NüVoices Podcast: A Conversation with Yangyang Cheng, on Writing about Science and US-China Relations

My co-host Rui Zhong and I speak with writer and scientist Dr. Yangyang Cheng on the struggles of scientists in the current political climate, the place of women in the intersection of politics and science, and China’s history and future in the geopolitical landscape. We also discuss Yangyang’s career as a researcher, writer, and academic, and delve into her tips for aspiring writers.

She is a trained particle physicist, having worked on the Large Hadron Collider for over a decade, before shifting her focus. She has published over 90 essays in major outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, MIT Technology Review, and WIRED, and have received several awards from the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Her literary criticism received the 2024 Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing from The Washington Monthly and a 2022 People’s Choice Award from the Los Angeles Review of Books.

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