BY NICKY HARMAN Paper Republic is a collective of translators with a mission to promote contemporary Chinese literature in English translation. Established in 2007, we are now officially registered as a [ … ]
Call for nominations: Young China Watcher of the Year Award
We need the help of NüVoices to recognise the brightest talent in the China watching community. Young China Watchers (YCW) is excited to announce the second annual Young China Watcher [ … ]
Overseas Chinese reflect on China’s #MeToo Movement from the United States
BY GLORIS LIU An original version of this piece was published in 2018 under the title “Sexual Harassment & Sexual Assault in the U.S. and China” in Gloris Liu’s blog. China’s [ … ]
OPEN CALL: Seeking HK-based Artist for residency at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art in Manchester, UK
OPEN CALL: RESIDENCY IN MANCHESTER FOR HK-BASED ARTIST The British Council Hong Kong, in partnership with the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art and Phillips, are now accepting applications from Hong [ … ]
THEATRE: Chinese creators present “No Foreigners,” a show using shopping malls as a portal for telling Chinese diaspora stories
BY APRIL LEUNG Shopping malls are a portal into surreal worlds that carry the nuanced stories of loss and resilience from the Chinese diaspora. “No Foreigners “is a multimedia performance [ … ]
Sinobabble Podcast Call for Guest Speakers
Sinobabble, a new podcast covering historical and modern China, is looking for guest speakers! Sinobabble is a relaxing, educational podcast covering China’s modern history, current events, and featuring academic analyses of [ … ]
Q&A: Young women discuss gender and education in China today
BY OLIVIA A. HALSALL Whether at school, university or in the workplace, young women in China are grappling with gender inequality. In 2018, the Global Gender Gap Report – benchmarking the progress towards [ … ]
“Your Mother Sacrificed Herself for the Country” – The Idealization of the Female Martyr in China
BY EMILY MATSON When I first visited the northeastern provincial capital of Harbin to conduct dissertation research, I had never heard the name Zhao Yiman. This was soon to change, [ … ]
Event Recap: Lü Pin on the Chinese feminist movement’s strategies in China and the US
BY TARA SUN VANACORE On August 13, members of Washington, DC’s chapter of NüVoices gathered over tea to discuss China’s feminist movement with activist Lü Pin (吕频).Lü Pin answered questions [ … ]
B人BEL Magazine Call for Submissions
Submissions are open for the second issue of B人BEL Magazine! B人BEL Magazine tells the stories of people in China we don’t often get to know about. The people who are [ … ]
10 Tips for writing life stories from Madeleine O’Dea, author of The Phoenix Years
BY MADELEINE O’DEA This piece is an edited version of a workshop given by Madeleine O’Dea and hosted by NüVoices London on July 3, 2019. Special thanks to volunteers Jessie [ … ]
James Griffiths, author of The Great Firewall of China, discusses censorship and China’s women’s movement
BY GLORIS LIU AND DAISY SINGH-GREAVES “China’s censors do not care about blocking content, they care about blocking solidarity,” James Griffiths writes in his debut book The Great Firewall of China: [ … ]
Taiwan’s lesbian sex toy and divination shop strives to help queer women accept themselves
BY WUJUN KE When Kitty Lee asked me to take off my glasses and stretch out my hands, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Kitty is the manager of Love Boat, [ … ]
Podcast: Legal advocacy against domestic violence in China
In episode 17 of the NüVoices Podcast, host Joanna Chiu sits down with Siodhbhra Parkin, the director of the new, nonprofit arm of SupChina, to discuss her work in the [ … ]
Fiction: A brother comes to visit
BY JESSIE TU My brother came to visit on a Saturday night. The weather had been hot all day, lingered around and stayed until late. I’d been living with a [ … ]
Full house of 70+ welcome board member and author Karoline Kan at London wanel
BY SILVIA FROSINA A full house of 70+ attendees welcomed author and NüVoices board member Karoline Kan at the wanel (women panel) co-hosted by NüVoices and Young China Watchers London on May [ … ]
Making it personal: A life writing workshop with Madeleine O’Dea in London
Thinking about writing your life story, family history or personal essay but struggling to get started? Madeleine O’Dea, author of The Phoenix Years and a journalist with three decades of [ … ]
NüVoices DC Event: Gelato Social & Museum Hop
Come welcome the start of summer with gelato at the Hirshhorn Museum, followed by a visit to the Empresses exhibit at the Freer & Sackler Galleries. Join us and [ … ]
Five podcasts on LGBTQ+ culture in Greater China
BY ATHENA LAM The LGBTQ+ community could do with more diversity. LGBTQ+ representation in Greater China, as with the rest of the world, is often stripped down to the image [ … ]
Carving out Chinese ideals of female beauty: Visualizations by Artist Su Yang
BY SU YANG Physical beauty standards for women have evolved around the world over time, but the quest and thirst for the ideal hasn’t. Going under the knife to conform [ … ]