Emily Feng
Stories
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World
After 32 years and 5 days, a father and son reunite after Syrian prisoners are freed
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has freed at least thousands of people detained in Syria's notorious prisons. Some of them have made it back home. Other families are still looking.
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Displaced Syrians are considering returning home now that Assad's regime has toppled
With the fall of the regime in Syria, displaced Syrians around the world are contemplating what they once thought was impossible: returning home to Syria.
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Asia
Perceptions of 'making it big' have waned in China, survey shows
As China's economy plateaus and social inequality widens, perceptions that people's lives can only improve in China are fading.
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Asia
A love letter to Taiwan's meticulous — and frustrating — trash collection system
NPR's Emily Feng bids goodbye to Asia — and to Taiwan's strict trash collection system, which she unexpectedly grew to love.
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World
China sentences veteran journalist on espionage charges
Longtime state media journalist Dong Yuyu met often with journalists and diplomats. His family believes he is now being persecuted for those exchanges.
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World
A Remote Island Outpost that is Part of a Geopolitical Fight (Encore)
In an episode we first brought you in April, we go to southeast Asia and the Spratly Islands. Ownership of those island are in dispute. This has been the case for hundreds of years, but tensions have been raised recently as China has tried to expand its claims in the remote area. We get a rare glimpse of one of the islands that has a Filipino community living on it.
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Asia
Taiwan is awaiting a second Trump term with trepidation
The U.S. appears looks like Taiwan's most important security guarantor against neighboring China — though President-elect Trump has signaled he will be tough on both China and on Taiwan.
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Asia
Taiwan's business leaders are finding ways to reduce their exposure in China
Amid geopolitical uncertainties, Taiwan has slashed its investment in China to the lowest level in nearly a quarter century as the island strives to "derisk" itself from its powerful neighbor.
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Asia
China's economy adapts to serve older people
Companies in China are fueling a "silver economy" by adapting to serve hundreds of millions of people over the age of 60.
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Asia
AI has set off a race to build computing clusters. Here's what's happening in Taiwan
Around the world, companies and governments are competing over who can build the most computing power -- quickly -- as the computing demands of generative artificial intelligence expand.
