Isaac Stone Fish

Isaac Stone Fish is Asia editor at Foreign Policy, where he edits, reports, and writes stories from across the region. Previously a Beijing correspondent for Newsweek, Isaac wrote stories on such subjects as the Dalai Lama’s effect on international trade, China’s love affair with rogue states, and crystal meth in North Korea, a country he has visited twice. A fluent Mandarin speaker, Isaac spent seven years living in China prior to joining FP; he has traveled widely in the region and in China. His articles have also appeared in the New York Times, the Economist, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, and he has appeared as a commentator on MSNBC, BBC, NPR, Al-Jazeera, and PRI, among others.

Tea Leaf Nation

China’s ‘Jewish People’s Wisdom Network,’ and Other Pyramid Schemes

Millions of Chinese have been swindled by hucksters promising easy money.

Feature

Crouching Tiger, Sleeping Giant

The 120-year-old cliché that explains the Chinese-American relationship.

Tea Leaf Nation

Stop Calling Taiwan a ‘Renegade Province’

Beijing and Taipei don't think it is. Why does the rest of the world?

Feature

Why Can’t Ex-Chinese Leaders Travel Abroad?

Xi Jinping’s secret strategy for dealing with China’s powerful retired elite.

Tea Leaf Nation

Maps, Money, and the Military: FP’s Most-Read China Stories of 2015

The ten stories our China-watchers loved to click this year.

Feature

You Have the Right to Remain Silent

Inside the fight over the American Bar Association's tepid condemnation of Beijing’s crackdown on lawyers and activists.

Tea Leaf Nation

Xi Jinping’s Taiwan Trap

The self-governing island's soft power remains potent enough to change mainland China.

Passport

Watch Japan’s New Education Minister Wrestle Ric Flair

Surprisingly, Hiroshi Hase is not the first professional wrestler to become a high-ranking official in Japan's government.

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