China is often perceived as a monolith — not just politically, but socially and culturally, too. Nothing could be further from the truth, and The China Project dives deep into its diverse and changing society and culture on a daily basis.
Erke is an also-ran sneaker and sportswear brand, but a low-key donation for emergency aid to flood-struck Henan Province was noticed by online shoppers and social media users who started a buying frenzy.
There are no Chinese (or any other fans) in the stadiums, but there is a very rowdy crowd watching the Olympics in China, and they’re letting the world know what they think on social media.
A trio of gold medals in weightlifting, plus victories in fencing and shooting, marked a solid start for China in the first days of the Tokyo Olympics — even as the soccer team disappointed, and Japan upset China in tennis table doubles.
One underappreciated aspect of the Chinese Communist Party's history, particularly its early history, is how much of it was influenced by Japan.
As floodwaters in Henan Province recede, China’s tech giants are doing their best to do their civic duty with large aid donations and online tools to help victims.
The political scientist Yiqing Xu explains his “new-ish” methods for studying the dynamics of politics in China, including ways to map public sentiment and public opinion in authoritarian states.
Earlier this month, China's do-everything app (which is also a leading social media platform) WeChat permanently suspended the official accounts of more than a dozen LGBTQ+ campus advocacy groups. The move was part of the Chinese state's tightening grip over civil society, but also indicative of a rising backlash toward LGBTQ+ rights within the general population.
"It really seems like I have lived such an ordinary life. But whose life isn’t ordinary? No matter who you are, no matter how much money you have, everyone is ordinary in the end."
How did the queue — a hairstyle characterized by a bare forehead and a single long braid of hair — come to define the Qing dynasty, and subject those who wore that hairstyle to mockery from outsiders?