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Wufei Yu

A Hong Kong-based journalist, Wufei Yu often reports on sports, outdoor adventures, climate and the environment, and human-centered stories about China, New Mexico and the Western U.S.

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Features 8 October 2025

The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom

30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.