 15 📌 1
Sixty Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to Rubio telling him to refrain from mass layoffs at the State Dept. He plans to fire about 2,000 employees. One official said about 700 will be career diplomats. Anxiety is running high in the agency. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
27.06.2025 18:38 — 👍 113 🔁 39 💬 10 📌 0
It was an honor for me to have known Rod and to see him work when our paths crossed in Baghdad at the height of the Iraq War. He reported from Vietnam, Lebanon, El Salvador, the Persian Gulf, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/b...
26.06.2025 22:59 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NEW: The Trump administration is asking at least 58 nations — including ones at war or that torture prisoners — to accept deportees who aren't their citizens, according to US documents obtained by @nytimes.com. Gift link to our definitive story on the deals: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...
25.06.2025 12:07 — 👍 176 🔁 123 💬 24 📌 8
NEW: The Trump administration is asking at least 58 nations — including ones at war or that torture prisoners — to accept deportees who aren't their citizens, according to US documents obtained by @nytimes.com. Gift link to our definitive story on the deals: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...
25.06.2025 12:07 — 👍 176 🔁 123 💬 24 📌 8Le Bureau or The Americans
23.06.2025 01:34 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NEW: Is the US at war with Iran, and did Trump act illegally when he ordered the strikes? Here's what you need to know. Our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
23.06.2025 00:08 — 👍 64 🔁 16 💬 33 📌 4
Strange to see this pop up on my Facebook feed less than 24 hours after the start of a US war with Iran. Photographer @alanschin.bsky.social and I were reporting two decades ago from an Iraqi police patrol in Basra — as America struggled through this war of choice.
22.06.2025 23:22 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Almost 20 years ago, I was a reporter for the Times of London in Jerusalem. Ahead of every international summit/UN meeting, Israel would leak satellite images of Iran building up its nuclear capabilities.
(A reminder of how long they have been laying the groundwork for public support on this war).
Edward Wong's epic reading list - sparked by his Orwell Prize-shortlisted memoir At the Edge of Empire - takes in Tolstoy, Proust, Joan Didion, Hisham Matar and more.
📚 Browse the books and read @ewong.bsky.social's reflections on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/empi...
Mike, thanks for your support and for being such a great colleague through the years!
19.06.2025 18:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Was an honor to attend the Baifang Schell book prize ceremony at @asiasociety.org presented by @chinabksreview.bsky.social . This year @ewong.bsky.social book “At the Edge of Empire” and Yang Shuangzi’s “Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel” were recognized.
19.06.2025 17:36 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The State Department under Rubio is resuming the processing of student and visiting scholar visas after a halt of nearly a month. But it's now checking social media accounts of applicants to look for what it calls "hostility" to the U.S. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
18.06.2025 23:30 — 👍 76 🔁 32 💬 20 📌 8
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
18.06.2025 20:14 — 👍 16870 🔁 6861 💬 441 📌 501
A State Dept. cable says the Trump administration might add up to 36 countries — most in Africa — to a list of 21 countries on which it imposed a full or partial travel ban this month. Citizens can't get visas to the US. Our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
17.06.2025 17:23 — 👍 575 🔁 230 💬 100 📌 228I’m honored to be among these 12 Orwell Prize finalists for “At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China.” Here, we each try to explain why we write: lithub.com/making-sense...
17.06.2025 12:53 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
NEW: Trump talks big on peace and diplomacy: on Iran, the Ukraine and Gaza wars, and tariffs with China. But he fails to meet goals. The US could be drawn into a new Middle East war as Trump supports Israel striking Iran. Gift link to our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
13.06.2025 17:42 — 👍 76 🔁 27 💬 14 📌 1
Updates from @nytimes.com
13.06.2025 02:11 — 👍 88 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 5The Israelis are calling this a "preemptive" strike. Whether you agree or disagree with this attack, these are not - from what we know tonight - "preemptive" strikes. The Israelis are using that word for a reason. Read on. /1
13.06.2025 01:15 — 👍 2453 🔁 651 💬 49 📌 72
Father's Day is coming up. Here's dad with his face on the US, UK and Taiwan covers of my book, "At the Edge of Empire." It tells the epic story of China through his time in Mao's army, and through the changes I witnessed. More on the book and ordering: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602734...
10.06.2025 18:30 — 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Today at the Hoover Institution in DC, I'll moderate a talk with Joseph Torigian on his great biography of Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping and comrade of Mao. "The Party's Interests Come First." Bob Zoellick will take part. Join us at 5 pm: www.hoover.org/events/party...
12.06.2025 13:51 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you're in DC and interested in Asia, it's a rich week for speakers. Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social talks about his new book on dissenters in Hong Kong, Burma and Thailand, "Milk Tea Alliance," at the National Press Club on 6/12, Thursday, at 6 pm. Info: www.press.org/events/npc-h...
12.06.2025 02:00 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0NEW: The board of the Fulbright Program has just resigned after accusing Trump aides of political interference. They say a State Dept. office under Rubio and Darren Beattie has cancelled scholarships to nearly 200 US professors and researchers. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
11.06.2025 14:37 — 👍 1634 🔁 846 💬 36 📌 101
Father's Day is coming up. Here's dad with his face on the US, UK and Taiwan covers of my book, "At the Edge of Empire." It tells the epic story of China through his time in Mao's army, and through the changes I witnessed. More on the book and ordering: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602734...
10.06.2025 18:30 — 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
For people in DC: I'll be giving a talk on my biography of Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping on Thursday (June 12).
@ewong.bsky.social is moderating and Bob Zoellick will be discussant.
www.hoover.org/events/party...
NEW:
Buyer With Ties to Chinese Communist Party Got V.I.P. Treatment at Trump Crypto Dinner
The warm welcome for a technology executive whose purchases of the $TRUMP coin won him a White House tour illustrates inconsistencies in Trump's views toward visitors from China
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