BY HEATHER IRVINE Elizabethan houses and town halls may seem slightly out of place in China. But in 2017, construction began on a replica of a medieval English town in [ … ]
Month: September 2025
NüVoices Podcast #124: Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: A Conversation with Award-winning Author Barbara Demick
This week, NüVoices editor and board member Jessie Lau speaks to returning guest, award-winning author and journalist Barbara Demick, about her new book “Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China [ … ]
Meng Han Hsieh’s film ‘The Test’ powerfully portrays Britain’s alienating naturalisation process
BY ANGEL SUN In The Test, I-Ling, a young East Asian woman, arrives to take the “Life in the United Kingdom Test,” which is required to become a British citizen, [ … ]
Carrying Chinese-ness Across South America
BY TAPPY LUNG *Editor’s note: The following story was a runner-up in our first ever annual NüStories personal essay contest. This year’s theme was Chinese identity – read more here. I’m [ … ]