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.
New draft laws intended to protect women’s rights at home, in the workplace, and on the internet, have brought good news at the end of a bad year for feminists in China, but the men who run the government really don’t want anyone telling them what to do.
Chinese tech company workers and internet users are less than satisfied with Tencent’s explanation of a young employee’s suicide.
China is the ultimate “make or break” market for many international companies today. Yet for multinational corporations (MNCs) hoping to succeed in China, the Middle Kingdom remains a challenging place to do business. How can they navigate China’s many challenges and translate its growth trends into profitable, sustainable enterprises?
A controversial guilty verdict has put the spotlight, again, on how China’s justice system denies divorces to women even if they have abusive husbands, and how the police allow intimate partner violence to escalate.
Is Alibaba trying to solve the problem of sexual harassment or just “solving” the problem of employees who speak up?
Following government moves aimed at ending inequality in education, the Beijing government is trying to make sure the children of the rich don't get ahead with private lessons by giving away after-school tutoring classes for free.
The Canadian luxury winterwear brand is being criticized, once again, by social media users and state media.
They are not exactly anti-vaxxers because many of them seem to have had COVID shots themselves, but a large group of Chinese people took to social media to complain about a government campaign announced today to vaccinate China’s senior citizens, and warn (with no evidence) of side effects.
New policies aimed at encouraging childbirth include longer mandated maternity leave, but many women aren’t happy.