Jessie Lau is a writer, editor, and researcher from Hong Kong who explores identity, human rights, and politics. Her writing has been published by The Economist, Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, [ … ]
Director and screenwriter Wu Nan talks gender, storytelling and her first feature film “Push and Shove 狗眼看人心”
BY DAISY SINGH-GREAVES As a Chinese female director and screenwriter, Wu Nan is used to playing the long game. When discussing competition within China’s film industry, many often point to [ … ]
Girl, Interpreted: a new bilingual comedy web series made in Melbourne
BY GRACE FENG FANG JUAN Have you ever experienced the awkwardness of being caught in between two cultures? Check out this bi-lingual comedy, a Mandarin interpreter is learning the hard [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Visual storytelling with Muyi Xiao
Muyi Xiao, the visuals editor at ChinaFile, is in the guest seat in this week’s episode of the NüVoices Podcast, hosted by Chenni Xu. In this episode, she talks about [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Sino-Black relations with Keisha Brown
Keisha Brown is an assistant professor of history at Tennessee State University and a fellow in the Public Intellectuals Program at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. In this episode, she explains the [ … ]
Packed room of 40+ joined London Wanel featuring Lijia Zhang on Lotus and China’s sex trade
BY NERYS AVERY NüVoices board member and author Lijia Zhang gave a fascinating insight into the lives of prostitutes in contemporary China at a wanel (women panel) moderated by Hong [ … ]
Introducing MADE IN: A new podcast promoting Asian-Canadian stories
BY EVELYN KWONG MADE IN is a new podcast about Asian-Canadian stories, as told by Asian-Canadians. In each episode, we share stories about navigating through life and finding our identity [ … ]
Podcast: Contemporary Chinese art and techno-orientalism with Xin Wang
Xin Wang is a John Tisch Teaching Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and a Ph.D. student studying contemporary art at the NYU Institute of [ … ]
Board Member Karoline Kan Wins 2019 Young China Watcher of the Year
We are thrilled to congratulate board member Karolin Kan for winning the 2019 Young China Watcher of the Year Award! She was recognized for her contributions to telling her story—and [ … ]
Postcard Campaign: Free journalist and #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin
A message from NüVoices DC chapter: Prominent feminist and independent journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin was detained in Guangzhou, China, on October 17. Huang is a leading figure in China’s #MeToo movement. [ … ]
Navigating my biracial identity as a Chinese-American living in China
BY MEGAN CATTEL I had been living in Shanghai for almost a year when I met a Chinese-American acquaintance for dinner. We had met once before, in New York, where [ … ]
NüVoices London Presents: China’s underground sex industry and Lotus with Lijia Zhang
NüVoices London is excited to invite you to a night of lively discussion with board member Lijia Zhang on her book Lotus and China’s massive underground sex industry. The event [ … ]
Paper Republic: A collective of translators promoting Chinese literature
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, [ … ]