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.
A British gunnerβs execution for the βaccidentalβ murder of two Chinese sailors led to Western powers seeking extraterritoriality from the Qing. Thatβs the popular reading of the Lady HughesΒ affair, anyway β a narrative that is misleading and wrong.
China's four teams in the 39th edition of Asia's premier soccer tournament are off to a good start. The AFC Champions League was postponed in March due to COVID-19, and is now proceeding under a unique format, with all games played in Qatar.
A county in southwest China has pressed ahead with a dog-walking ban aimed at stopping pet-related injuries and complaints despite widespread criticism that the policy is unnecessarily extreme and badly conceived.
Xu Beihong was a modernizer, believing that artists needed to have ideas and stop relying on imitation. But was Xu as guilty of imitation β of conservative Western art, in his case β as the Chinese artists he criticized?
A pregnant woman maintaining a slender figure is not one of the aspects of motherhood that deserves celebration β this is a lesson that world-famous pianist LΓ‘ng LΗng ιζ has recently learned.
Turnout among Asian Americans in Georgia was way up in the 2020 presidential election, meaning the Democratic-leaning demographic contributed to Bidenβs win in the state. Chinese-American activists are now mobilizing again ahead of the January Senate runoffs.
Last month, the charity MercyHK invited Hong Kong's homeless to a screening of the award-winning movie "I'm Living It," which dramatizes the plight of the Hong Kong's down and out. For many of the attendees, the film was a long-overdue respite from the outside world, albeit a tragic and melodramatic one.
Kai Strittmatter's recent book, "We Have Been Harmonized: Life in Chinaβs Surveillance State," examines how the Chinese government is using technology to censor, surveil, and control its population. Does it read like a warning, or merely a glimpse of what awaits us all?
A police department in Changsha, Hunan Province, is trying to stop the sex industry by shaming those engaged in illegal sex work and their customers. The unusual tactic, however, has raised public shaming concerns among experts in privacy and civil rights.