Space beyond the red gate
April 11, 2026
Personal Essay
The languages that make my family
BY JING-JING HU *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. As [ … ]
October 1, 2025
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 [ … ]
September 1, 2025
Living in London, Belonging Nowhere
July 1, 2025
Homecoming at the Cemetery
July 1, 2025
I work in US policy – being Chinese is now an occupational hazard
July 1, 2025
Essay by a Manchu girl in Tibet: Finding My Chinese Identity
June 13, 2025
A trip to the supermarket
June 1, 2025
Mother Tongue
June 1, 2025
In queer diaspora, my fear leaks through
June 1, 2025
I am a Midwestern Chinese Girl
May 6, 2025
What You Know (And Didn't Know)
May 5, 2025
"You need glasses for Asian faces."
May 5, 2025
Letter by Chinese feminists: Free Detained Journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin and Activist Wang Jianbing
April 6, 2022
Losing a Grandmother, Learning Her Language
November 19, 2020
China's #MeToo: In literature and reality, the patriarchy keeps women from helping women. But they're fighting back.
May 23, 2020
Why is China still so reluctant to help us find our birth parents?
May 16, 2020
Essay: Thrift Stor(i)es
March 9, 2020
I am a Wuhan girl
February 7, 2020
Navigating my biracial identity as a Chinese-American living in China
October 29, 2019
Opinion: Why women are leaving Hong Kong tech companies
January 16, 2019
Personal Essay by a Chinese daughter: The half-truths we tell in times of sickness
December 15, 2018
Personal Essay by a Chinese adoptee: I returned to China to find my biological family and discover my cultural roots
November 18, 2018
Personal Essay by a Chinese-American: Distances
September 15, 2018
Hong Kong's lesbian spaces and the stories behind them
September 13, 2018
Breaking through the publishing glass ceiling: A tribute to my literary agent
September 13, 2018
Travel Essay: Hiking Huangshan helped me conquer the mountain within
September 11, 2018