BBC News Correspondent and Presenter. British-Canadian. A decade in London after 15 years in Beijing. I'll always have a soft spot for Canada.
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Great to speak with @damienics just ahead of the plenum
As China’s fifth plenum wraps up, Xi is widely expected to seek a fourth term next year. Damien Ma @damienics with @celiahatton on @bbcworldservice this week: “China’s really had only two models” — Mao’s (serve until you can’t) or Deng’s (step down formally but keep real authority and seniority behind the scenes). bbc.com/audio/play/p0pjpv9t
Great to speak with @JohnSimpsonNews this week about the pivotal US-China relationship and Xi Jinping’s mindset as he deals with Washington on UnSpun World on @BBCNews and the @bbcworldservice
Such a joy to hear the wonderful @lebo_diseko read from her new book tonight - I can’t wait to read “The House at 6001” myself!
The Dictators’ Survival Guide - my latest documentary for @BBCNews that starts and ends with the disappearance of China’s top general Zhang Youxia and why Xi finally decided to oust him
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0030x…
With thanks to the amazing team at @BBCRadio4 and our top-notch contributors @vshih2 @JosephTorigian @OliviaCheung_oc @Junkogasudduth and Edward Goldring
Exciting to present day one of the BBC’s most downloaded podcast - the Global News Podcast - in its new fully visualised form for YouTube
What a pleasure to be profiled by NuVoices about all phases of my journalism career! Thanks to @jessielauwrites and @SThepkanjana
nuvoices.com/magazine/report…
I loved interviewing researcher Liu Jieyu from SOAS - on her longitudinal study of what really goes on in Chinese families and a discussion that took an unexpected turn. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct8j…
Celia Hatton retweeted
Horrifying scenes in Afghanistan - the Taliban opened fire at a protest against the arrest of women for dress code violations. Footage shows shots being fired and men beating protesters in the city of Herat. Two people were reportedly killed at the protest but Taliban police in Herat denied there were any deaths.
#afghanistan #herat #protest #afghanwomen #skynews
Pleasure to appear on the BBC’s Global Story today to talk about Xi’s visit with Kim Jong Un: North Korea goes even more nuclear | The Global Story youtu.be/APCB-IV2aeY?si=3QCE… via @YouTube
Celia Hatton retweeted
Three months later, this is my last @washingtonpost story — delayed because nearly everyone involved in it was laid off. I am very grateful to newsroom friends who made sure it published anyway, and to brave Roman Mongold and his family for their time.
wapo.st/4cNY7Cm
My investigative story out today. It's the product of a lot of teamwork and effort from #bbcpanorama and @BBCNews. For those in the UK, the Panorama documentary version is available on iPlayer and BBC One at 8 pm tonight.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgm…
This conversation is making me miss Beijing, a complex and dynamic city.
I love this city dearly. It’s home to me in every sense of the word. Having spent my early childhood there I’ve seen Beijing in all its contradictions: the dazzling and the decaying, the hopeful and the hard edged.
I still think about those long bus rides I used to take every weekend for math camps and violin classes (the classic weekend itinerary of a dutiful grade school Chinese kid lol... though I was an epic fail at violin...) From the suburb then through Qinghe, Zhong Guancun, and Gu Lou and back, the route passed empty lots, migrant towns, the heart of China’s Silicon Valley, and the old hutong neighborhoods where time itself seems to move slower. You see the full spectrum of life. It’s a city of immense complexity, impossible to capture in a single narrative.
Useful analysis from @niubi and some interesting comments in reply
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Well worth listening to this powerful episode of the Global Story on the @bbcworldservice - especially the answer to the question @asmamk hesitates to ask near the end bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct71…
