Jiayun (Jenny) Feng is the Society and Culture Editor at The China Project. Born and raised in Shanghai, she is a bilingual journalist committed to reporting on China-related issues with a global perspective.
As China grapples with an unprecedented COVID-19 surge following its relaxation of strict virus-control measures, people have to make their own fun while avoiding face-to-face interaction.
With the COVID-zero policy and few major releases, 2022 has been a troubling year for the film business in China. Will Avatar: The Way of Water give Chinese movie theaters a lift?
A highly anticipated TV series based on a globally successful science fiction trilogy premiered over the weekend and broke viewing records — but not everyone thinks it lived up to the hype. Meanwhile, Netflix might be the next streamer to woo fans with the closest thing China has to the Star Wars franchise.
The complaints aren’t about cultural appropriation as much as about the celebrity expressing her favorable opinion of a culture that many see as hostile toward women.
AI-powered apps and programs that can turn photos into colorful, illustrated portraits have taken Chinese social media by storm.
The China Project sat down with Shanghai-born, Emmy-winning independent filmmaker Violet Du Feng to discuss her latest documentary, Hidden Letters, which shines a light on how modern women in China keep alive the tradition of Nüshu, a coded, once-secret script emblematic of Chinese female empowerment and sisterhood.
The Chinese-American basketball player was too candid on social media for Chinese sports officials’ liking.
The death on Wednesday of China’s former leader Jiang Zemin has prompted an outpouring of nostalgia on the internet, with many tributes from young Chinese focusing on the contrast between Jiang’s governing style and flamboyant personality and those of his successors.
A Beijing court also ordered the Chinese-Canadian singer-actor to pay an $84 million fine. Wu will be deported immediately after serving his time.