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: 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: 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: 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: 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 [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Coronavirus and the racism epidemic
As racism and the COVID-19 virus spread simultaneously, Asian people around the world are finding themselves terrified to step outside — and not just because they’re worried about getting sick. [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: U.S.-China cyber competition and cooperation with Julia Voo
Julia Voo is the research director for the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center’s new China Cyber Policy Initiative. In this episode, Julia and NüVoices board member Cindy Gao talk about [ … ]
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 [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Di Wang on LGBTQ rights and representation in China
Di Wang is a feminist researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She joined NüVoices co-host Cindy Gao in Brooklyn to converse about the LGBTQ movement that is underway in [ … ]
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. [ … ]
London’s Papergang Theatre presents FREEDOM HI 自由閪: A show exploring the Hong Kong protests
BY PAPERGANG THEATRE We invite you to come and watch our show Freedom Hi 自由閪: A compilation of new writing and performance art by UK based Hong Kong and British [ … ]