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.
Chinese internet users are mad at one of China’s most successful photographers. Was she culturally insensitive, or are her critics guilty of a particularly lame version of cancel culture?
Despite Beijing's efforts to alleviate a baby bust, Chinese people stubbornly seem to want fewer marriages and fewer babies. The gravity of the situation is starkly illustrated in China’s latest statistical yearbook.
China’s first driver in the world’s most famous car race series has been signed by Alfa Romeo, and Chinese F1 fans are delighted.
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.
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.
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."
The company behind TikTok has announced new rules to stop overtime work, limiting office hours to 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays. The Chinese internet is cheering, but also somewhat skeptical.
Pandemic control authorities locked down Disney’s biggest amusement park in China and mass tested all staff and visitors. It may have been a horrible way to spend Halloween for the people stuck in line for a swab test instead of a rollercoaster ride, but the action received widespread support on Chinese social media.