The Southern Chinatown
A newsletter about everything China and Chinese diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbeans, and the other way around.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 6 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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Q&A with Christian Shepherd: Inside the Labor Abuse Scandal at BYD’s Brazil Mega Factory
Hello!
It’s Beimeng, an independent journalist and filmmaker from China based in Mexico. This newsletter, The Southern Chinatown, explores the undercurrents of China’s global presence through a human-interest lens, centered on Mexico and t...
China Between the Lines at Trump’s ‘Shield of the Americas’ Summit
Hello!
It’s Beimeng, an independent journalist and filmmaker from China based in Mexico. My newsletter, The Southern Chinatown, explores the fascinating undercurrents of China’s global presence through a human-interest lens whenever possib...
Chinese internet reacts to Bad Bunny
I’ve been meaning to write this issue since right after the Super Bowl, when I woke up to a flooded Xiaohongshu feed filled with who-is-Bad-Bunny breakdowns.
To Latino communities around the world, his halftime show was largely celebrated...
Issue #2 A (Largely) Personal Observation of the State of Chinese business in Mexico in 2026
The Chinese business presence in Mexico City is hard to ignore.
I noticed it in my first Spanish language classes. Besides me, there were three other Chinese students. Everyone either works or has a spouse that works at a Chinese tech comp...
Issue #1: China-LATAM news I'm reading
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It’s Beimeng, an independent journalist and filmmaker from China in Mexico.
After having lived two years of my Latin life and fought the urges of newcomer hot-takes, I thought it’s an appropriate time to start a (new) newsletter n...
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Beimeng Fu is an independent multimedia journalist based in CDMX. Her work takes a human interest approach to exploring evolving dynamics between China and Latin America. Before The Southern Chinatown, she co-published farandnear.substack.com
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