In this new book Feminisms with Chinese Characteristics by scholars Ping Zhu and Hui Xiao, the two editors explore what it means to be a feminist in contemporary China, specifically looking [ … ]
Review: Han Chinese filmmaker Wang Lina’s “A First Farewell” is an uneasy depiction of Uyghur childhood
BY ANNABELLE JARRETT “A First Farewell” follows the story of two Uyghur Muslim children, close friends Isa and Kalbinur, growing up in a small village bordering the desert in China’s restive border [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #64: China Unbound: A Conversation with Joanna Chiu and Madeleine O’Dea
Former foreign correspondent and NüVoices chair Joanna Chiu’s new book, China Unbound, details China’s rapid international rise, and the ways Western nations have contributed to a state of global disorder. The book [ … ]
NüVoices chair Joanna Chiu on the launch of CHINA UNBOUND
It’s launch day! China Unbound is now available as a book and ebook Audiobook on Audible for pre-download, coming Oct. 5 Dear NüVoices community: Thank you so much for your [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #63: China-New Zealand Relations with NZ Ambassador Clare Fearnley
Clare Fearnley became New Zealand’s ambassador to China in 2018, cross-accredited to Mongolia. She was previously ambassador in Seoul, where she also oversaw Pyongyang, consul-general in Shanghai and head of [ … ]
As China’s landmark #MeToo case is dismissed in court, it’s clear the legal system must do more for survivors
BY LIJIA ZHANG Chinese courts should place more weight on testimony and change its stance towards alleged harassers, so that more survivors can come forward. This essay was originally published at the [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #62: Eat the Buddha: A conversation with award-winning author Barbara Demick
Barbara Demick is the author of Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town (2020), Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (2009), and Logavina Street: Life and Death in a Sarajevo [ … ]
APPLY: Queer China UK’s Transnational Chinese Queer Leadership Programme
BY QIUYAN CHEN Queer China UK is launching the winter edition of its Transnational Chinese Queer Leadership Programme, and we’re calling for applicants! Our leadership programme takes place over a [ … ]
Book Excerpt: ‘More Than One Child’ by Shen Yang
BY SHEN YANG Shen Yang came to the world as an “excess child” (heihaizi) and does not legally exist. Born in Shandong China in 1986, she belongs to the millions of excess-birth children who violated [ … ]
Queer East Film Festival aims to amplify Asian communities in the UK
BY YI WANG Queer East Film Festival (15 – 26 September) is delighted to unveil its full programme centred on queer storytelling and activism from East and Southeast Asia. This year’s programme includes [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #61: Decoding Chinese technology policy, with Lotus Ruan
Lotus Ruan conducts research and writes at The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. Her work focuses on the roles of [ … ]
CONTRIBUTE TO CHINA BRIEF: Our five tips for policy writing
BY ELIZABETH CHEN Policy writing is both an art and a science, and it can be intimidating if you don’t have prior experience. But if you keep a couple of [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #60: Getting tea drunk, with Shunan Teng
Shunan Teng is the founder and owner of Tea Drunk in New York City, which specializes in heritage, wild, historical, and other famous teas. Every spring, she travels to the renowned tea [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #59: COVID-19 origins and the state of science reporting in China, with Kathleen McLaughlin
Kathleen McLaughlin is a science and labor reporter based in Butte, Montana, whose work has been regularly featured in the Washington Post and The Guardian; she was also the Beijing correspondent [ … ]
Introducing ‘Hong Kong Silenced’: a new Telegraph podcast documenting Beijing’s crackdown
Told by Hong Kongers and anchored by NüVoices board member China correspondent Sophia Yan, this four-part series looks at how the National Security Law has fundamentally changed life in the [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #58: The shrinking China foreign press corps, and reporting in Xinjiang, with Sophia Yan
Sophia Yan is the China correspondent for the Telegraph, has covered the region for a decade, and is based in Beijing. Previously, she reported for CNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg, while [ … ]
An Ode to Sound: NüVoices podcast co-host Cindy Gao on audio storytelling
BY CINDY GAO This is an excerpt from the June 8 Chinese Storytellers newsletter featuring podcast hosts of Chinese descent sharing tips on podcasting and audio storytelling. — The “NüVoices” [ … ]
Exhibition and Live Discussion with Iris Yau: ‘Opium, Silk and the Missionaries in China’
Exhibition 18th May – 26th June: ‘Opium, Silk and the Missionaries in China’ The Brunei Gallery at SOAS presents an auto-ethnography-inspired exhibition curated and produced by curator and lecturer Iris [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #57: Revolutionary feminism, wuxia, and the politics of translation, with Yilin Wang
Yilin Wang (she/they) is a Vancouver-based writer, editor, Chinese-English translator, educator, and cultural consultant who was longlisted for the 2020 CBC Poetry Prize and a finalist for the Far Horizons Award for Short [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #56: Censorship and resistance, with Sophie Beach
Sophie Beach is the executive editor of China Digital Times (CDT), an independent, bilingual media organization that brings uncensored news and online voices from China to the world. In this conversation, Sophie [ … ]