Author Archives: mitchell b.

My new article in The Daily Beast about miracle cures and fake news on Chinese web surrounding coronavirus

 On 3/2/2020, Public health workers in Hong Kong stepped up a strike to demand the total closure of the border with mainland China. When you find the worker is welly organized by the politicians from the so-call “pan-democrat”, it’s very easy to discover “an invisible hand” behind the political struggle in Hong Kong. To understandContinue reading “An “invisible hand” behind the political struggles in Hong Kong?”

I opened a 抖音 (#Douyin, the OG version of #TikTok) account this week! Here’s my first video about celebrating #SpringFestival with foreigners in Nanjing, #China. . . . #springfestival2020#springfest#春节#春节2020… https://instagram.com/p/B7xUPTPlPsJ/?igshid=1jk02svod7pbz

Juneyao Airlines is touching down in England! The airline, which is based in Shanghai, already offers daily flights to Helsinki. Now it is going to continue to Manchester three days a week starting in March 2020. The flight to Helskini takes about 3 hours, followed by about 9 hours to Shanghai. Those are flights HO1607 (toContinue reading “Shanghai airline Juneyao extends routes to Manchester”

The Singapore Straits Times‘s travel editor wrote about his trip from Shanghai to Dandong in an article that was published online on October 19. Traveling with executive multimedia editor Ashleigh Sims, Lee Siew Hua stopped in Wuzhen, Jinan, and Shenyang, before looking across the river at North Korea. Among the highlights: Twice a day, on a lofty, swayingContinue reading “Straits Times editor takes trip on Chinese rail to North Korea border”

I am a columnist and freelance writer based in China and Hong Kong who covers politics and travel