There are fewer U.S. journalists working in China now than at any point since the two countries normalized relations in the 1970s. Today, the New York Times has one reporter in the country, the Wall Street Journal two, soon to be one, and the Washington Post none.

Features editor Tom Mitchell and reporter Eliot Chen return to the podcast to discuss Eliot’s investigation into why the journalist population in China has struggled to rebound. While Beijing doesn’t seem to mind this turn of events, the dearth of reporters on the ground in China means the world knows much less about what happens there — a challenge we aim to overcome here at The Wire China. 

Eliot’s article will be published this weekend on thewirechina.com, along with other stories on China’s leading AI glasses maker Rokid, what exactly Trump’s idea for a U.S.-China Board of Trade entails, Chris Horton on how how tensions with China are bringing Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan closer together, and a Q&A with Sebastian Mallaby on why the U.S. should be ready to give up its chip export controls if it can help secure an AI safety deal with China.

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