Chai Jing

Chai Jing is a Chinese investigative journalist. Chai began her career as a radio host in Hunan in 1995 and joined China Central Television (CCTV) in 2000. She is known for her CCTV shows News Probe (新闻调查) from 2003 to 2009 and Seeing (看见) from 2011 to 2013, which featured boundary-pushing investigative and human-interest reporting, including the state broadcaster’s first coverage of the gay community in 2005. In 2015, after leaving CCTV following the shutdown of Seeing amid tightening press controls, Chai produced the documentary Under the Dome (穹顶之下) about China’s air pollution. The documentary was banned on March 7, 2015, marking her blacklisting in China. That same year, she was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. In 2017, Chai relocated to Spain, where she continued her work as an independent journalist on YouTube.