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.
Police in New York are investigating a suspected hate crime against an Asian woman who was called racist slurs and physically attacked by a man as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
Lว Guรณqรฌng ๆๅฝๅบ and Yรบ Yรบ ไฟๆธ co-founded Chinese ecommerce platform Dangdang.com as a couple in 1999. They announced their separation last year, amid a divorce saga that has gripped the Chinese internet. Dangdang is currently under Yuโs control, and the company has alleged that Li seized its official seals by force over the weekend in an attempt to regain the throne after the high-profile breakup. In China, official seals, sometimes called chops, are the equivalent of the CEOโs signature: Whoever has the seals is in control of the companyโs legal affairs.
The news served as a grim reminder that sexual misconduct by teachers is a common problem in Chinese schools. In many cases, offenders are allowed to get away with their crimes because of a culture of covering up sexual abuse at schools, and the indifference of the authorities.In April, an unusually high number of stories about teachers engaging in sexually inappropriate behavior have made the news.
Lululemon faces China boycott over โbat fried riceโ shirt
Over the years, Chinese zoos have earned themselves a poor reputation when it comes to the treatment of animals. There have been a considerable number of reports revealing practices such as underfeeding, keeping animals in poor living conditions, and forcing them to perform demeaning tricks for entertainment purposes.However, as awareness of wildlife welfare and conservation grows, some Chinese zoos are transforming themselves from profit-oriented businesses into educational institutions whose main functions are to save endangered species and teach the public about animals and conservation.
A Chinese child-raising consulting agency giving unscientific and โ in some cases dangerous โ parenting advice to new moms is in the news after a baby died when a new mother followed its recommendations.
A woman from Hubeiโs Xiaogan City, one of the regions hardest hit by COVID-19, has been arrested by local police after she organized protests against management failures of her residential community during the coronavirus outbreak.
A university student in Shandong Province has been expelled from school after videos of him mercilessly torturing and murdering cats surfaced on the Chinese internet, causing an outpouring of anger and revulsion, as well as feverish calls for stricter laws against animal cruelty.
According to state news agency Xinhua, since April 4, a total of 4,553 citizens of African countries in Guangzhou have been tested for COVID-19 under local government orders. As of April 13, 111 of them have tested positive for the virus, of which 19 were imported cases.