The Aporia · Phoebe Zhang

Articles

9

2026-08-24 – 2026-10-16

Claims per article

4

40 extracted in total

Hedged claims

5%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

815

characters

Writes for South China Morning Post.

Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

Politics

67%

Economy/Business

11%

Entertainment

11%

World

11%

Most-tagged topics

ChinaChineseShenzhenApecAzerbaijanBeijingBeijing Han Heng Law FirmBulgaria

Not enough articles to place this byline.

3 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.10 (centre).

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.

2026-10-16 · South China Morning Post · Politics

China invites Trump press secretary Katie Zacharia to visit after ‘proper toilets’ slur

4 outlets covered this event

2026-10-11 · South China Morning Post · Politics

Wuhan’s Covid mayor Zhou Xianwang jailed for 14 years for corruption

3 outlets covered this event

2026-10-15 · South China Morning Post · Entertainment

Young Chinese are choosing healthy relationships over toxic filial piety

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

2026-10-12 · South China Morning Post · Politics

China’s top diplomat to visit Azerbaijan, Croatia, Montenegro and Bulgaria to boost ties

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-10-03 · South China Morning Post · Politics

China returns to top 100 in gender parity ranking for first time since 2016

no other outlet in the corpus covered this

2026-09-20 · South China Morning Post · Politics

Chinese lawyers offer coaching for when corruption busters come knocking

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

2026-09-16 · South China Morning Post

Why women in China are still at risk of abduction and forced marriage

🔮 She did not appear willing. assertive

2026-09-20 · South China Morning Post

Chinese lawyers offer coaching for when corruption busters come knocking

🔮 Chinese lawyers offer coaching for when corruption busters come knocking Suspects should learn what to do before being detained, lawyers say, as they might spend months cut off from legal counsel Zhang Dongdong has been fielding ever more requests for legal advice from jittery entrepreneurs, nervous government officials or their desperate relatives. assertive

2026-10-11 · South China Morning Post

Wuhan’s Covid mayor Zhou Xianwang jailed for 14 years for corruption

🔮 Wuhan’s Covid mayor Zhou Xianwang jailed for 14 years for corruption Zhou, who was widely criticised for the delayed announcement that the virus had been detected in the city, assertive

2026-10-12 · South China Morning Post

China’s top diplomat to visit Azerbaijan, Croatia, Montenegro and Bulgaria to boost ties

🔮 China’s top diplomat to visit Azerbaijan, Croatia, Montenegro and Bulgaria to boost ties Wang Yi’s four-nation tour comes amid Beijing’s push to shore up its trade corridors and geopolitical influence Aside from Azerbaijan, Beijing’s top diplomat will visit Croatia, Montenegro and Bulgaria, it said, for a four-nation trip running from October 14 to 20. assertive

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