Hongkong ist umgeben von Wasser und im Sommer kommt es durch geftige Tropenstürme regelmäßig zu Überschwemmungen. Trotzdem leidet die Küstenstadt unter extremer Wasserknappheit und ist komplett abhängig vom Festland China. [auf Englisch]

This was one of the fastest feature stories I have written. I had done the research, conducted lots of interviews, and cross-checked the numbers. When I sat down to write the story, I knew exactly how I wanted to tell it.

For this piece, a colleague and I tracked down people affected by a new police custody rule. We used FOIA and parliamentary inquiries to compile a complete list of cases spanning several years, and were able to show that the law was primarily used against climate activists.