Alex Colville is a freelance journalist whose work has featured in The Financial Times, The Economist, and Foreign Policy Magazine, among others. He won a SOPA Award for his work with The World of Chinese in Beijing.
The Jade Emperor is the head honcho of the divine Daoist pantheon, the mysterious “Lord of Heaven," a vague guiding entity awarding dynasties with the “Mandate of Heaven.” But he has also been mocked through the ages, his history a strange combination of majesty and comedy, pathos and bathos, inscrutable as the bureaucracy he heads and just as inept.
Li Ziqi is one of China's most popular vloggers, with 50 million subscribers across domestic platforms — plus another 11 million on YouTube. Her videos show viewers a world they've lost: A countryside of simple beauty and purposeful work, devoid of the daily stresses of modern living.
Xiao Zhan is known for his boyish good looks and — well, mostly that. But he found himself at the center of an online firestorm earlier this year, resulting in the ban of the popular website Archive of Our Own (AO3), a boycott, dropped corporate sponsorships, and a government campaign aimed at curbing “fan culture.”
Chinese Lives is a weekly series that looks at notable figures from all eras of Chinese history. This week: Huo Yuanjia, who answered the call when China's opponents called it the "Sick Man of Asia."
Chinese Lives is a weekly series that looks at notable figures from all eras of Chinese history. This week: Viya, the face of China's “ecommerce livestreaming” boom.
Chinese Lives is a weekly series that looks at notable figures from all eras of Chinese history.
Chinese Lives is a weekly series that looks at notable figures from all eras of Chinese history.
Chinese Lives is a weekly series that looks at notable figures from all eras of Chinese history.
With China’s decisions during the early stages of COVID-19 under increased scrutiny, and state endorsement of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) more forceful than ever, this month sees Chinese Lives examine four famous Chinese doctors to gain insight into the world of Chinese medicine. The first is the compiler of China’s most famous compendium of herbal remedies.