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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.
Efforts to step up social control following two recent mass killings can only go so far in tackling complex personal matters.
NGO founder explains how mapping initiative helps hold authorities and companies accountable for carbon emissions and cover-ups.
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at what the world – particularly China – can expect under a second Trump administration.
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s visions share some similarities, but the latter’s goals need not make Beijing’s worst nightmares come true.
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US historian Jay Winter explains how the nature of war shifted after WWI and WWII, and the impact it has on the world today.
Premier Li Qiang and visiting military leader Min Aung Hlaing also discussed the breakdown of a ceasefire brokered by Beijing earlier this year.
The Chinese leader also urged provincial leaders to remove the country’s internal barriers to create a national market.
The pandemic is over and the government wants expatriates to work in Beijing but numbers are down on a decade ago.
CDC research challenges assumption that more advantaged men are in less danger than women or less-educated people.
Zhong Ziran, 62, is the most senior natural resources official to have faced a corruption investigation in recent months.
China says a party-led system makes it more efficient than messy democracies. But ‘perfecting the system’ can bring its own risks.
The city is at the centre of a spike in cases across Guangdong province as WHO warns mosquito-borne disease is spreading rapidly.
Strong growth has been key to the party holding on to power, and it has again shown the ability to shift course to heed public opinion.
Educators are wary of what they say to students, fearful that it could cost them their job.
It’s a difficult time for young people in China – and for civil servants.
Viruses found include 36 new ones and 39 at ‘potentially high risk of cross-species transmission’, including human spillover, study says.
National action plan meant to ease the plight of these children, particularly the disabled and those without guardians
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at how Xi Jinping presented himself as the true heir to Deng Xiaoping.
Kyiv’s resilience shows that it does not need to be a full part of the alliance to remain independent.
Sputnik News reports ‘protocol meeting’ between PLA commander and Russian deputy defence chief, but no official word from Beijing yet.
Chinese foreign minister urges other countries in the region to support the proposal and push for ‘peaceful reconciliation’.
For the powers that be in Beijing, it doesn’t matter who wins on the presidential campaign trail.
The UN has forecast that the population could be half its size by 2100. What matters is the potential change to the demographic structure.
Both sides raise their respective concerns during talks hailed by the US as ‘open and productive’.
Xinhua article marking third plenum hails Xi Jinping as reformer on a par with Deng Xiaoping, but headwinds see task cut out for president.
American economist Jeffrey Sachs on the US deep state’s reaction to China’s success, and why we’re not seeing the end of globalisation.
Official media was happy to take potshots at US democracy after the Biden-Trump debate, but it does not want to be seen to be taking sides.
Post-Covid Hong Kong has struggled to redefine itself as it faces challenges to its past identities as a finance and retail centre.
Distinguished former French ambassador reflects on the importance of Xi’s Europe visit amid mounting global tensions.
The largely corruption-free delivery of everyday government services took decades to achieve and helped to make Hong Kong into an international city.
