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.

Latest by William Wan

Chinese activists arrested by Japan after landing on disputed island group

Chinese activists arrested by Japan after landing on disputed island group

The conflict is the latest in a string of blowups over disputed island territories in East Asian waters.

Olympic anti-China conspiracy afoot? Some Chinese think so

Olympic anti-China conspiracy afoot? Some Chinese think so

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

U.S. urges China to avoid censorship

Bloomberg Web site was blocked after it published an investigative story on wealth amassed by relatives of expected new leader.

Chinese activist plunges into U.S. studies

Chinese activist plunges into U.S. studies

Chen Guangcheng and his family are a month into their dramatic move — from confinement in China to an apartment in Manhattan.