A family’s reckoning with China: Edward Wong

24/05/2025 25 min
A family’s reckoning with China: Edward Wong

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The New York Times journalist, Edward Wong has written a sweeping history of modern China alongside two personal stories: his and his father’s. Edward Wong's father, disillusioned with Communism, fled China for Hong Kong and later the USA.When Edward became Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times, he was drawn into investigating his father's past even as he assessed a resurgent China under Xi Jinping.