Shantha Bloemen is the founding director of Mobility for Africa, a social enterprise that aims to bring the electric mobility revolution to rural Africa. Having spent the last two decades working [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #35: The nation of diaspora: April Zhu on reporting from Nairobi, part 2
April Zhu is a freelance journalist and writer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work focuses on gender, urban inequality, and China–Kenya relations. In this episode, NüVoices board member Cindy Gao [ … ]
Hu Jie: The Chinese documentary filmmaker exposing the harsh realities of early Communist Party rule
BY ANNABELLE JARRETT Hu Jie is not a household name in China. Yet the Chinese documentary filmmaker and visual artist, renowned for the historical and political themes in his works, is perhaps [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #34: April Zhu on reporting from Nairobi, part 1
April Zhu is a freelance journalist and writer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work focuses on gender, urban inequality, and China-Kenya relations. In this episode, NüVoices board member Cindy Gao [ … ]
How women artists are navigating China’s complex feminist landscape
BY LUISE GUEST The “F Word” – feminism, that is – can take you into risky territory in China. I first confronted this ten years ago in my research for a book about women artists. During my [ … ]
Ferkat Jawdat is risking everything to speak out about China’s crackdown on Uyghurs
BY ANNALISA MARIANI Ferkat Jawdat is an Uyghur American activist from Xinjiang whose family has been targeted for his advocacy work against the persecution of Uyghurs in China. In a [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #33: Izzy Niu on storytelling and conditional belongingness
Izzy Niu is a freelance journalist and producer who most recently hosted the Webby Award–winning video series at Quartz called Because China. In this episode, NüVoices board member Cindy Gao talks to Izzy [ … ]
UK to review Hong Kong British National Overseas status, but domestic violence victims are left out of the discussion
BY PERSEUS After cracking down on a year of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, Beijing is expected to pass a sweeping national security law on Tuesday criminalizing dissent – legislation [ … ]
Our summit on China and the COVID Story with Chinese Storytellers and Young China Watchers was a sold-out success
BY DAISY SINGH-GREAVES, SILVIA FROSINA AND CINDY GAO In response to the rising tensions in China and the world following the viral outbreak of COVID-19, NüVoices partnered with Chinese Storytellers [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #32: Creative entrepreneurship with Qian Zhang
Qiàn Zhāng 张倩 is a cross-border creative entrepreneur who founded the tea brand The Puer Movement while at Harvard Business School, and currently serves as chief of staff to the global president at SharkNinja. [ … ]
Resources for China watchers to fight anti-Black racism
At NüVoices, we are an international collective of creators and researchers devoted to celebrating the diverse work of self-identified women and non-binary voices on greater China (broadly defined). NüVoices strongly [ … ]
China, the World, and the COVID Story: How We Got Here and What Lies Ahead
We invite you to join our digital summit “China, the World, and the COVID Story: How We Got Here and What Lies Ahead!” The summit, co-organized by Chinese Storytellers, NüVoices, [ … ]
Chinese opera is being revitalized—with a gender twist
BY ELYSE RIBBONS Walking through a village in Ninghai—a county in the Chinese city of Ningbo—on a sunny afternoon, I found the oppressive heat to be in distinct contrast with [ … ]
Freelance: How to pitch Ariana magazine
Launched in 2018, Ariana is a print and digital publication that focuses on social justice issues in Hong Kong, Macao and greater Asia. With an aim to inform and empower, [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #31: Seeking creativity through multimedia journalism with Yuan Ren
Journalism is a tough industry to break into, but expanding your multimedia and broadcast skills is a great way to enhance your versatility and job prospects. For Chinese journalist Yuan [ … ]
China’s #MeToo: In literature and reality, the patriarchy keeps women from helping women. But they’re fighting back.
BY EMILY MATSON In both literature and in real life, women in China are reluctant to stand up for one another and themselves, and are implicated in their own oppression. [ … ]
Why is China still so reluctant to help us find our birth parents?
BY ANDRÉ-ANNE CÔTÉ “Ayi, why did you start working at the orphanage?” I asked. “Because I had to. Orders were coming from the top. Of course, I wouldn’t have chosen [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #30: Foreign correspondence and China, with Megha Rajagopalan
Megha Rajagopalan is an award-winning international correspondent for BuzzFeed News, based in London. In this conversation recorded on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean in London and New York, Megha [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #29: Gender, self-discovery, and vibe curation with Mengwen Cao
Mengwen Cao is a photographer, multimedia artist, and cultural organizer. In this conversation recorded during the first week of lockdown in New York City, Mengwen and NüVoices board member Cindy Gao talk [ … ]
Film: Outcry and Whisper
Shot over an eight-year period, Outcry and Whisper presents itself as a political manifesto for the resistance of women, be they workers, artists, intellectuals or militants, in Chinese and Hong Kong [ … ]