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 box office was devastated by lockdowns during the first wave of COVID-19, but surged back to claim the top spot in 2020 as American cinemas remained dark for most of the year.
Chinaโs tech industry has again been forced to confront its work culture after the sudden death of a young employee at ecommerce company Pinduoduo, who collapsed last week while walking home at midnight after working long hours.
A group of Chinese cyber-attackers have used a bug in Beijingโs health code system to scrape photos and COVID-19 testing results of thousands of people and are now selling that information on the internet.
When reflecting on her past year, Yang Li, the stand-up comedian known for her feminist men-bashing, delivered a barn-burner of a tirade against her critics, blasting them for being misogynist and overly sensitive to critique.
The legal suit isnโt over yet, but the accused perpetrator of Chinaโs most prominent #MeToo case says he did nothing wrong.
Chinaโs fintech companies are under growing pressure as their need for rapid growth leads to ethically questionable business practices that target the financially vulnerable.
Itโs been over two weeks since Zhฤng Xiวoqiรกn ๅผ ๅฐไนพ, a transgender youth from Weifang, Shangdong Province, was cut off from the outside world entirely for so-called โconversion therapy,โ a harmful and discredited practice intended to alter gender identity.
In a year defined by crisis, Chinese women found their urgent voices โ demanding changes to the policies that affect their lives, smashing taboos, uniting to end violence against women, refusing to conform, and calling out misogyny whenever and wherever possible.
A powerful, heartbreaking anthem, the song explicitly highlights the pervasive problem of violence against women in China.