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John Ruwitch
John Ruwitch is a correspondent with NPR's international desk. He covers Chinese affairs.
Ruwitch joined NPR in early 2020, and has since chronicled the tectonic shift in America's relations with China, from hopeful engagement to suspicion-fueled competition. He's also reported on a range of other issues, including Beijing's pressure campaign on Taiwan, Hong Kong's National Security Law, Asian-Americans considering guns for self-defense in the face of rising violence and a herd of elephants roaming in the Chinese countryside in search of a home.
Ruwitch joined NPR after more than 19 years with Reuters in Asia, the last eight of which were in Shanghai. There, he first covered a broad beat that took him as far afield as the China-North Korea border and the edge of the South China Sea. Later, he led a team that covered business and financial markets in the world's second biggest economy. Ruwitch has also had postings in Hanoi, Hong Kong and Beijing, reporting on anti-corruption campaigns, elite Communist politics, labor disputes, human rights, currency devaluations, earthquakes, snowstorms, Olympic badminton and everything in between.
Ruwitch studied history at U.C. Santa Cruz and got a master's in Regional Studies East Asia from Harvard. He speaks Mandarin and Vietnamese.
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How does the 2024 Trump foreign policy vision of “Make America Strong Once Again" resonate in international capitals?
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China’s leaders are meeting in Beijing, and have a fresh chance to make some policy adjustments to perk up the economy.
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One of the most outspoken voices of Hong Kong's pro-Beijing establishment political camp says the city needs to jettison its laissez faire ways to be economically successful in today's world.
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Five years after mass protests disrupted Hong Kong, and were crushed by the government, people who took part are downsizing their dreams and ambitions -- but keeping a small flame of hope alive.
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American students are slowly returning to China. Although concerns about their safety linger, some say it is still worth it, given the importance of China to the U.S.
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A court in Hong Kong is due to issue verdicts this week in the case of the “Hong Kong 47” -- the territory’s largest national security case yet.
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China blasted three astronauts into space on Thursday. The mission is part of an ambitious program which will help pave the way for China to put a person on the moon before 2030.
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President Biden was campaigning Tuesday, but made time to call China's leader. It's the first time the two have talked since November, when they met in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Lawmakers in Hong Kong have passed new national security legislation that carries severe punishment for a broad range of offenses, including life imprisonment for acts deemed to be insurrection.
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Based on a best-selling book, Blossoms Shanghai is Wong Kar-wai's first foray into television, and it's taken China by storm. Why has the 30-part series become such a hit?