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.
Although some researchers stressed that the data to fully gauge the number of lowered birth rates won’t be available for a few months, many population experts are convinced that the pandemic had led to a sizable reduction in children born in 2020.
Ma Jinyu has sympathy from social media users after recounting violence at the hands of her husband, but also scorn.
The invite-only audio-chat app offered a rare chance for Chinese-language speakers around the world to connect. But just days after thousands joined discussions about Xinjiang, Taiwan, and other sensitive issues, the app was blocked by China’s Great Firewall.
Sex and drugs? No rock and roll for scandal-plagued actors and pop musicians.
Scalpers in China who sell hospital appointments and concert tickets have discovered a new revenue source: selling appointments for official divorce registration.
Police in Shanghai have raided one of China’s most popular websites for downloading subtitled, uncensored foreign films for IPR infringement.
A Shanghai court ruled in favor of a man who wanted to switch off his devices during his holiday. Will Chinese employers take note?
China’s second most famous video app after TikTok / Douyin might have to take down music or pay hefty copyright fees ahead of its planned listing.
Chinese social media users and the small-time stock traders who call themselves ‘leeks’ have reacted with enthusiasm to the GameStop affair, in which small-time American investors are swarming the stock market and creating big losses for hedge funds.