Sophia Yan
Sophia Yan is an award-winning reporter who chases stories all over the world. She covers extensively the rise of China, and has reported all sorts of other stories, from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests to gender issues in Japan for CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg News, and Time Magazine. Sophia spent a couple of years as a reporter in DC before saying 再见 in 2012 for Hong Kong and Beijing, where she’s been ever since. She tweets @sophia_yan and contributes to SupChina.
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Bringing a dumpling to life: Q&A with Domee Shi, Pixar director of ‘Bao’
Domee Shi is the first female director of a short film by Pixar Animation Studios. Her piece, the recently released Bao, is a whimsical story loosely…
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From xiaolongbao to siu mai: A primer on the Chinese dumpling
Illustration by Hannah Bae / @eatdrinkdraw No question about it: Dumplings are a quintessential Chinese dish — delicious fillings stuffed into a thin shell, boiled…
China’s hottest granny, at 70, has big plans ahead
Photos courtesy of Han Bin She’s graceful and elegant, with a packed schedule as a sought-after model and spokeswoman in China. And she just turned…