[2] Her works have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Washington Post, VICE News, POLITICO, and Foreign Policy.

Chan was born in 1980 in British Hong Kong and grew up in the Los Angeles area after her family emigrated to the United States when she was three years old.

But such a move has never happened before, and it sets a precedent which some say is a step backwards for civil society in China, putting all NGOs firmly under government control.

[9] The Chinese government provided no explanation for the move, though officials had previously accused Chan of unspecified violations of the law that were never clarified.

[9] Chan had no part in the production of the piece, however, and her expulsion occurred in the context of multiple conflicts between foreign reporters and the Chinese government over denials or delays in obtaining journalist visas.

People who can’t find jobs in the U.S. and Europe come to China to grab our money, engage in human trafficking and spread deceitful lies to encourage emigration.

Foreign spies seek out Chinese girls to mask their espionage and pretend to be tourists while compiling maps and GPS data for Japan, Korea and the West.

She spent her year developing digital security training and tools for journalists facing potential hacker attacks from state-sponsored entities.