Yi-Ling Liu
ASU Future Security Fellow, 2021
Yi-Ling Liu, ASU Future Security Fellow, is writing a book about individuals in China who are navigating the boundaries of the Chinese internet. Her work on Chinese society, technology, and internet culture has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Harper鈥檚 Magazine, Foreign Policy, the Economist, the New Yorker, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award and the Overseas Press Club Foundation Fellowship, a visiting scholar at the New York University Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, and a graduate of Yale University.
Selected Work
- : A piece on Geng Le, the founder of Blued鈥攖he largest gay dating app in the world鈥攁nd how the rise of the Chinese internet economy has radically transformed LGBTQ life in today鈥檚 China.
- : A piece about the Hong Kong protests, the visions of the protestors, and the complexities of Hong Kong鈥檚 identity.
- : A piece about Chengdu鈥檚 burgeoning rap scene, and how a new generation of Chinese rappers are navigating the hand of the government censor.
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