Lingling Wei

Lingling Wei is the chief China correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and author of the award-winning WSJ China newsletter. She covers China’s political economy, focusing on the intersection of business and politics and U.S.-China relations. Born and raised in China, she has a master's in journalism from New York University. She got her start covering U.S. real estate and has won many awards for her China coverage. She was among a team of reporters and editors whose work was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2021. She was also on the team that produced the Journal’s Missing Minister investigative podcast series, which won the New York Press Club’s national podcast award in 2025. Lingling is co-author of the book “Superpower Showdown.”