Fellow Yangyang Cheng Receives Awards for Her Publications

In the last two years, Center Fellow Yangyang Cheng4 has received a remarkable number of awards for her wide-ranging writing. And she has just received another one. The topics of her prize-winning articles include, among other issues, the complexities facing China’s diaspora; how the rivalry between the United States and China is harming scientists and science; and the history of China’s becoming a “carbon regime.” She has also been recognized for general excellence in science writing and opinion writing. Here is a list of her awards since June 2022:
- 06/2024, Kukula Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Book Reviewing, awarded by the Washington Monthly5 (Kukula Award judges' comments here5)
- 05/2024, AAJA Award for Excellence in Commentary/ Op-ed/ Perspective, Honorable Mention, awarded by the Asian American Journalists Association6 (AAJA)
- 06/2023, SOPA Award for Excellence in Global Opinion Writing, awarded7 by the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) (SOPA 2023 judges’ comments here8)
- 05/2023, AAJA Excellence in Commentary / Op-Ed / Perspective, final winner, awarded9 by the Asian American Journalists Association10 (AAJA) (AAJA judges' comments here11)
- 02/2023, 35 Innovators Under Age 35, semifinalist (results expected in summer 2023), recognized by MIT Technology Review
- 02/2023, International Strategy Forum Fellow, selected12 by Schmidt Futures13
- 12/2022, People's Choice Award: Best of 2022, recognized14 by the Los Angeles Review of Books15
- 07/2022, AAJA Excellence in Science / Environment / Health Reporting, final winner, awarded16 by the Asian American Journalists Association17
- 07/2022, AAJA Excellence in Commentary / Op-Ed/ Perspective, final runner-up, awarded18 by the Asian American Journalists Association19
- 06/2022, SOPA Editorial Excellence in Opinion Writing, Honorable Mention, awarded20 by the Society of Publishers in Asia21 (SOPA 2022 judges' comments here22)