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Christina Lu

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Christina Lu is a staff writer at Foreign Policy, covering energy and the environment. Prior to joining FP, she worked at Foreign Affairs and the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research in Lusaka, Zambia. She is a graduate of Cornell University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in government and economics.

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Two people wearing blue scrubs each hold a panda cub, roughly the size of a breadbox. The panda on the left has its eyes closed as it rests its chin on the person's arm. The panda on the right has its head tilted, and its pink tongue sticks out of its mouth.
Two people wearing blue scrubs each hold a panda cub, roughly the size of a breadbox. The panda on the left has its eyes closed as it rests its chin on the person's arm. The panda on the right has its head tilted, and its pink tongue sticks out of its mouth.

How China’s Panda Diplomacy Opened Hearts, Minds, and Borders

Insider
Christina Lu
Workers wearing hardhats and safety gear direct truck traffic at a mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Workers wearing hardhats and safety gear direct truck traffic at a mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The U.S. Strategic Minerals Situation Is Critical

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Christina Lu
Firefighters extinguish burning cars on a street in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre on June 29 as clashes erupted at the end of a commemoration march for a teenage driver shot dead by police two days prior.
Firefighters extinguish burning cars on a street in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre on June 29 as clashes erupted at the end of a commemoration march for a teenage driver shot dead by police two days prior.

Police Killing Sparks Outrage in France

World Brief
Christina Lu
Chimney stacks for a factory processing rare earths, elements essential for the production of mobile phones and computers, in Baotou, China.
Chimney stacks for a factory processing rare earths, elements essential for the production of mobile phones and computers, in Baotou, China.

America Dropped the Baton in the Rare-Earth Race

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Christina Lu
A group of officials sit at a wooden table in front of a large wall mural depicting a rural scene of a foggy green landscape with mountains and a lake. Chinese President Xi Jinping sits at the head of the table, facing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who sits to his right.
A group of officials sit at a wooden table in front of a large wall mural depicting a rural scene of a foggy green landscape with mountains and a lake. Chinese President Xi Jinping sits at the head of the table, facing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who sits to his right.

China Isn’t Buying Biden’s Balancing Act

Analysis
Robbie Gramer, Christina Lu
Children perform during a Chinese New Year celebration in a Mandarin immersion program at Marian Bergeson Elementary School in Laguna Niguel, California.
Children perform during a Chinese New Year celebration in a Mandarin immersion program at Marian Bergeson Elementary School in Laguna Niguel, California.

Have Mandarin Immersion Schools Lost Their Luster?

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Christina Lu
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Why Is It So Hard for the Fed to Curb Inflation?

Insider
Christina Lu
A Maxar satellite image taken at 12:15 p.m. local time shows damage to a section of the roadway and sluice gates at the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine.
A Maxar satellite image taken at 12:15 p.m. local time shows damage to a section of the roadway and sluice gates at the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine.

What Ukraine’s Dam Collapse Means for the War

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Robbie Gramer, Christina Lu, Brawley Benson
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (right) shakes hands with Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu during the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s annual defense and security forum, in Singapore on June 2.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (right) shakes hands with Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu during the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s annual defense and security forum, in Singapore on June 2.

U.S.-China Rivalry Looms Large at Shangri-La

World Brief
Christina Lu
Senegalese police and gendarmes are seen at the entrance to the Dakar courthouse where the trial of opposition politician Ousmane Sonko is being held on June 1.
Senegalese police and gendarmes are seen at the entrance to the Dakar courthouse where the trial of opposition politician Ousmane Sonko is being held on June 1.

Senegal’s Controversial Trial

World Brief
Christina Lu
People watch a television broadcast showing a file image of a North Korean rocket launch at the Seoul Railway Station on May 31 in Seoul.
People watch a television broadcast showing a file image of a North Korean rocket launch at the Seoul Railway Station on May 31 in Seoul.

North Korea’s Botched Satellite Launch Alarms Seoul

World Brief
Christina Lu
A man in a safety harness hangs from ropes on the outside of a damaged apartment building.
A man in a safety harness hangs from ropes on the outside of a damaged apartment building.

Russia’s War in Ukraine Comes to Moscow

World Brief
Christina Lu
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an event at Tsinghua University in Beijing on April 26, 2019.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an event at Tsinghua University in Beijing on April 26, 2019.

China Won’t Let Russia Starve the World

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Christina Lu
An illustration shows a shredded U.S. dollar bill atop a bright fuzzy background for a story about de-dollarization
An illustration shows a shredded U.S. dollar bill atop a bright fuzzy background for a story about de-dollarization

The Bid to Dethrone the Dollar

Explainer
Christina Lu
Chinese President Xi Jinping, standing behind a podium, speaks at a news conference at the end of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing in 2017.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, standing behind a podium, speaks at a news conference at the end of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing in 2017.

China Is a Loan Shark With No Legs Left to Break

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Christina Lu
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