Meaghan Tobin

Taipei, Taiwan

China correspondent focused on tech and business

Education: New York University, BS in Public Health; The Fletcher School, MA in Law and Diplomacy

Meaghan Tobin is The Washington Post's China tech and business correspondent. She previously covered technology in Asia for Rest of World and was a staff writer at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, where she wrote about foreign affairs and public health in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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Will China overtake the U.S. on AI? Probably not. Here’s why.

As Congress considers how to regulate the use of artificial intelligence, some worry that constraints on American companies will allow Chinese ones to get ahead.

July 9, 2023

31 dead, 7 injured in gas explosion at barbecue restaurant in China

A gas leak caused a blast at a restaurant in Yinchuan, the capital of the Ningxia region in northern China, authorities said.

June 21, 2023

Biden calls Xi a dictator; Beijing slams remark as ‘provocation’

President Biden's remarks came after Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared to soothe tensions while meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.

June 21, 2023

Blinken, once seen as a headache in China, could be a remedy

The reasonably cordial meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave leader Xi Jinping a chance to present China to the world as a reasonable partner.

June 20, 2023

Blinken holds ‘candid’ talks with China’s Xi amid effort to ease tensions

The talks cap two days of meetings aimed at lowering tensions between the superpowers, but the objective of restoring military-to-military contacts was not realized.

June 19, 2023

Chinese EV giant BYD overtakes Tesla, but can it crack the U.S. market?

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, which has just released an $11,000 hatchback, has ambitious international plans. But can it crack the American market?

June 14, 2023

Hit Netflix show sparks a wave of #MeToo allegations in Taiwan

Taiwan is going through a #MeToo reckoning, brought about by the political drama "Wave Makers," which is having real-life repercussions in the lead-up to elections.

June 7, 2023

U.S. military releases video of near-collision with Chinese destroyer

The video, taken from USS Chung-Hoon, shows China’s Luyang III cutting sharply across a U.S. destroyer’s course during an exercise in the Taiwan Strait.

June 5, 2023

In bright spot for Hong Kong media freedom, journalist wins appeal

The Hong Kong case against Bao Choy sparked outrage over shrinking media freedoms when she was convicted in 2021 of improperly accessing vehicle records.

June 5, 2023

China gives Elon Musk a hero’s welcome — and a message for the U.S.

The mercurial head of Tesla and Twitter, on his first visit in three years, said China and the U.S. were “conjoined twins” with inseparable interests.

June 1, 2023