- William Wan
- Staff Writer
William Wan is a diplomatic correspondent covering China, Asia and US foreign policy. He has worked as a metro reporter for Los Angeles Times, a rewrite man for The Baltimore Sun and a staff writer for The Washington Post since 2005. He has written extensively on the Muslim-American community and was on the Post’s Pulitzer-finalist team that covered the Fort Hood shootings. For his work on the religion beat, he received the 2010 and 2011 Supple Religion Writer of the Year and a 2011 distinguished writing award from the American Society of News Editors.
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The conflict is the latest in a string of blowups over disputed island territories in East Asian waters.
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The conspiracy theories reflect an increasingly common line among Chinese leaders that Western powers are trying to contain China.
U.S. urges China to avoid censorship
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Chinese activist plunges into U.S. studies
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