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 food-delivery companies are notorious for their exploitation of couriers: the beleaguered guys on electric bikes struggling through urban traffic to bring urban consumers their dinners at speeds that necessitate breaking traffic rules. Two of the biggest firms are promising to change.
A Beijing court rejected China’s highest profile sexual harassment legal suit in which a former intern sued her former boss, a celebrity TV host. It was a setback for the #MeToo movement, but the alleged victim has vowed to appeal the judgement.
There may be no gay marriage in China, but that did not stop a retired professional athlete from posting “wedding photos” to social media, where the response was overwhelmingly positive.
The latest government directive aimed at China’s entertainment industry targets TV featuring good-looking stars instead of wholesome moral values.
After China banned companies from making a profit by selling after school tutoring services, well-off parents and tutors quickly found ways to get around the regulations. But the Ministry of Education is on the case.
Alibaba has vowed to change its company culture after recent allegations about a rape perpetrated by one of its managers. But Chinese internet users are not convinced that the company has learned any lessons.
Beijing and Shanghai often come to mind when you think of China's biopharma capitals, but Suzhou - an ancient city mostly known for its cultural heritage - steadily has built a biopharma hub that rivals those two cities.
Casual, humiliating violence was perpetrated by a security guard at a Xi’an subway station. “What the security guard ripped apart was not only the female passenger’s shirt, but also all Chinese women’s dignity and sense of security,” said one social media user’s popular comment.
The charismatic founder of a cultlike chain of English-teaching schools is in the news again, 10 years after revelations that he was physically assaulting his wife. This time, his now ex-wife says, Li is abusing their children.