Vox “Future Perfect 50” List, 2022 (Illustration: Rebecca Clarke / Vox)
Leadership Programmes
Raisina Young Fellow
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
New Delhi, 2022
Journalism Awards
Best Explanatory Reporting on Climate Change
Chinadialogue and China Association for NGO Cooperation (CANGO)
Beijing, 2021
Trailblazers: Best of the China Africa Reporting Project
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, 2014
Asian Environmental Journalism Award: Young Journalist of the Year (Merit)
Singapore Environment Council
Singapore, 2014
China Environmental Press Awards: Best Investigation
Chinadialogue and Renmin University
Beijing, 2014
China Environmental Press Awards: Young Journalist of the Year
Chinadialogue and the Guardian
Beijing, 2013
Journalist of the Year
Caixin Media
Beijing, 2013 & 2014
Best Cover Story of the Year
Caixin Media
Beijing, 2012, 2013 & 2014
Nanfang Media Award: Annual Tribute – Best Investigation
Southern Weekly Media Research Institute
Guangzhou, 2011, 2013 & 2014
Nandu National Award for Outstanding Student Journalist: First Prize
Southern Metropolis Daily Media Research Institute
Guangzhou, 2011
Journalism Fellowships
Oxford Journalism Fellowship
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University
Oxford, 2023
Cross-border Reporting Fellowship on Transnational Environmental Crime
JournalismFund.eu
Brussels, 2018
Global Investigative Journalist Fellowship
Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
Johannesburg, 2017
UNFCCC COP20 Climate Change Media Partnership Fellowship
Internews Earth Journalism Network
Lima, 2014
AAAS-EurekAlert! International Science Journalist Fellowship
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Chicago, 2014
Oxpeckers Fellowship for Chinese Environmental Investigative Journalists
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, 2013
Academic Scholarships
China Civil Society Leadership Scholarship
French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Paris, 2017-2019
Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD)
State Government of the United States
Washington DC, 2010
National Scholarship (Merit)
Chinese Ministry of Education
Beijing, 2008-2010