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In-depth Reporting
“Either you cover the world or you don’t. There are no halfway measures.” A collection of my in-depth stories published in the Global Times from 2009 to 2014.
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Off the square
Off the square
Realizing she would be competing with international peers in the global job market, Luo Tingxuan, a third-year student of the…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Winning Uyghurs’ hearts
Winning Uyghurs’ hearts
“Wanted: a pair of men’s shoes, size 56, or American size 15.5.”
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Rape as a weapon
Rape as a weapon
As a surgeon, Suleiman Refadi says he is not interested in what is wrong with a patient’s heart. But when some of his patients asked for…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Libya’s rebel voices: Many thoughts allowed to contend in a new media war
Libya’s rebel voices: Many thoughts allowed to contend in a new media war
Despite continued fighting on the outskirts of this “liberated” city, a sense of normalcy is returning as people go to work, go shopping…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Dispatches from libya
Dispatches from libya
As I madly pack my bags for Libya, I’m struck by an odd thought: Reporters are similar to people who live near volcanoes; we know how to…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Inequities fuel imported rage
Inequities fuel imported rage
Terrorists who spilled blood and bombed a building last month have again shaken Uyghur and Han residents in two cities along the ancient…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
A community outreach
A community outreach
The six young Uyghur men standing in front of a Xinjiang restaurant seem on edge. They want to go in to have lunch but they’ve been told…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Veiled admonishment
Veiled admonishment
Gulimila Maimaiti isn’t all that comfortable with the compliments her new look is getting at her job with a local training center. The…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Reporters behaving badly
Reporters behaving badly
A group of Beijing journalists are doing what all reporters seem to do best after hours; eating, drinking and gossiping at their favorite…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
The regional news muzzle
The regional news muzzle
News editors, who know they can’t very well dig up too much dirt on local leaders without risking their jobs, often send their reporters to…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Supervised studies in North Korea
Supervised studies in North Korea
Ke Juping says the first time she saw North Korea’s “great leader” Kim Jong-il, she wanted to crawl in a hole to avoid the awkward…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Wukan’s democracy
Wukan’s democracy
Wukan, a fishing village in Guangdong, known for last year’s three-month long protests against local authorities over land disputes and…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Blue-eyed sex for sale
Blue-eyed sex for sale
Men might be forgiven for feeling flattered or even interested, when the blonde bombshell with blue eyes winks and purses her lips like an…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Yecheng after the attack
Yecheng after the attack
Chen Bixia, 42, has been lying in bed weeping for days. She has barely eaten or slept since she witnessed her husband being murdered by…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Miss where?
Miss where?
On the surface, the Miss Tibet pageant held in Dharamsala, India, isn’t much different from other beauty contests: Bikini-clad babes sing…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Coming out on campus
Coming out on campus
Four years ago, Xiaohang was so afraid of being outed she waited until the last minute before sneaking into a talk about homosexuality at…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Blending law and faith
Blending law and faith
Spot the one odd out. Gap, H&M, Zara and Tibetan nuns. Many were shocked at the sight of nuns wearing habits running around and exploring…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
The march of the barefoot lawyers
The march of the barefoot lawyers
He works from home in what he calls a “law firm.” He has taken on cases for more than 1,000 farmers in a career spanning three decades…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Bullied out of the closet
Bullied out of the closet
When the teacher asked how many boys and girls were in the class, one boy loudly answered, “we have 22.5 boys and 22.5 girls.” All the…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Giving it away
Giving it away
Her first free sex was given to a boy from a village. The boy hovered outside of the brothel for a while before approaching her. “How…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Evolving attitudes to foreigners
Evolving attitudes to foreigners
Foreigners take pictures sitting on a replica “dragon seat” in Jingshan Park. Photo: CFP
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Judging a book by its cover
Judging a book by its cover
For many mainlanders, crossing the border from Hong Kong with a stack of potentially political contentious books in your bag can be a tense…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Maidens for millionaires
Maidens for millionaires
They say you cannot put a price on love. But some mysterious Chinese multi-millionaires are trying to prove the old saying wrong.
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Half the sky is heavy
Half the sky is heavy
ublished: Jul 26, 2012 06:45 PM Updated: Jul 27, 2012 09:05 AM
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
Swinging is winning
Swinging is winning
With sweltering heat taking over the country, three couples decided to gather in a hotel room for some steamy fun. The experience may have…
Tiara Lin
Aug 14, 2022
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