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NPR’s Emily Feng shares stories of a growing and changing China in 'Let Only Red Flowers Bloom'

By Leoneda Inge,

Published May 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT

Feng was a foreign correspondent based in China for seven years, but was kicked out following her reporting on protests in Hong Kong.

She returned to Duke University this spring for a conversation hosted by the Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), and for her class reunion.

Guest

Emily Feng, foreign correspondent for NPR who was based in Beijing and Taipei, and author of the new book Let Only Red Flowers Bloom

Another version of this interview first aired in April, 2025

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Emily Feng

Emily Feng is NPR's Beijing correspondent.

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Cole del Charco

Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for WUNC, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.

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