This story for the New York Times reports on the millions of Chinese homeowners who are waking up to the fact that they have no land rights. They own their apartments but not the land underneath – all land in China belongs to the government. So what does that mean for family wealth over the…

Photojournalist Adam Dean and I collaborated on this story for National Geographic about the crusade to save China’s last un-dammed river. For years, Yunnan Province has planned to build hydroelectric projects on the Nu River – which tumbles down from the Tibetan plateau on its way to Myanmar. Our story foreshadowed a government decision, announced…

In 1997, Hyeonseo Lee used China as an escape route to flee from North Korea’s executioners. She did it again in 2009 to help her mother and brother escape and find asylum in South Korea. Yet she keeps returning to China – most recently, to tell her story in Beijing.