Yi-Ling Liu

Journalist in Residence

Yi-Ling Liu is a writer & editor covering AI and Chinese society, from a human-centered lens. As a writer, her work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, WIRED & The New Yorker on topics ranging from science-fiction novelists to national burnout crises to gay dating apps. As an editor, she launched & led the China desk at Rest of World as the first China Editor.

Stories by Yi-Ling
The New York Review of Books
Shenzhen Express
By Yi-Ling Liu / Grant
Apr 9, 2026
The Wire China
Yi-Ling Liu on the Chinese Internet Dance
By Rachel Cheung / Grant
Feb 15, 2026
Politico
What You’re Getting Wrong About China and AI
By Dylon Jones / Grant
Feb 7, 2026
ChinaTalk
We’re Are All Wall Dancers Now
By Afra / Grant
Feb 6, 2026
WIRED
The Rise and Fall of the World’s Largest Gay Dating App
By Zeyi Yang / Grant
Feb 5, 2026
Bloomberg
The Surprising Similarity Between the US and Chinese Internets
By Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway / Grant
Feb 3, 2026
Reuters
Yi-Ling Liu on finding freedom in China’s digital margins
By Laurie Chen / Grant
Jan 31, 2026
WIRED
Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All
By Yi-Ling Liu / Grant
Jan 20, 2026
Rest of World
Young people in China are embracing AI therapy
By Yi-Ling Liu / Grant
Oct 6, 2025
Rest of World
China’s vision for a driverless future is miles ahead of everyone else’s
By Yi-Ling Liu / Grant
Aug 12, 2025