China is often perceived as a monolith β 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.
Shen Congwen was an author of the people, writing about everyday life in rural villages and peppering his stories with regional flavor. He was denounced during the Cultural Revolution and then forgotten, but rediscovered in the 1980s β and would have become Chinaβs first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature if only heβd lived a few more months.
Jeremy Linβs hopes of signing with the Golden State Warriors' G-League affiliate were dashed over the weekend after the Chinese Basketball Association failed to provide a letter of clearance.
Itβs been over two weeks since ZhΔng XiΗoqiΓ‘n εΌ ε°δΉΎ, a transgender youth from Weifang, Shangdong Province, was cut off from the outside world entirely for so-called βconversion therapy,β a harmful and discredited practice intended to alter gender identity.
What one motherβs grief can teach us about our common humanity.
As 2020 comes to an end, we take a look back at the biggest box office hits of the year, five films that helped propel the Chinese film industry during a difficult time. Not all of the films on this list are "good," but they were undeniably popular.
In a year defined by crisis, Chinese women found their urgent voices β demanding changes to the policies that affect their lives, smashing taboos, uniting to end violence against women, refusing to conform, and calling out misogyny whenever and wherever possible.
A translation by Sinologist Geremie R. BarmΓ© of a new essay from persecuted law professor Xu Zhangrun, who is the object of an extraordinary hi-tech surveillance campaign.
In Lu Zhao's final The China Project Eats, she presents a family recipe: red-braised fish, cooked whole.
A powerful, heartbreaking anthem, the song explicitly highlights the pervasive problem of violence against women in China.