Below are selected clippings of Ash's magazine features and anthologised writing:
An essay on China's newly confident nationalism, where it comes from and how genuine it really is, in the Wire China
A reported feature from the frontlines of the 2019 Hong Kong democracy protests, tear gas and all, in The Spectator
The Fantastic Truth About China
An essay-review of contemporary Chinese science fiction and the genre's storied past, in the New York Review of Books
A feature about 'left-behind children' in rural China, and three generations of a single family, in 1843 magazine
The Toughest Exam in the World
A long read following one Chinese high school student as he takes the college entrance exam, in the Guardian
How the legacy of youth protest in China, from 1919 to 1989, interacts with the new generations today, in Dissent
A longform story of unreckoned memory and intersecting communities in Beijing's historic hutongs, in Asia Literary Review
A book chapter following a young Tibetan struggling to find his place in modern China, from Chinese
Characters
A BBC Book of the Week
"A talented young observer of today’s China" – Peter Hessler
"Lyrical ... a telling portrait" – Washington Post
"Alive with the full complications of truth" – Evan Osnos
"Compelling and beautifully written" – Prospect