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Jiayang Fan

Jiayang Fan is a staff writer at The New Yorker.

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3 picks · 2018–2020

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How My Mother and I Became Chinese Propaganda
personal history ·

Jiayang Fan reflects on the separation from her mother, who suffers from A.L.S., during the pandemic, and on the online sensation her story became for Chinese nationalists.

How E-Commerce Is Transforming Rural China
a reporter at large ·

Jiayang Fan on how JD.com is expanding its consumer base with drone delivery and local recruits who can exploit villages’ tight-knit social networks.