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James Palmer

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James Palmer is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy and writes FP’s weekly China Brief newsletter. Palmer is the author of The Bloody White Baron: The Extraordinary Story of the Russian Nobleman Who Became the Last Khan of Mongolia and The Death of Mao: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Birth of the New China. He won the Shiva Naipaul prize for travel writing in 2003.

Articles by James Palmer
A man drags a handcart along the road on Feb. 5 in Wuhan, China.
A man drags a handcart along the road on Feb. 5 in Wuhan, China.
A paramilitary police officer talks on his radio transmitter as he stands in front of the portrait of late communist leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Oct. 13.
A paramilitary police officer talks on his radio transmitter as he stands in front of the portrait of late communist leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Oct. 13.
U.S. Reps. Ben Cline and Eric Swalwell talk during a break on June 17 in Washington.
U.S. Reps. Ben Cline and Eric Swalwell talk during a break on June 17 in Washington.
Bottles of Australian wine are displayed at a supermarket in Hangzhou, China, on Nov. 27.
Bottles of Australian wine are displayed at a supermarket in Hangzhou, China, on Nov. 27.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden introduces key foreign policy and national security nominees and appointments at the Queen Theatre on Nov. 24 in Wilmington, Delaware.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden introduces key foreign policy and national security nominees and appointments at the Queen Theatre on Nov. 24 in Wilmington, Delaware.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a working session on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a working session on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017.
Medical staff treat a COVID-19 patient in Texas
Medical staff treat a COVID-19 patient in Texas
Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping toast during a state luncheon for China on Sept. 25, 2015, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington.
Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping toast during a state luncheon for China on Sept. 25, 2015, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington.
Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
A boy plays in front of the Chinese flag at Wuhan Revolution Museum in Wuhan, China, on Oct. 7.
A boy plays in front of the Chinese flag at Wuhan Revolution Museum in Wuhan, China, on Oct. 7.
A woman wears a “Trump 2020” face mask at a rally for incumbent Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst in Davenport, Iowa, on Oct. 31.
A woman wears a “Trump 2020” face mask at a rally for incumbent Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst in Davenport, Iowa, on Oct. 31.
A waitress watches a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump on a television during at a local bar on Nov. 4, 2020 in Beijing, China.
A waitress watches a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump on a television during at a local bar on Nov. 4, 2020 in Beijing, China.
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China's President Xi Jinping
China's President Xi Jinping