Donald Trump’s candidacy plays into the hands of China’s propaganda apparatus, which seeks to portray the United States as bigoted and unstable. Already there are subtle signs China’s leaders are rooting for Trump to win. Possibly they’d prefer the flacid flexibility of Trump to the rigidity of Hillary Clinton, who has been outspoken in criticizing…
Category: Taiwan
Travel stories
A bike trip through the rice terraces and ancient villages of Guizhou, in southern China. A road trip across the steppes and stunning scenery of Mongolia. Delighting in unexpected hospitality, hiking and 好吃 food in Beitou, a historic spa district on the edge of Taipei. These are some of my travel stories from 2015. 2015 McClatchy,…
Recent works
Since the start of 2016, I’ve written dozens of stories about China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Korean peninsula for various publications. Below are works published by the Christian Science Monitor, The Guardian, The New York Times, National Geographic, NPR, The Sacramento Bee and other outlets. To view previous stories for McClatchy in 2015 and…
Stuart Leavenworth 