
Hello, my name is Xiaoying, You xiaoying.
I cover climate change, tech innovation, higher education, etc.
Hello, my name is Xiaoying, You xiaoying.
I cover climate change, tech innovation, higher education, etc.

I cover climate change, tech innovation, higher education, etc.
I cover climate change, tech innovation, higher education, etc.
I am a freelance journalist based in London, originally from Shanghai (love speaking the dialect, yes).
I write reports about climate change, technological innovation, higher education and so on for a wide range of publications in the UK, US and China, including BBC Future, Nature, Caixin, Semafor, Scientific American, MIT Technology Review and Dialogue Earth.
I don’t like jargon, and try to avoid acronyms. I want my articles to be understood by as many people as possible, not the selected few.
My reporting languages are English and Mandarin. Both are decent, I’d say. Try me: tracyyou.sh@gmail.com.
(You is my surname, by the way, and You Xiaoying is the correct order for my name in my native Chinese culture.)
China has approved the world’s first invasive brain-computer chip—here’s what’s next (MIT Technology Review)
NoTrue, Silence and Rubbish Communications: satirical journals give Chinese academics a pressure valve (Nature)
My funding applications are taking up too much time. How can I stay focused on my research? (Nature)
2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch: HiNa Battery Technology and its effort to commercialize salt cells (MIT Technology Review)
How aluminium producers are trying to square sky-high emissions with low-carbon future (Ethical Corporation Magazine)
How China’s female entrepreneurs are leading the fight to topple gender barriers (Ethical Corporation Magazine)
The ‘new three’: How China came to lead solar cell, lithium battery and EV manufacturing (Dialogue Earth)
China-focused freelance journalist