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Josephine Ma
News editor, China
Josephine Ma is China news editor and has covered China news for the Post for more than 20 years. As a correspondent in Beijing, she reported on everything from the 2003 Sars outbreak to the riots in Lhasa and the Beijing Olympics in 2008. She has been based in Hong Kong since 2009. She has a master’s degree in development studies from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree in English language from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Josephine Ma is China news editor and has covered China news for the Post for more than 20 years. As a correspondent in Beijing, she reported on everything from the 2003 Sars outbreak to the riots in Lhasa and the Beijing Olympics in 2008. She has been based in Hong Kong since 2009. She has a master’s degree in development studies from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree in English language from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Areas of Expertise:
China politics, diplomacy, Covid 19 and SarsLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin, Cantonese
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The ‘godfather of AI’ discusses the risks of the technology and whether superpowers can find common ground to rein it in.
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Balance and fact-checking will become increasingly important in an age when computers can generate convincing-looking fakes more easily.
Feisty discussions on Chinese social media cause tensions to flare between men and women – often made worse by commercial interests.
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Think tank director and former diplomat sees Donald Trump and Xi Jinping as both being key to any change in the political trajectory in China-US ties.
America can guard its core technologies, but relinquishing its status as an international education hub will undermine its global influence.
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The US is after Hong Kong’s survival, top Beijing official says. But the free port and trading hub must weather the storm with vigilance.
Xi told Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim Beijing was ready to upgrade its free-deal with the bloc in the face of Trump tariffs.
As demographic shifts reshape the urban hierarchy, bigger cities may struggle with declining workforces, empty streets, experts say.
Amid fears of full-blown trade war and demise of rules-based globalisation, Beijing signals it will resist economic coercion and guard free-trade system.
The tariff comes into effect on April 10 and is part of a raft of measures that includes more rare earths controls.
China can play critical role in persuading junta and rebel groups to stop fighting to allow for relief work following devastating earthquake.
DeepSeek shows China’s tech strategy is paying off, but Beijing should also push AI education to help close income and opportunity gaps.
Chinese officials should seize legislative sessions as opportunity for good publicity to bolster economy and win support from overseas.
Xi puts attention back on national security with call to reinforce decade-old Peaceful China Initiative.
