NPR White House correspondent. 10 years in China and Taiwan. Author of Let Only Red Flowers Bloom (Crown 2025) and forthcoming book on Syria (CGR 2026) https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/our-hearts-burned-for-homehttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mv6mxagrgc2f“Anthropic documented another genre of abuse it said was new: attempts to use Claude to develop software for conventional weapons design and development… It detailed three cases in China, two in Russia and one in Yemen.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/us/politics/anthropic-ai-biological-weapons.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share10 Sep 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6mxagrgc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mv2hoqgmsc25Bookmarking this to listen to on Friday - StoryCorp interviewed survivors and families for years after 9/11 and have collected their stories. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3dP9qOafuBa40F6VkeqjWU?si=iX1rMLzzS6C4pMxMNilmOA&utm_source=copy-link09 Sep 2026 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2hoqgmsc25https://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3muzfcggxis2qEnlightening interview. "If Americans are concerned about China in the world, which I am, the best way to act on China is with an alliance with America's traditional allies," Freeland told NPR's Morning Edition." https://www.npr.org/2026/09/08/nx-s1-5955613/former-canadian-minister-of-finance-discusses-trade-war-between-the-u-s-and-canada08 Sep 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzfcggxis2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3muu2bi2fdk26Appreciating these gorgeous 双喜 paper cuts from my mother in Washington’s morning light this long weekend06 Sep 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muu2bi2fdk26https://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3munz52n4rk2cWoo first copies are here! Our Hearts Burned For Home, on sale very soon October 12. The book unearths the untold story of Uyghur exiles who fled China’s expanding police state—only to become a pivotal force behind the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/our-hearts-burned-for-home04 Sep 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3munz52n4rk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3munb7jvimk2qMy first White House briefing on my new beat. Lots on Iran, Venezuela China - and overlap with my old beat as a foreign correspondent.03 Sep 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3munb7jvimk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mumgdujuq22wNPR’s @quillawrence.bsky.social reporting Driscoll resigned after telling President Trump that the U.S. was losing the Iran war https://one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5955302:nx-s1-mx-5955302-103 Sep 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumgdujuq22whttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mu5ccqi3nk2jIn 2023, NPR ran a big story about the danger of glacier melt creating a huge lake of water that could one day flood a Nepalese valley… https://apps.npr.org/arctic-ice-melting-climate-change/nepal-rolwaling-river-glacier.html28 Aug 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5ccqi3nk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mu3klggiv22qI spoke to current and former officers in the Commerce department https://www.npr.org/2026/08/26/nx-s1-5928351/white-house-tarifffs-snags27 Aug 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3klggiv22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mu32clyuxk2kUpdate: a court in China has handed down a sentence of three years for his art https://www.npr.org/2026/03/30/nx-s1-5759194/chinese-artist-who-satirized-mao-to-stand-trial-for-slandering-heroes-and-martyrs?renderPlatform=nprone_ios&unified=true27 Aug 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu32clyuxk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mtwrtioj7225Today on the Politics pod - https://www.npr.org/2026/08/25/nx-s1-5944183/what-a-trade-war-with-canada-means-for-u-s-consumers25 Aug 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwrtioj7225https://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mtlhx7jbxc2oOh no www.sixthtone.com/news/1018913 "The allegations, which emerged last weekend on domestic social media, come just two weeks after she went viral for an interview with British-American director Christopher Nolan about his recent blockbuster “The Odyssey.” https://www.sixthtone.com/news/101891321 Aug 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlhx7jbxc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mte77hp7dk2k"Before booksellers felt they had become a target, they were watching as public libraries quietly removed political titles as early as 2021." https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/17/escalating-crackdown-on-hong-kongs-independent-bookstores-puts-relationship-with-taiwan-publishers-in-spotlight/18 Aug 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mte77hp7dk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mte3zpbjck25You can count on one hand the number of times the U.S. has not had a carrier formation in the Pacific since the 1970s. This month is one of them. This week I'm looking at how conflicts in the Middle East is diverting attention from Asia, yet again. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/18/nx-s1-5935425/war-between-u-s-and-iran-shifts-key-resources-away-from-asia18 Aug 2026 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mte3zpbjck25https://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mt5nwxoeuc22Yesterday I spoke to a former navy helicopter pilot who used to be stationed on the long-deployed USS Lincoln about the ordeal sailors onboard are going through https://www.npr.org/2026/08/14/nx-s1-5931543/no-privacy-little-downtime-life-aboard-the-uss-abraham-lincoln15 Aug 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5nwxoeuc22https://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mt4t43paxs2bGreat talk this morning (virtually) with Swedish Radio’s ever delightful Hanna Sahlburg at Taipei’s Nowhere Bookstore on identity and reporting in China and Taiwan15 Aug 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4t43paxs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3msybvi636k2nThrilled to share a real haul for @npr.org at the Murrows awards this year, including for a series from me and Jawad Rizkallah on Syria, which won an Excellence in Writing award https://www.rtdna.org/2026-national-edward-r-murrow-award-winners#NetworkRadio13 Aug 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msybvi636k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3msy7tmi7m22lA banking crisis in the occupied West Bank means there is such a glut of cash that the monetary authority and banks there tell us some of the bills are literally moldering away in vaults https://www.npr.org/2026/08/13/nx-s1-5913064/palestinians-have-no-place-to-put-their-money-officials-warn-a-breakdown-is-looming13 Aug 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy7tmi7m22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3msxqjiynxc22'Another official called the reports of threats against Trump’s life “Israeli-derived, not U.S.-generated, and viewed as low confidence.”' https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/12/cia-had-low-confidence-iranian-threat-before-trump-switched-planes-turkey/13 Aug 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxqjiynxc22https://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3msxpo3xou22mI went to Qusra last month, after an alleged retaliatory arson attack. Through the window of a partially burned-down mosque, residents showed me another Palestinian home already abandoned due to the same siege tactics from settlers in Qusra https://www.npr.org/2026/08/13/g-s1-138574/us-west-bank-settlers13 Aug 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxpo3xou22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3msv73ow5a222Zhu Rongji, a former Chinese premier, has died. “I think that Zhu Rongji represented really a different time, a different era for China..” my radio obit if thr legendary official running shortly https://www.npr.org/2026/08/12/1196705508/zhu-rongji-china-former-premier-dead12 Aug 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv73ow5a222https://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3msshfgqmbk2mOne of my last stories from Syria… from some of its majestic archaeological sites and museums I saw evidence of looting and also the treasures Syrians went to such great lengths to save from looting https://www.npr.org/2026/08/10/nx-s1-5927433/syrias-archaeological-riches-face-threat-of-looting11 Aug 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msshfgqmbk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3msq5jrpe5k2zToday I start a new job as a White House correspondent with @npr.org. I am so excited; this is one of the biggest beats in the world right now, and a challenging one at that. https://www.npr.org/people/705255512/emily-feng10 Aug 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq5jrpe5k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3msjafr5nlc2a"The plan would impose fees of up to 7% of cargo value on commercial vessels that pass through the strait. It would also fine ships 20% of cargo if they violate Iran's conditions." https://www.npr.org/2026/08/06/nx-s1-5923623/iran-strait-hormuz-us-israel-ban07 Aug 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjafr5nlc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3msj55wwvak2kBig new press freedom restrictions in Pakistan - foreign media journalists will need to apply for permission to travel and report anywhere outside the three major cities https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/world/asia/pakistan-international-news-media-ban.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share07 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj55wwvak2khttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3msg466c7h224Israel’s multiple war fronts are expanding - but who will fight its wars, its fighters and especially its reservists grow weary. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/05/nx-s1-5902952/israel-is-facing-a-shortage-of-army-reservists06 Aug 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg466c7h224https://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mrxefidnic2cA new deep dive into how Voice of America has been resuscitated - but with very different editorial practices. “the firewall that V.O.A. journalists now say has been burned to the ground…” https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/how-donald-trump-silenced-the-voice-of-america31 Jul 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxefidnic2chttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mru72dvfpc2pWe've spent this week reporting in the West Bank during a very tense week following a deadly clash between Israeli settlers and Palestinians last Friday. New checkpoints, new settlers outposts, and more settler violence... take a listen. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/30/nx-s1-5911953/west-bank-faces-escalating-israeli-settler-violence-and-surge-in-army-checkpoints30 Jul 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mru72dvfpc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/emilyzfeng.bsky.social/post/3mrprpnt5mc2nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/business/china-uyghurs.html "he is asking for something more than praise; he wants to be recognized as a victim himself — a victim of the apparatus he participated in for nearly a decade."28 Jul 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:yipvolht2oni2hhbwk4ykpsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrprpnt5mc2n