Have you ever wondered what it's like for a journalist to work with sensitive sources who could get fired or go to jail? We get right into that with our guest Koh Gui Qing (@GQReuters) of Reuters in New York. After Singapore, Australia and China, her latest turn as an investigative reporter in New York was set in motion by an unexpected tip off and is "the kind of story that makes you fall off your chair," as Gui Qing would say. Since then, Gui Qing has become the go-to person you call when you need to send a reporter to investigate far-flung, high-stakes stories.

We discuss the hell of a week that she's had (2:00), growing up and studying in Singapore (6:30), joining Reuters and reporting on your home country (13:06), moving to Australia (18:31), the chaos and craziness in China (20:08), her special report on China quietly buying up radio stations around the world (24:37), her Pulitzer finalist story on Chinese students cheating their way through U.S. colleges (32:58), her investigation into a Chinese executive accused of rape in Minneapolis (38:17) and the infamous Lightening Round (45:07).

Here are links to some of the things we talk about:

Exposed: China's covert global radio network - https://reut.rs/33qQcVS

This industry helps Chinese cheat their way into & through US colleges - https://reut.rs/2Z4Oavj

The night a Chinese billionaire was accused of rape in Minnesota - https://reut.rs/2yNhpUB

Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 by Stephen Kotkin - https://amzn.to/2KDzHgr

NYTimes investigation into Trump's taxes - https://nyti.ms/31tulLx

Hiroshima by John Hersey - https://amzn.to/2OYSlVE

Scoop by Evelyn Waugh - https://amzn.to/2MRzo4s

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