Sui-Lee Wee
Sui-Lee Wee is a Bangkok-based bureau chief for The New York Times, overseeing coverage of Southeast Asia. She has been a journalist since 2002, covering China for most of her professional career. Sui has worked in Beijing for a decade, where she covered politics, demographics and human rights. In 2016, she joined The Times as a business reporter focusing on health care. Sui was part of teams that were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting twice and shared in the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for covering the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in China. She obtained her graduate degree in business and economic reporting from New York University and is fluent in English and Mandarin, with a growing understanding of Thai. As a Times journalist, Sui adheres to The Times' ethics guidelines, striving to ensure fairness and balance in her reports while protecting sources when necessary. She can be reached at slwee@nytimes.com.
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The Daily's Verdict
This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.
Bias
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Conflicts of Interest
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Contradictions
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- Nguyen Phu Trong rose to power in 2011
- The corruption-hunting initiated under Trong’s leadership resulted in over 200 people being jailed for political reasons
- Trong cemented control in the one-party state with purges against corruption and political crackdowns
- Trong oversaw hard-line Communist Party directives aimed at the media, civil society groups, and internal political challenges
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