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.
At one of China’s leading universities, students are finding ways to protest inaction against sexual harassment despite the authorities trying to shut them down.
Coming just months after the Chinese government made strict new rules limiting under 18s from playing computer games more than three hours a week, a Chinese esports team won the League of Legends World Championship. Fans celebrated in the streets and even state-owned media offered congratulations.
No matter how wonderful socialist spiritual civilization was or is, the hunger for songs about hunger and heartache is universal. Enter Er Housheng, who connected with audiences by singing about suffering — most notably his own.
Rose Namajunas vs. Zhang Weili 2 went very differently than the first fight, when Namajunas surprised Zhang with an early knockout.
Shang Chengxiang's visions of the fantastical
Civil society organizations in China have been on the retreat for some time, and the past year has been particularly hard on LGBTQ groups. Today, one of the country’s most prominent advocates for sexual minorities shut down its online channels.
Wang Huning is the most important political theorist in Xi Jinping's China. But what kind of ideology does this man, who ascended to the Politburo Standing Committee after decades of advising different CCP leaders, actually believe in?
In China, overt depictions of same-sex relationships are banned from mainstream media platforms. But there’s one space where these stories are allowed to be told.
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai accused former vice premier Zhang Gaoli of forcing her into a sexual relationship, sending censors into overdrive. Feminist activist Lü Pin told The China Project that "while it's too soon to tell the long-term impact of her story, it has already generated lots of conversations among people and made them think."