BY MIA COUPLAND Last November, makeup vlogger He Yuhong reignited the conversation on #MeToo in China when she shared her experiences with domestic violence in a Weibo video. He, who [ … ]
Category: NüStories Magazine
NüStories is a magazine of ideas that aims to highlight minority voices on China subjects
Losing a Grandmother, Learning Her Language
BY TARA SUN VANACORE The Chinese-American novelist Yu Lihua (於梨华), who died in April at the age of 90, is recognized as being one of the most influential writers of [ … ]
WATCH: China’s Black community speaks out on identity, racism and solidarity
BY DAISY XU AND SIYU CHEN As awareness on Black Lives Matter grows in China, we decided to speak to members of China’s growing Black community about identity, discrimination and [ … ]
Review: My Prince Edward, a modern Hong Kong love story by writer-director Norris Wong
BY DAISY SINGH-GREAVES Cheung Lei-fong sits alone in a restaurant in Fuzhou, eating a bowl of noodles and looking content. Her phone starts pinging as she receives a string of [ … ]
NüProfile: Jinghua Qian on why “China-watching” is problematic, inclusion and un-belonging in Australia
BY ANNABELLE JARRETT NüProfile is a column featuring in-depth conversations with diverse creators working on China subjects. Jinghua Qian has always been a creator and a questioner. Born in Shanghai, [ … ]
Review: Mulan reinforces Han ethnonationalism and the patriarchy
BY EMILY MATSON In the opening scene of “Mulan,” the camera pans out to a desert situated in what is referred to as “the Silk Road, Northwest China.” After a man [ … ]
IN PHOTOS: Capturing culture in Tibet as a French Canadian, Han Chinese tourist
BY ANDRÉ-ANNE CÔTÉ After not even two months of studying at Peking University, I grew tired of the dusty sky and crowded streets of Beijing. It was October, 2017 when [ … ]
NüProfile: Grace Ly speaks about Chinese identities in France, anti-Asian racism, and exploring culture through food
BY DAISY SINGH-GREAVES NüProfile is a column featuring in-depth conversations with diverse creators working on China subjects. In France, despite being a country built on ideas of universality and equality, [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Opinion: In Hong Kong, the government is weaponising sex to downplay its failures
BY SOPHIE MAK Last week, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced a ban on alcohol sales at eateries as part of a series of measures to combat the spread of coronavirus. [ … ]
NüProfile: Madeline Leung Coleman on diaspora, feminism and freelance writing
BY CINDY GAO NüProfile is a column featuring in-depth conversations with diverse creators working on China subjects. It’s not every day you get a call from a Golden Globe winner [ … ]
Essay: Thrift Stor(i)es
BY GRACE OUYANG Nonnative is a new series of personal essays on the Asian American experience with a focus on Chinese culture by Grace Ouyang, a writer based in Brooklyn. [ … ]
I am a Wuhan girl
BY YULI YANG “I am a Wuhan girl” was originally posted on Yang’s social media. I am a Wuhan girl living in Hong Kong. Right now, all my close family [ … ]