EditorialFrom left, Haojun Xie, Ugo Cirri and Takaomi Yoshino put on their pointe shoes during a rehearsal of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, in New York on Dec. 13, 2021. (Yael Malka/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Chinese divers Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi on their way to winning the men’s 3-meter synchronized springboard at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Chinese divers Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi on their way to winning the men’s 3-meter synchronized springboard at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialWang Zongyuan, and Xie Siyi compete in the men’s 3-meter synchronized springboard final at the postponed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, July 28, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialWang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi of China, compete in men’s synchronized 3m springboard at the Tokyo Aquatics Center during the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, July 28, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialResearch scientist Hong Xie holds a box of samples at a genome sequencing lab at the University of Washington in Seattle on April 15, 2020. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)