Chao Deng
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Reporter @WSJ covering the U.S. economy. Previously a foreign correspondent in China, Taiwan and Egypt.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined August 2009
Our latest story: Hamas is violently cracking down on rivals in Gaza. Firefights and public executions are raising concerns about a spiral of internecine violence.
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Firefights and public executions have spread fear and raised concerns about a spiral of internecine violence. “I could hear gunfire all around.”
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We Tried to Reach Gazans We Interviewed Over Two Years of War. Here’s What Happened to Them.
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We kept wondering: Did they find their missing relatives? Were they even still alive?
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Jerome Cohen optimistically told me last year, “Nothing stands still for long.” An American giant on China legal, trade and human-rights policies passes away. https://t.co/HtZaMzq9rl via @WSJ
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An expert on China—and a sometime critic—Cohen defended companies and dissidents.
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Boom. The explosion was still ringing in Ibrahim Abuowda’s ears when he saw the schoolyard crowd scatter and looked up to see a limb flying above him. “I was wondering, whose arm is that?” the then-13-year-old recalled thinking, before fainting. 🔗 https://t.co/VfXMHlak01
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U.S. funding for anti-HIV initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been cut. Humanitarian officials fear infections will surge.
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U.S. funded treatments in the country have helped reduce deaths from HIV/AIDS to around 14,000 a year, from as high as 200,000.
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On the economic challenges plaguing young Americans and why saving money is now cool 😎. https://t.co/bJA5uuKQeA She gets extra compliments when she reveals her manicures are $20 press-ons from Target. “It’s the equivalent to saying your dress has pockets".
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A combination of economic challenges is driving a decline in spending among Gen Z.
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Smart take by @greg_ip on how to make housing markets work. And why @ZohranKMamdani's proposal to freeze rent won't fix New York's housing shortage. https://t.co/JEdtWmIXIp
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Austin, Texas, and other red-state cities have set an example for how to make housing markets work.
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Traditional RAG searches data—next-gen RAG gives you knowledge. Meet Microsoft Foundry IQ—powered by Azure AI Search—delivering the right context to agents, all from a single knowledge base.
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Great piece by @Megankstack. China's Orwellian present can be America's future. You don't want to live in a society where everything you say or do is being watched and recorded. So, Americans, do something before it is too late.
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Promises of safety and convenience belie the machinery of political abuse.
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Trump has pledged to bring more factory work back to the U.S. but 449,000 jobs in manufacturing are already going unfilled. Workers say it's the younger generation that doesn't want to clock in. Reporting from Ohio w/ @tepingchen
https://t.co/IP2RLbD1V2
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The president has pledged to bring more factory work back to the U.S., but many manufacturing jobs are already going unfilled.
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The Trump-Harvard standoff has far-reaching economic implications. From biotech to retail, most sectors in Boston are intricately tied to the university's students and faculty. w/@KonradPutzier
https://t.co/HdOdZ3wEtN
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Far beyond Harvard Yard, the university is a major economic engine for the region.
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Tariffs are again at the center of Trump’s economic strategy, yet the effects of those from his first term are still coming into full view. How exactly do tariffs change things for ordinary Americans? A small town in South Carolina offers some answers.
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Tariffs imposed during the first Trump administration led Samsung to invest in a washing machine factory, giving Newberry, S.C. a boost. But they also pushed up prices of washers for consumers...
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E-commerce items in the U.S. could see a price hike, after an executive order by Trump targeting China. Young, low-income American shoppers are set to lose out. https://t.co/BhiPBWU0zI
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The flurry of executive decisions by President Trump includes a less-noticed move to begin charging tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese clothing and other inexpensive Chinese goods...
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How the U.S.-Canada-Mexico tariffs will work—and what products are targeted: https://t.co/safKA06kn9
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Uncertainty surrounds the trade war touched off by Trump’s tariffs. But some of the basics are taking shape.
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Gut-wrenching report by @jmalsin on the search for missing loved ones at Syria's Saydnaya prison. Among the dead: a young man ratted out for just *thinking* about joining the opposition to Assad's regime. https://t.co/vy6WXXx9AO
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Syrians searching for missing loved ones are scouring the country’s most notorious prison for information and anyone still alive, while bodies of detainees recovered from the prison fill the corone...
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As we entered the apocalyptic, destroyed Gaza City, desperate families from the besieged North Gaza were fleeting south with the little they can carry. A white flag in hand to beg for mercy and no further bombardment.
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Musk and Putin continued to have contact this year as Musk stepped up criticism of US military aid to Ukraine + got involved in Trump’s election campaign. Important report by @tggrove et al. https://t.co/7r0pn6myEi
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Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns. Topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters.
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I have an investigation out today, with @JoyDongHK, on the true cost of the panda program. I obtained rarely seen photos and videos. Here's a gift link.
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In the 1990s, China began sending pandas to foreign zoos to be bred, in the hope that future generations could be released into the wild. It hasn’t gone as planned.
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Samantha Power is the most famous critic of American complicity in genocide. But now that she is Biden's top humanitarian leader, her own staff is accusing her of standing by as large scale human rights abuses play out in Gaza. https://t.co/TV1BGczsLM
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America’s chief humanitarian official rose to fame by speaking out against atrocities. Now she’s trapped by one.
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Chock full of detail by @eliotwb et al.
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Helped by political ties and cash from Gulf states, the power couple plans to develop ultraluxury resorts in Albania.
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Nigam Arora returns to the Schwab Network’s Market on Close to talk about The Arora Report’s dynamic hedging strategy used during recent market volatility. To learn what to do now, click to watch the interview.
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Economists and ordinary people often seem to inhabit different planets, but seldom has the chasm been this wide. WSJ surveyed economists vs normies on a host of Trump/Harris policies: https://t.co/990U7MSmlX
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