IAN YOUNG

Today, we speak with award-winning reporter Ian Young of the South China Morning Post. A journalist for more than 20 years, Young covered the 1997 handover of Hong Kong and won or shared awards for excellence in investigative reporting and human rights reporting. He also received the HK News Awards 'Scoop of the Year.' Today, Young is the Post's Vancouver correspondent currently covering the Meng Wanzhou extradition hearings between the US and Canada. Follow Ian on Twitter here.

Journalist Ian Young of the South China Morning Post.  Image courtesy of Young.

Journalist Ian Young of the South China Morning Post. Image courtesy of Young.


In this episode, we discuss Young’s coverage of the Wanzhou hearings, his investigative reports looking into policies that led to devastating coronavirus outbreaks in some Vancouver care homes, and we chat about how faux outrage over Sinophobia is being used to quash political dissent.

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Note: Our intro is the song, Take Me In Your Arms, written and performed by the talented Vancouver-born pianist, Austin Nash Park.