This week, NüVoices co-hosts Chenni Xu and Megan Cattel speak to return guest Sue-Lin Wong about her current beat as South East Asia correspondent for The Economist and her investigative [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #117: A Career in Foreign Correspondence and Podcasting, a Conversation with Jane Perlez
This week, we have hosts and NüVoices board members Chenni Xu and Megan Cattel on to discuss a career in foreign correspondence and podcasting with veteran New York Times journalist [ … ]
Reflections on a light show
BY CHENNI XU AND CHAO DENG Inspired by The Use of Photography by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie, we penned twinned pieces in response to a shared photo of our [ … ]
2025 NüStories Essay Contest
This year, NüStories launched its first annual personal essay contest to encourage and honor non-fiction writing on China by underrepresented writers – and we were blown away by the response! [ … ]
EVENT: NüVoices Virtual Workshop Series | Freelance Writing and Pitching with Suyin Haynes and Jessie Lau
Dreaming of pitching an article for publication for the first time and don’t know where to begin? Or are you a journalist now looking to up your freelance game, gain [ … ]
Encore: Chinese Canadian Immigrant Histories with Arlene Chan and Melanie Ng
Happy holiday season to all! This month, we are re-sharing a 2022 episode in honor of Sheila Wiecke, one of the episode’s interviewees, who passed away in October 2023 in [ … ]
Memoir excerpt: Model Minority Gone Rogue by Qin Qin
Read an exclusive excerpt adapted from Model Minority Gone Rogue: How an unfulfilled daughter of a tiger mother went way off-script by Qin Qin (Hachette Australia, March 2024): Dragon Fire [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #116: Model Minority Gone Rogue, a Conversation with Qin Qin
This week, we have host Chenni Xu to discuss the new book of an old friend from her expat days in Beijing, Qin Qin (formerly Lisa Qin), Model Minority Gone [ … ]
LONDON PANEL: Navigating Feminist Organising in ESEA communities
Calling all London friends: Join us for an evening of conversation, food and connection at “ESEA Feminism” – this month’s “Moongate Mix” event where we’ll be discussing feminist organising, racism, and [ … ]
NüProfile: Jih-E Peng on cinematography and the creative process
BY TINGTING WANG Jih-E Peng is a Taiwanese cinematographer who was raised in Hong Kong. Now based in New York, she has 15 years of experience working in the American [ … ]
Fiction: A Long Walk Through the Tall Dry Grass
BY N.J. CHAN Author’s note: My tale centers around a girl from rural Guangdong, China during the second Sino-Japanese war. The war affects her life in a tragic way through a heart-breaking [ … ]
Past, present and poetry: Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui’s ‘July Rhapsody’
Contributor Daisy Singh Greaves reviews Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui’s ‘July Rhapsody’
NüVoices 2024 Global Updates / Wrap
Dear Patrons: Thank you for your continued patronage and dedication to the important work NüVoices is conducting!
Book excerpt: Kate Whitehead’s ‘Pandemic Minds’ explores mental health in Hong Kong
In ‘Pandemic Minds,’ journalist and psychotherapist Kate Whitehead uncovers the stories of Hongkongers who weathered the storm of the pandemic
NüVoices Podcast #115: UBC Students Podcast Special! Yi Chien Jade Ho on Anti-Gentrification Activism in Vancouver’s Chinatown and Judith Shapiro on Environmentalism in China
Note: We are ending our spring 2024 season with a special collaboration between NüVoices and four students from the University of British Columbia’s Human Rights in a Globalized World class. [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #114: Indigenous culture, politics and activism in Taiwan, a Conversation with Tuhi Martukaw
In the latest episode of our series focusing on Taiwan, Solarina Ho speaks with Tuhi Martukaw, an Indigenous policy advocate, journalist, community organizer. Solarina and Tuhi delve into what it [ … ]
NüVoices in Perugia: The rise and transformation of women’s magazines and platforms
NüVoices Editor joins Teen Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief and gal-dem’s former Head of Editorial in a panel at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia
NüVoices Podcast Episode #112: Leta Hong Fincher on the 10th Anniversary Edition of her book, Leftover Women
When Leta Hong Fincher’s book “Leftover Women” was first published ten years ago, it was considered a seminal work on Chinese feminism. The book outlines the structural discrimination, wholly reinforced [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast Episode #111: A Conversation with Fuchsia Dunlop about her book, “Invitation to a Banquet”
Thank you for your interest in our bimonthly, independent podcast. To support our editorial goals and help us keep producing podcast episodes, please consider donating through our Paypal page or [ … ]