Edward Wong is a diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times who covers foreign policy from Washington. In more than 24 years at The Times, he has reported from New York, Baghdad, Beijing and Washington. As Beijing bureau chief, he managed The Times’s largest overseas operation.
He has spent 13 years abroad and filed dispatches from dozens of countries, including North Korea, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia. He has written on the final trans-Atlantic flight of the Concorde, a walk through the Wakhan Corridor of the Afghan Pamirs and a cruise in North Korea.
Edward began reporting for The Times in 1999 and worked for four years on the metro, sports and business desks before going overseas. He covered the Iraq War from 2003 to 2007 and reported from China from 2008 to 2016.
He has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and done fellowships at the Belfer Center of Harvard Kennedy School and at the Wilson Center in Washington. He has taught international reporting as a visiting professor at Princeton University and U.C. Berkeley. He is on the advisory board of the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Edward has been interviewed on CBS News, MSNBC, PBS NewsHour, NPR, BBC, CBC and ARTE. He has given talks at universities and conferences on journalism, war and foreign policy. He has appeared in documentary films by Laura Poitras and Vanessa Hope and produced his own short film on China.
Edward received a Livingston Award for his coverage of the Iraq War and was on a team from the Times’ Baghdad Bureau that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting. He has two awards from the Society of Publishers in Asia for coverage of China. He was on the Times team that received an award for best documentary project from Pictures of the Year International for a series on global climate change migrants. He has a prize from the Associated Press Sports Editors.
Edward graduated from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree with honors in English literature. He has joint master’s degrees in journalism and international studies from U.C. Berkeley. He has studied Mandarin Chinese at the Beijing Language and Culture University, Taiwan University and Middlebury College. He was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Alexandria, Va.
Microsoft plans to invest $1.5 billion in G42, an Emirati company with ties to China, as Washington and Beijing maneuver to secure tech influence in the Gulf.
By Paul Mozur and David E. Sanger
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By Edward Wong
President Biden sends arms to Israel under an Obama-era $38 billion aid agreement that runs until 2026. Israel’s purchases include the types of bombs dropped in Gaza.
By Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
Congress has oversight over American weapons sales to allies. Some Democrats say lawmakers should try to delay or even block them until Israel agrees to conditions on its offensive in Gaza.
By Robert Jimison and Edward Wong
The deal, which would be one of the largest U.S. arms sales to Israel in years, awaits congressional approval as criticism of the war in Gaza rises.
By Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
President Biden aimed to keep relations stable in a call with Xi Jinping of China, but also raised concerns over Beijing’s activities around Taiwan, the South China Sea and Russia.
By Edward Wong and Erica L. Green
Many Palestinians from northern Gaza are now sheltering in the south, but they want to return home.
By Adam Rasgon and Edward Wong
Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said in an interview that a Russian victory could embolden China to move against Taiwan and would fuel anti-American propaganda.
By Edward Wong
President Biden has tried persuading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind the scenes. But critics say it is time for a different approach.
By Edward Wong and Eric Schmitt
Hamas’s new proposal would allow the release of hostages in exchange for a phased pullback of Israeli troops. It could restart negotiations.
By Ronen Bergman, Julian E. Barnes and Aaron Boxerman