Really happy I got to speak with Hu Anyan about the English translation of his best-selling book, I Deliver Parcels in Beijing. It’s a deeply captivating read that immerses readers in the repetitive, grueling days of a worker in a Chinese metropolis. restofworld.org/2025/hu-anya...

Very glad to see my story on AI and medicine printed in the Guardian this week! If you haven’t read it: restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...

In college, I'd always walk past an unremarkable store in Beijing that sold a variety of trendy, but tacky, toys. That store has turned into Pop Mart, the $45-billion Chinese toy empire behind Labubu, the biggest global fad of 2025. This is my big story/pilgrimage trip to explain how they got here

“DeepSeek is so much better than doctors.” @violazhou.bsky.social is unsettled by the way her mother, a kidney transplant patient in eastern China, relies on an AI chatbot for health advice. But she also recognizes that the bigger problem is a systemic one. restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...

Not long after DeepSeek R1 launched, I discovered that my mother had started using the chatbot as her virtual doctor. I worried about her reliance on AI. But over time, I realized Dr. DeepSeek was offering something no human in her life could. restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...

With 128 GPUs, Mongolian startup Egune AI is training large-language models tailored to Mongolian language, culture, and nomadic traditions. Story on why small nations are building their own LLMs despite limited resources restofworld.org/2025/mongoli... via @restofworld.org

Sendo’s online grocery delivery business is encouraging Vietnamese housewives, store owners, and anyone else with unused fridge space to become a grocery distribution and pickup center, reports @lamle52.bsky.social for @restofworld.org restofworld.org/2025/sendo-f...

With the de minimis change coming up, some Americans are spending thousands of $$ placing “last orders” on Temu, Shein, AliExpress. “I am stocking up on everything I think I will need over the next two to three years.” restofworld.org/2025/temu-sh... via @restofworld.org

NEW: It's not just e-commerce. So much of US businesses rely on China for manufacturing, and Trump's tariff peek-a-boo is leaving them in limbo. I talked to a dozen+ American businesses from mom&pop shops to $100m-revenue brands to unpack why tariffs won't magically bring factories back to the US.

Must-read feature that would have shined in any news magazine, by @violazhou.bsky.social who braved the Michigan snowstorm to bring us a documentary movie-style story of a Chinese EV business in America! restofworld.org/2025/gotion-...

I chatted with @violazhou.bsky.social at @restofworld.org about how she covers the Chinese tech industry. We talked DeepSeek, tariffs, and AI competition for @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Viola Zhou (@violazhou.bsky.social) spent months tracking Chinese EV battery maker Gotion and its efforts to open a Michigan factory. The result is a modern political allegory with few simple solutions. @jacobfeldman.bsky.social & @dvnjr.bsky.social's favorite restofworld.org/2025/gotion-...

Chinese e-commerce merchants, including some on Temu, are using fake shipping labels to trick the U.S. postal service into delivering products for free. Latest for @restofworld.org restofworld.org/2025/temu-se...

NEW: Chinese e-commerce sellers are scamming USPS out of MILLIONS of dollars using fake postage labels restofworld.org/2025/temu-se... Fantastic piece from @violazhou.bsky.social

DeepSeek’s breakthrough shows the strength of China’s AI talent pool. Researcher at a top Silicon Valley company told us they had hired brilliant Chinese interns to work on AI projects. But some turned down full-time offers to return to China. restofworld.org/2025/china-a... via @restofworld.org

For this year’s photo contest, we put out a call asking readers to show us how technology is impacting their world. We received 227 entries from 45 countries — here are the winners restofworld.org/2025/tech-ph...

If you are interested in learning more about #Xiaohongshu #RedNote, @restofworld.org has published many in-depth stories about the community: My story on XHS as an ultra-consumerist app, showing young women a polished, bougie, often-unattainable way of life. restofworld.org/2023/xiaohon...

Despite all the cyber saber-rattling, US and Chinese AI researchers work with each other more than they work with anyone else: restofworld.org/2025/us-chin... Great data-led reporting here from @khadijaalam.bsky.social for @restofworld.org

Sharing my first story w/ @restofworld.org! Excited to be working with this group of creative, passionate and talented colleagues on covering the global tech landscape. How is Chinese tech is affecting your part of the world? Tell me more: [email protected]

While Chinese users know when to self-censor, Americans don’t. On Xiaohongshu aka RedNote, they ask about the Ukraine War, the Chinese govt, gay people. In the comments, some local users reminded the newcomers not to discuss “politics, religion, and drugs.”

In case you missed it, @restofworld.org published three bangers on Friday. First off, @violazhou.bsky.social & @selinacheng.bsky.social on Foxconn's surprise halt on sending people and equipment to India: restofworld.org/2025/china-f...

MY SCOOP w @violazhou.bsky.social 👉 Foxconn staff rotations to India stopped, Chinese expatriates to return home, & equipment exports are held up. Apple overcame tech challenges to make its iPhone Pro Maxes elsewhere, but now, new problems. An obvious one? restofworld.org/2025/china-f...

Foxconn is currently having trouble sending mainland Chinese workers, equipment to its India iPhone plants. It will potential disrupt the production of next-gen iPhones in India. Scoop with @selinacheng.bsky.social restofworld.org/2025/china-f...

Foxconn has stopped sending Chinese workers and equipment to its iPhone factories in India, which could dent Apple's ambition to use its India plants to diversify away from China. Exclusive from @selinacheng.bsky.social and @violazhou.bsky.social for @restofworld.org restofworld.org/2025/china-f...

I'm a big fan of @bloomberg.com's annual jealousy list — and I'm particularly thrilled to see an entry for @violazhou.bsky.social's @restofworld.org story on Chinese immigrants running Temu shipping centers from their homes. Read it if you haven't yet! restofworld.org/2024/chinese...

Got to watch Chinese film Her Story 好东西 in New York. Great witty take on the life of urban, middle-class women caught between family duties and unfulfilled dreams: main character is a former investigative journalist who was forced to stop reporting (reason ofc not given)

India officially banned the Chinese app CamScanner in 2020. The government’s ban prevented new downloads, but those who already had CamScanner on their phones — including some government officials — were likely able to continue using it restofworld.org/2024/india-b...