In early March 2020, after the United States expelled 60 Chinese journalists without cause, China immediately took action to revoke the documents of some American media reporters in China according to law and leave China within a time limit, including Amy Qin, a Reporter for The New York Times in China.
On February 3, Beijing time, Qin Ying, who is still a reporter for the New York Times, returned to Beijing. She quickly reported what she had seen and heard on Twitter.
In the theme post she posted, the first tweet was distributed at 16:32 Beijing time on February 3. She said the purpose of her trip was to return to Beijing to cover the Winter Olympics, and said it had been almost two years since she was evicted. She then began to complain, mainly because she couldn't walk around, visit friends, or eat at her favorite restaurants as she did before the pandemic.
Screenshot of the first Tweet
Presumably, she sent the above tweet as soon as she got off the plane. More than 10 minutes later, she sent out a second tweet with a short video attached. Judging from the video, it is a street scene of Beijing taken from inside a taxi. She still sees the light of the city's humanity [outside the car window,] she said. She mentioned the staff at the airport, as well as the taxi drivers. It seems that she is feeling quite good at the moment.
Screenshot of the second tweet
A few minutes later, she sent out a third tweet. Seems to have arrived at a guesthouse. She posted a menu from the hotel and continued to complain that what she ate was too disappointing. She said it was so close to so many delicious foods that she couldn't eat, and now she sees such foods. She also said that takeaways are not allowed.
Screenshot of the third tweet
She then resended a few photos she had taken at the airport and said how different it looked to Beijing's capital airport now than it was two years ago.
Screenshot of the fourth tweet
Four minutes later, she tweeted a video about the robot at the Winter Olympics Media Center. Presumably, this is what she got from other reporters.
Screenshot of the fifth tweet
The most common response below these tweets is the tweet with the menu. A man named "Chen Weihua" asked her how she had time to spend two hours eating and drinking.
Screenshot of the relevant Tweet
She really replied! Looking a little unhappy, he also counted down Mr. Chen. She said she was waiting for the test results and had to stay in the hotel for 5 hours.
epilogue
What is the price of this Moutai wine? Let's take a look at the price in the screenshot above: seven eight eighty.
This New York Times reporter, who returned to Beijing again two years later, can really see it for a long time! You know, it was sent when she was still in the hotel. What if she left the hotel for the venue or the media center, wondering if she would tweet something that surprised her?
I didn't know that this Qin Ying was a reporter for the New York Times, but when I wrote this article, I checked it a little, and as a Chinese, it seems that her reputation in China does not seem to be very good.
Saw this article online.
Screenshot of the title of a related article
This Qin Ying, who had been working in Beijing for seven years before leaving China in 2020, began reporting on the COVID-19 epidemic in late January 2020. She completed a bachelor's degree in political science and development studies at the University of California, Berkeley. (End)