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Gerry Shih

Sinica Podcast

Asia In-Depth

Foreign Correspondence

Orville Schell

Alice Su

Kevin Rudd

Donald Trump

Jude Blanchette

Carl Minzner

Gary Liu

Scott Kennedy

Barbara Finamore

Susan Thornton

Ian Johnson

Paul Haenle

Kaiser Kuo

Paul Triolo

Bob Davis

OwlTail

The podcast tradition of foreign correspondents getting ejected from countries continues. For Gerry Shih, China Correspondent for the Washington Post, there was the added twist of getting kicked out during a global pandemic. On the eve of his reassignment as WaPo’s India bureau chief, Gerry looks back at his time covering China, which he is convinced is now a bigger story than ever. Countries featured: China, Tajikistan, USA, Mongolia Publications featured: Associated Press, Reuters, Washington Post, New York Times Gerry discusses his childhood between California, China and Illinois (6:35), a wakeup call to the realities of journalism on his first day as an NYT intern (14:50), working in the Reuters’ Beijing Bureau alongside Jake (19:45), jumping to AP where he reported some of the biggest stories about Uyghur persecution (25:38), getting kicked out of China with a raft of other American correspondents (33:54), the challenges of reporting on China from the outside (41:37), the importance of digging into big stories and not letting go (49:37), his story finding a secret Chinese military base in Tajikistan (53:40), and the lightning round (1:03:28).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Gerry’s story on China using U.S. computer chips to build weapons - https://wapo.st/3sMu5og His scoop with a first look inside China’s Uyghur indoctrination camps - https://bit.ly/3ep7Uzc Several of his other key Uyghur stories - https://bit.ly/32NuKuS His story on a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan - https://wapo.st/32M7Sfi Fresh Air on NPR - https://n.pr/3xjc3gK ESPN’s The Jump podcast - https://es.pn/2QXZ5UN The Lowe Post NBA podcast - https://es.pn/2QWei8U NYT story on Mexican woman who stalked her daughter’s killers - https://nyti.ms/3aUnbav American Factory documentary on Netflix - https://bit.ly/2S2uaHG Once Upon a Distant War book - https://amzn.to/3aCghq8   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

The podcast tradition of foreign correspondents getting ejected from countries continues. For Gerry Shih, China Correspondent for the Washington Post, there was the added twist of getting kicked out during a global pandemic. On the eve of his reassignment as WaPo’s India bureau chief, Gerry looks back at his time covering China, which he is convinced is now a bigger story than ever. Countries featured: China, Tajikistan, USA, Mongolia Publications featured: Associated Press, Reuters, Washington Post, New York Times Gerry discusses his childhood between California, China and Illinois (6:35), a wakeup call to the realities of journalism on his first day as an NYT intern (14:50), working in the Reuters’ Beijing Bureau alongside Jake (19:45), jumping to AP where he reported some of the biggest stories about Uyghur persecution (25:38), getting kicked out of China with a raft of other American correspondents (33:54), the challenges of reporting on China from the outside (41:37), the importance of digging into big stories and not letting go (49:37), his story finding a secret Chinese military base in Tajikistan (53:40), and the lightning round (1:03:28). Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Gerry’s story on China using U.S. computer chips to build weapons - <a href="https://wapo.st/3sMu5og" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wapo.st/3sMu5og</a> His scoop with a first look inside China’s Uyghur indoctrination camps - <a href="https://bit.ly/3ep7Uzc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3ep7Uzc</a> Several of his other key Uyghur stories - <a href="https://bit.ly/32NuKuS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/32NuKuS</a> His story on a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan - <a href="https://wapo.st/32M7Sfi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wapo.st/32M7Sfi</a> Fresh Air on NPR - <a href="https://n.pr/3xjc3gK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://n.pr/3xjc3gK</a> ESPN’s The Jump podcast - <a href="https://es.pn/2QXZ5UN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://es.pn/2QXZ5UN</a> The Lowe Post NBA podcast - <a href="https://es.pn/2QWei8U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://es.pn/2QWei8U</a> NYT story on Mexican woman who stalked her daughter’s killers - <a href="https://nyti.ms/3aUnbav" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nyti.ms/3aUnbav</a> American Factory documentary on Netflix - <a href="https://bit.ly/2S2uaHG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2S2uaHG</a> Once Upon a Distant War book - <a href="https://amzn.to/3aCghq8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3aCghq8</a> Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/foreignpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@foreignpod</a> or on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/foreignpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/foreignpod</a> Music: <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Makaih_Beats/fake-love/LoveChances_makaihbeatsnet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LoveChances (makaihbeats.net)</a> by <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Makaih_Beats/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Makaih Beats</a> From: <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">freemusicarchive.org</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY NC</a>

Gerry Shih - Taipei, Taiwan - Washington Post

Washington Post correspondent Gerry Shih, who was forced to leave China earlier this year, reflects on his experience covering the country and the danger of reciprocal journalist expulsions.

Washington Post Correspondent Gerry Shih on What He Learned Covering China

Associated Press (AP) reporter Gerry Shih was hard at work in 2017 writing a remarkable series of articles on China’s Uyghur Muslim minority. By traveling not just to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where 10 to 15 million Uyghurs live, but also to Syria, where some have fled and taken up arms with militant groups, he sought to answer the most politicized and consequential questions about the ethnic group. These include:  How long and to what extent have authorities in Xinjiang forced Uyghurs into indoctrination camps? How long and to what extent have they compelled residents to give DNA samples to the state? What role has Chen Quanguo 陈全国 had in building Xinjiang’s new digital police state, and will he succeed in subjugating separatist thought? Are China’s Uyghurs involved in global jihadi terrorism? Where and how do they get recruited, and how does China try to influence Uyghurs overseas?  His four articles released in December were as follows:  December 17: In western China, thought police instill fear December 23: Uighurs fighting in Syria take aim at China December 28: China's crackdown on Uighurs spreads to even mild critics December 29: China's Uighurs work to fend off pull of jihad  They are part of a larger AP series titled “China's Uighurs on edge,” comprising 12 stories that seek “to flesh out the profile of a people whose voices have largely been silenced or gone unheard under the blanket of security in the region.” They also were published around the same time that the Wall Street Journal (paywall) and BuzzFeed published similarly alarming stories about the police state in Xinjiang. For more on Muslims in China, check out a previous Sinica Podcast titled “Islamophobia in China, explained by Alice Su and Ma Tianjie,” and an article on SupChina that seeks to answer the question “Where does Chinese Islamophobia come from?” Recommendations: Jeremy: A re-recommendation for Birding Beijing, a great site if you’re interested in birds in China. It is now in the second year of tracking cuckoos who fly all the way from Africa to China to migrate. (Also listen to a Sinica Podcast and read a SupChina Q&amp;A with the website’s founder, Terry Townshend.) Gerry: The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia's New Geopolitics, by Andrew Small of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. With Belt and Road’s rising importance, it is a must-read, Gerry says. Kaiser: Kialo.com, a place for online debate that’s supposed to help people bridge contentious issues. It enforces ground rules, limits the number of words you can use, and crowdsources the most compelling arguments on both sides for each claim.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Associated Press (AP) reporter Gerry Shih was hard at work in 2017 writing a remarkable series of articles on China’s Uyghur Muslim minority. By traveling not just to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where 10 to 15 million Uyghurs live, but also to Syria, where some have fled and taken up arms with militant groups, he sought to answer the most politicized and consequential questions about the ethnic group. These include: How long and to what extent have authorities in Xinjiang forced Uyghurs into indoctrination camps? How long and to what extent have they compelled residents to give DNA samples to the state? What role has Chen Quanguo 陈全国 had in building Xinjiang’s new digital police state, and will he succeed in subjugating separatist thought? Are China’s Uyghurs involved in global jihadi terrorism? Where and how do they get recruited, and how does China try to influence Uyghurs overseas? His four articles released in December were as follows: December 17: In western China, thought police instill fear December 23: Uighurs fighting in Syria take aim at China December 28: China's crackdown on Uighurs spreads to even mild critics December 29: China's Uighurs work to fend off pull of jihad They are part of a larger AP series titled “China's Uighurs on edge,” comprising 12 stories that seek “to flesh out the profile of a people whose voices have largely been silenced or gone unheard under the blanket of security in the region.” They also were published around the same time that the Wall Street Journal (paywall) and BuzzFeed published similarly alarming stories about the police state in Xinjiang. For more on Muslims in China, check out a previous Sinica Podcast titled “Islamophobia in China, explained by Alice Su and Ma Tianjie,” and an article on SupChina that seeks to answer the question “Where does Chinese Islamophobia come from?” Recommendations: Jeremy: A re-recommendation for Birding Beijing, a great site if you’re interested in birds in China. It is now in the second year of tracking cuckoos who fly all the way from Africa to China to migrate. (Also listen to a Sinica Podcast and read a SupChina Q&amp;A with the website’s founder, Terry Townshend.) Gerry: The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia's New Geopolitics, by Andrew Small of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. With Belt and Road’s rising importance, it is a must-read, Gerry says. Kaiser: <a href="http://Kialo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kialo.com</a>, a place for online debate that’s supposed to help people bridge contentious issues. It enforces ground rules, limits the number of words you can use, and crowdsources the most compelling arguments on both sides for each claim.   See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Gerry Shih on China’s Uyghur Muslims, under pressure at home and abroad