BY ANNALISA MARIANI Ferkat Jawdat is an Uyghur American activist from Xinjiang whose family has been targeted for his advocacy work against the persecution of Uyghurs in China. In a [ … ]
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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 #32: 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. [ … ]
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, [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 #27: 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 [ … ]
I am a Wuhan girl
BY YULI YANG “I am a Wuhan girl” was originally posted on Yang’s social media. I am a Wuhan girl living in Hong Kong. Right now, all my close family [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #24: Chinese philanthropy in the 21st century, with Emily Weaver
Emily Weaver, a social impact and philanthropy consultant who was based in China for over a decade, joins Chenni and Cindy as their guest this week. She has worked with [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #21: 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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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: [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #17: Legal advocacy against domestic violence in China, with Siodhbhra Parkin
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 [ … ]