Time Beijing Bureau Chief on the Hazards of Her (Hopefully, Continuing) Job

Before heading back to New York City for the holidays, Hannah Beech joked with friends in China that she might not be back. That’s because once again, the renewal of her yearly journalist visa is coming down to the New Year’s Eve wire.

Beech has had a number of rough rides on that front since she began covering the China beat in the early 2000s. Two years ago, her coverage of self-immolating Tibetan monks led to bureaucratic stalling and a stern lecture.

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