Author: Xiaojuan Miao

2016 WPI Fellow

Journalist, Xinhua News Agency
Beijing, China


Posts by Xiaojuan Miao:

Heart and Soul

Heart and Soul

       Would I still be a journalist if I could live to 96 years old?        I was wondering when we came across Sid Hartman, the 96-year-old sports legend who has been writing for the Star Tribune for 72...
Friends, Fun, Food (For Thought)

Friends, Fun, Food (For Thought)

I have taken more than 2,800 pictures to record the first five weeks of our program. My cellphone seems to be on the verge of a strike. Right now at the Miami beachside hotel, while pictures are being uploaded to my laptop, I am looking back at all...

Go, China

       “Miao, it must be hard for you. Everyone talks about China.”        Marina’s kind comfort during a get-together earlier this week threw me into deep silence. I started missing my country and my people...
Prince is the Best

Prince is the Best

When we say we live in a “global village”, most of us don’t know what’s going on in each house of that village. Sometimes many of us don’t even know what’s going on in our own house. If it were not for the World Press Institute, I wouldn’t have the luxury to leave all...