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My name is You Xiaoying. I am an award-winning multilingual journalist (Shanghainese, Mandarin, English, Spanish), based in London.
I have been reporting for international media outlets since 2006, covering a wide range of topics from travel, art, current affairs to viral news.
I can speak, write, interview and edit in Mandarin and English. I am also able to converse, research and carry out basic reporting in Spanish. My mother tongue is Shanghainese, which remains my favourite way of communication.
Before I left Shanghai, I worked as China Editor for CNN Travel (formerly CNNGo), managing around 30 international freelancers. After moving to London, I served as China News Editor at MailOnline for six years, specialising in producing viral, social and video news.
From March 2021 to October 2022, I was China Editor at Carbon Brief, a UK-based not-for-profit media organisation focusing on climate change reporting. I created China Briefing, a weekly newsletter, for Carbon Brief, explaining China's latest climate developments and policies in jargon-free, plain English. China Briefing won the Covering Climate Now award under the newsletter category in 2022.
Since my departure from Carbon Brief, I have been working as a freelance climate journalist, covering China and the UK's climate policies and energy transition.
When I am not writing, you can find me cycling in quiet English country lanes, doing laps in a swimming pool or cooking in my warehouse studio.
I love wontons, the most delicious dumplings in the world, in my opinion. Instead of jiao zi, a type of Chinese dumpling made with round wrappers and is eaten dry with vinegar (mainly in northern China), Shanghai people prefer wontons (huntun in Mandarin), which is served with soup and made with square flour sheets.
I would love to hear from you at tracyyou.sh@gmail.com.
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