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.
China’s most fashionable beverage startup sold mineral water at a deep discount because of a website error. Should customers who bought at low prices feel obligated to return the merchandise?
China’s drive to get its schoolchildren in shape has met an obstacle: a gym teacher shortage. One official suggests tapping retired athletes and encouraging sports clubs to help.
Stand-up comedian Yang Li has enraged sensitive Chinese men with her jokes mocking them, and an online mob once forced Intel to “cancel” her. They’re angry again, and now luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz is the target of their ire.
One of the world’s best concert pianists has been arrested. Police in Beijing have accused Li Yundi of using the services of a prostitute, which will probably land him behind bars for about two weeks but will almost certainly destroy his career.
After a young influencer’s death was broadcast on social media, people questioned the effectiveness of Douyin's suicide prevention efforts.
What if the perfect vacation spot for selfies is actually just Photoshop?
She was an internet influencer with a picture perfect onscreen life, until her husband doused her with gasoline and set her on fire in the middle of a livestream.
Perpetrators of upskirt photography in Hong Kong’s public places have long been able to escape the law because there was not a suitable criminal charge victims or police could press. That has changed with the passage of a new law that criminalizes all non consensual intimate photography as well as deepfake porn.
The Chinese government has restricted under 18s to only three hours of video games per week, and gaming companies are enforcing the rules. So instead of playing games, kids are watching other people play them.