My maternal grandparents married in 1961, amid a man-made famine. On her wedding night, the bride walked home along streets shared by the bodies of the dead.
Yuan Yang is a columnist at the Financial Times and serves as the Europe-China correspondent. She covers a diverse range of topics including science, healthcare, and politics, with a particular focus on China and its implications in the United Kingdom. Yuan's work has been featured in notable publications such as Nature Portfolio, ChannelNewsAsia, and the New Statesman.