Muyi Xiao is a China reporter on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times. The team combines traditional reporting with advanced digital forensics. Previously, she worked for ChinaFile, Tencent and Reuters. She has been covering China from both inside and outside its borders for more than a decade.

At The Times, she has led investigative reporting on the Covid-19 outbreak, human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China’s propaganda and surveillance systems and tracking networks behind secret oil deliveries to North Korea. She has also investigated police brutality in the United States and covered Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. She was part of a team that was named a 2020 Pulitzer finalist in international reporting. She has also won a Gerald Loeb award in International category and three Society of Publishers in Asia Awards.