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.
Education officials in Changsha, the capital city of Hunan Province, are defending an extreme hiring preference for male teachers because they say there are too many female teachers and boys need manly role models.
Pop quiz! What do Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and BTS have in common? If you didn’t immediately answer “They are on the wrong side of the Chinese government, of course,” then perhaps you want to follow China news more diligently.
Two tigers were gunned down after they killed their keeper and escaped from a zoo in Henan, drawing attention to the poor and unsafe conditions in which wild animals are kept at a variety of Chinese tourist sites.
The movie "Fast & Furious 9" took in $135 million at the box office in China on the weekend. But now one of its stars is apologizing to his Chinese fans for his “mistake” in referring to Taiwan as a country.
Hybrid rice varieties created by Yuan Longping fed China and the world, and made him a hero in China. Millions of people have mourned publicly online and in person since his death over the weekend.
It was a strange “I love you” day for one celebrity couple — fans of an actress rejoiced at news of her divorce, but censors stepped in to stop the congratulations.
Some 15,000 people had to evacuate SEG Plaza — a nearly 1,000-foot-tall office and retail tower — after unexplained tremors. The government has denied speculation from internet users that the cause was bitcoin mining or problems in its construction.
The boundary of what's considered acceptable in Chinese advertising is shifting.
Although China’s LGBT+ community still struggles against discrimination and social stigma, social media users are increasingly expressing tolerance and even support.