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.
After police released further information about the apparent suicide of a high-school student, online opinion turned from criticism of the authorities to questioning of the studentโs familyโs motives in publicizing the case.
Although the number of nurses in China is increasing, the country is facing a severe shortage that will get worse as the population ages. Low salaries, tough working conditions, and a lack of respect for the profession mean the problem is not likely to get better.
A Chinese student used a technical glitch to score free food from KFC and taught his friends how to do it. Was this a crime, or just a case of ordinary people trying to make the most out of the capitalist hellscape that we live in being punished by a multibillion dollar corporation?
A high school student in the city of Chengdu died in what officials called a suicide. But his mother believes they are hiding something.
Three leopards escaped from a safari park in Hangzhou over the weekend, but like the mayor from Jaws, the parkโs management told tourists to keep coming.
Sheโs a huge star known for her feminist hip-hop lyrics, but now Nวi Wร n ไนไธ a.k.a. NINEONE# is under fire for remarks she made onstage that some women felt undermine their quest for equality.
Chinese social media users lash out against the country's overwork culture.
โBlind-boxโ gifts and toys have been popular in China since 2014, but now some unscrupulous companies have been using the concept to sell mystery pet gifts, with animals shipped by courier companies. The public is outraged.
A video of students at Tsinghua doing dancing to celebrate their universityโs 110th birthday went viral. Then the haters arrived. Guess why.