Boer Deng

Your Sunday read: cnn.com/2026/02/15/pol…

(And there’s more to come)

I don’t tweet (X?) much these days but of the many incredible stories I’ve gotten to do at CNN so far, working on this one from the great @owermohle was truly eye popping: cnn.com/2026/02/06/pol…

Today the Justice department announced its indictment of Chen Zhi, the chairman of the Prince Group, on cryptocurrency fraud charges. @jackoozell has done more deep reporting on Chen then anyone— including for this incredible series we put out last year: rfa.org/english/specia…

Great to see my former colleague @ngahpham in The Observer!

Beyond thrilled that a story I edited last year by the incomparable @instupor and colleagues in the RFA Burmese service has just won the Edward R Murrow Award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: rfa.org/english/specia…

@joshuakeating @CNN Thanks!

@boerdeng @CNN Fantastic! Congrats

Some personal news, as they say: I feel so delighted and very very privileged to be joining @CNN today

@AlexiMostrous @CNN Thank you so much!

@boerdeng @CNN This is GREAT news. Congrats

This incredible documentary on the legacy of forced marriages during the rule of the Khmer Rouge is, sadly, the last piece from my team at RFA, as we have all been laid off. Please watch to the end: rfa.org/english/cambod…

The Economist: “Behind closed doors, [Western diplomats] admit that many Western governments now have little or no appetite for confronting China over repression in Tibet, Xinjiang or Hong Kong, claiming this is a time for pragmatism.” economist.com/international/…

Marco Rubio: “The story of the 21st century is going to be about what happened between the U.S. and China…The Chinese believe that they are on a path towards becoming the most powerful nation on Earth, that it’s inevitable, it’s just a matter of time.” state.gov/secretary-of-s…

Donald Trump shoots his own mouthpiece. My. take on the abrupt elimination of @VOANews, @RFERL, @RadioFreeAsia and more. Once again admin is choosing destruction over reform. America's foes are gloating at this latest retreat from the global war of ideas. economist.com/international/…

This is the kind of journalism that is at risk, that you can’t get anywhere else. Please share widely

@RadioFreeAsia has published this utterly compelling testimony of surviving the Khmer Rouge, from my colleagues on the @RadioFreeAsiaKH service ahead of a grim 50th anniversary of their takeover in April: rfa.org/english/specia…

Please read our story:

Here’s the latest example of why @RadioFreeAsia is worth preserving. I can verify from my experience on Capitol Hill that congressional staff take these investigative reports seriously and often build legislation around them. “For Chinese dissidents abroad, harassment from Beijing is nothing new — surveillance, cyberattacks and threats to family members are routine. “But a lawsuit filed in a U.S. court based on a judgment in China marked a chilling escalation. Legal experts say Ma’s case is in fact part of a growing trend: the use of U.S. courts to seek penalties against dissidents like Ma, even as Washington regularly warns of efforts by the Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, to extend its reach into other countries. “China and other authoritarian regimes “are using frivolous lawsuits in U.S. courts to impose financial and psychological costs on dissidents,” said Diego A. Zambrano, a legal scholar at Stanford University who has studied similar cases involving Turkey, Venezuela and Russia. He told RFA, “The Chinese government has been one of the worst offenders.” “RFA Investigative reviewed hundreds of pages of legal filings from the U.S. and China and spoke with legal experts and former law enforcement officials in both countries. Many raised concerns with Beijing’s latest strategy to quell criticism. “U.S. authorities recognize the implications of the Chinese Communist Party’s use of law as a weapon. Yet, as Ma’s case and several others illustrate, they remain ill-prepared to counter it.”

A Chinese state-owned enterprise claimed Ma Ju owed it $12.5 million and was pursuing a judgment in the Nassau County Court. The case he recognized had its origins in China. It was based on what he considered was a corrupt and fraudulent 2017 court ruling against him in China.