Benjamin Haas

The late Kim Wall was a Swedish journalist based between New York and Beijing. She wrote about popular culture, gender, foreign policy, and identity. Her work was featured in publications including Harpers, The Guardian, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, Vice Magazine, and TIME. She earned a B.Sc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Master’s degrees in Journalism and International Affairs from Columbia University. She died tragically in August 2017. 

Last Updated: September 7, 2017

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01.28.17

China’s Feminists Go to Washington

Kim Wall
Zhang Ling was dressed like a revolutionary from the Spanish Civil War. With a long braid emerging from a scarlet beret and clad in trousers a color she described as “communist red,” Zhang had driven her Honda from her home in upstate New York the...

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04.17.14

Ai Weiwei’s Reach Draws New Yorkers’ Attention to Free Speech

Kim Wall
“Ai Weiwei retweeted me!” exclaimed a young blonde woman, laughing and waving her iPhone in the air with excitement. She and some two hundred other New Yorkers had gathered on the steps of the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza to show her...