As a 2017 fellow at the Alicia Patterson Foundation, she researched a book on Hong Kong history and politics. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Masters of Fine Arts program and was a Nieman fellow at Harvard University. She is a regular contributor to Foreign Policy’s website and has published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Economist, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Popular Science and National Geographic. The cost of her 400-square-foot flat in Hong Kong is seven times greater than that of her storage unit in New York City. She previously reported for SAGE Business Researcher on China’s economic slowdown and Chinese living abroad.