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August 01, 2015 | Multimedia Week
Podcast: Sim Chi Yin on 'Dying to Breathe'
Sharron Lovell speaks with Sim Chi Yin about crossing the lines between journalism and advocacy.
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August 01, 2015 | Pulitzer Center
Bon Voyage, Brother He
Saying goodbye to a subject I've documented and befriended over the past four years.
June 25, 2015 | Pulitzer Center
China: The Men Who Keep Dying
A silent killer: China's number one occupational disease kills three times as many workers as mining accidents each year.
June 23, 2015 | ChinaFile
China: A Dying Miner's Dream
Gold miner He Quangui is dying from silicosis. He records a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who called on Chinese citizens to leave their homes and work in mines.
June 23, 2015 | The New York Times
A Chinese Miner with a Heart of Gold
After years of working in an illegal gold mine, He Quangui, of China's Shaanxi Province, battles silicosis—an irreversible and painful lung disease.
May 15, 2015 | National Geographic
China: Dying to Breathe
Sim Chi Yin travels to Hongjun village in central China where dying miners pay the true cost of gold.
April 16, 2015 | BBC World Service
Sim Chi Yin Talks with BBC Newshour about 'Beijing's Rat Tribe'
Sim Chi Yin speaks about her project 'Beijing's Rat Tribe.'
April 07, 2015 | Foreign Affairs
Beijing's Rat Tribe: The Chinese Dream Goes Underground
The Chinese dream goes underground.
April 02, 2015 | Virginia Quarterly Review
Mexico and China: An Ocean Apart
Two forces threaten the sustainability of sharks—fishermen in developing countries like Mexico and consumers in China. Both seem unstoppable but both will have to change if sharks are to survive.
February 23, 2015 | Pulitzer Center
The Bowels of Basements in Beijing
Photographer Sim Chi Yin talks about her experiences while reporting for the story "Beijing's Rat Tribe" with journalist Ian Johnson.
February 19, 2015 | Pulitzer Center
Beijing's 'Rat Tribe': The Back Story
Living beneath Beijing's skyscrapers and residential blocks are an estimated 1 million migrant workers. Dubbed the "Rat Tribe," these low-wage workers make a home in windowless basement cubicles.
February 18, 2015 | CNN
Sim Chi Yin Interviewed on CNN
Pulitzer Center grantee Sim Chi Yin is interviewed by CNN's Kristie Lu Stout on her photography for the project, "Beijing's Rat Tribe."