Christina Zhao

Reporter

Christina is a breaking news reporter covering the U.S. and China beat. She has previously been published in the The Guardian, The Times, Vice and The Independent. Before she retrained as a journalist, Christina was a commercial lawyer in New Zealand. In her spare time she likes to play Zelda and eat hotpot.

  
 U.S.
 Buttigieg Slams Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham at Fox News Town Hall The 37-year-old Indiana mayor attacked Carlson and Ingraham on their own network on Sunday evening during his Fox News town hall.
  
 U.S.
 California Government Officials Conference Descended Into Fist-Fight A Riverside County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson confirmed the multiple-person fist fight occurred at the Renaissance Indian Wells Resort & Spa at around 12.30 a.m. on Saturday.
  
 U.S.
 Florida Couple Allegedly Left Veteran Suicidal, Scammed Out Of Life Savings Jessica Henry, 31, and Gregory Dushan, 28, were charged last week for conning more than $50,000 and property from a DeLand veteran.
  
 U.S.
 Trump Attacks Fox News, Chris Wallace For Moving to the 'Losing Side' Fox News "got dumped from the Democrats boring debates, and they just want in. They forgot the people who got them there," Trump said.
  
 U.S.
 'SNL' Mocks Pete Buttigieg's Appearance on 'The View': 'Boring Gay Man' Actor Paul Rudd impersonated Pete Buttigieg in a skit.
  
 U.S.
 George Conway Shreds Trump's Attack on Amash With Itemized Breakdown Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway's husband George Conway accused Trump of lying multiple times on Sunday.
  
 U.S.
 Two Florida Men Convicted For Shooting Man Dead Over $5 Necklace Dylan Marquis Ledbetter, 25, and Demarious Kevauh Greene, 23, were charged on Thursday after they shot dead a man and injured a woman over a $5 necklace.
  
 U.S.
 Fox Business Host: 'I Cringe' When My Colleagues Call Ocasio-Cortez 'Dumb' "They're just getting information from different sources that you are — that doesn't make them low information,” Fox Business host Charles Payne said.
  
 U.S.
 Flynn's Obstruction Voicemail Will ‘Be a Big Deal,’ Ex-Prosecutor Says Former federal prosecutor Jack Weiss compared Michael Flynn's voicemail recording to Trump's “Access Hollywood” tape in 2016. “If we get a live tape, I think it’ll be a big deal,” he said.
  
 U.S.
 Trump Blasts 2020 Candidate Bill De Blasio as 'Worst Mayor in the U.S.' “I just heard that the worst mayor in the history of New York City... is now running for president,” Trump said in a video uploaded to Twitter.
  
 U.S.
 Donald Trump: 'It's Great' Seeing Buttigieg on Stage With His Husband The president noted that while some people may have a problem with Buttigieg's gay marriage, he has "no problem with it whatsoever" and thinks "it's good."
  
 U.S.
 Trump Biographer: President 'Believes in Genetic Superiority' Michael D'Antonio, a CNN contributor who wrote the book “The Truth About Trump," offered his insights into the president's background in evading procedure and protocol.
  
 U.S.
 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders Team Up to Tout Green New Deal Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders took the stage at Howard University to discuss the urgency of climate change action.
  
 U.S.
 Sean Hannity Criticizes FBI Director Christopher Wray: 'Do Your Job' “The former highest ranking employees in his bureau committed real crimes, and yet no signs that Wray seems to care one bit to bring them to justice, or working to prevent this abuse of power...
  
 U.S.
 Florida Man Arrested For Playing Basketball Completely Naked At Park  When police arrived at the scene, Jordan Glen Anderson, 29, could be seen walking around on the basketball court of Candy Land Park playing with a ball without any clothing on his body.
  
 U.S.
 Ilhan Omar Accuses Liz Cheney of 'Deep Seated Hate and Islamophobia' “Your deep seeded hate and Islamophobia might be a tool to rally your base, but won’t get rid [of] your colleagues. You just have to deal,” Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar tweeted on Monday.
  
 U.S.
 Omarosa Manigault Newman Accuses Trump Campaign of Pay Discrimination Newman filed courts papers on Monday seeking to join former Trump campaign staffer Alva Johnson's lawsuit, which accuses Trump of attempting to forcibly kiss her in August 2016 and his campaign of...
  
 World
 Far-Right Arizona Pastor Banned From Ireland Under Exclusion Powers Steven L. Anderson, 37, who founded the Faithful Word Baptist Church, made headlines in 2016 for praising the Pulse nightclub shooter in Orlando and in 2009 for praying for Barack Obama's death.
  
 U.S.
 Ex-City Council Candidate Posted Revenge Porn of Wife on Campaign Site David Martinez, 39, pleaded guilty in March to posting a topless image of his estranged wife to his campaign website.
  
 Culture
 Jeffee Star Slams James Charles' Brother Ian Jeffrey Over Westbrook Feud “Why does everyone act so tough on the internet,” Ian Jeffrey tweeted on Sunday.
  
 U.S.
 Connecticut Man Indicted for Allegedly Threatening to Kill President Trump Gary Joseph Gravelle, 51, from New Haven, sent a threatening letter addressed to President Trump that contained a white powder he claimed was anthrax.
  
 Culture
 Is James Charles Career Over? Thousands Vote 'RIP' in New Twitter Poll More than 43,000 voted on whether James Charles' career will survive his very public feud with Tati Westbrook within two hours of the launch of a Twitter poll on Sunday.
  
 Culture
 Fans Slam YouTuber James Charles For Arriving Hours Late to Meet-and-Greet “Eww is @jamescharles here in #Australia? Please cancel his visa, like his career!,” one user tweeted.
  
 U.S.
 Giuliani Plans Trip to Ukraine to Push for Probes Into Democrats: Report “This isn’t foreign policy—I’m asking them to do an investigation that they’re doing already and that other people are telling them to stop.”
  
 U.S.
 Florida Man Arrested Over 'I Eat A**' Sticker Gets Charges Dropped Dillon Shane Webb's attorney has suggested the 23-year-old Lake City resident may file a lawsuit against the Columbia County Sheriff's Office over his arrest.
  
 U.S.
 Taco Bell Staffer Slaps Customer for Allegedly Complaining About Food In a video of the incident, a female Taco Bell employee can be seen yelling angrily in Spanish at a customer Francisco Hernandez, before slapping his face with her open hand.
  
 U.S.
 Biden: I ‘Never Anticipated There’d Be 300 People Running’ in Dem Primary The latest Hill-HarrisX poll, released this week, shows Biden far ahead in the crowded Democratic primary race, with 46 percent of the vote.
  
 U.S.
 Buttigieg Responds to Trump Insult With Chinese Proverb About Walls Buttigieg subtlety criticized President Trump as someone that cannot deal with change through a Chinese proverb that referenced building windmills and walls.
  
 U.S.
 Trump Jr. Unlikely to Comply With Senate Subpoena: Congressional Sources Two congressional sources claimed that Trump Jr. would not comply with the Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena and would likely cite his First Amendment constitutional right to avoid self...
  
 Culture
 Comedian Jordan Klepper Leaves Desk Job to Explore American Activism Sinking a boat in the bayou, getting arrested in Atlanta and wrestling with veterans in Texas wasn’t exactly what comedian Jordan Klepper envisioned when embarking on his new Comedy Central...
  
 U.S.
 Anti-Vax Kentucky Teen Who Sued Over School Ban Has Now Caught Chickenpox Jerome Kunkel, 18, sued the Northern Kentucky Health Department for banning unvaccinated students from school amid a chickenpox outbreak in March. Two months later, he has caught the contagious...
  
 U.S.
 Trump Falsely Claimed He Gave Puerto Rico $91 Billion in Aid—Again “I think the people of Puerto Rico are very grateful to Donald Trump for what we’ve done for them,” President Donald Trump said during his lengthy campaign speech in Florida.