Simone Tong is a chef and co-owner of Little Tong Noodle Shop and the newly opened restaurant Silver Apricot in New York City. Cindy sat down with her to discuss [ … ]
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NüVoices and YCW London presents: Gender and climate change in China
NüVoices and Young China Watchers London invites you to join our digital panel: Gender and climate change in China with Karoline Kan (China environmental journalist, NüVoices Board Member) and Zongqi [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #36: Mobility for Africa, with Shantha Bloemen
Shantha Bloemen is the founding director of Mobility for Africa, a social enterprise that aims to bring the electric mobility revolution to rural Africa. Having spent the last two decades working [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #35: The nation of diaspora: April Zhu on reporting from Nairobi, part 2
April Zhu is a freelance journalist and writer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work focuses on gender, urban inequality, and China–Kenya relations. In this episode, NüVoices board member Cindy Gao [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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, [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #31: 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 [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #28: Coronavirus and the racism epidemic, with Sophie Lu and Jessie Tu
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 #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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #20: 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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Fiction: A brother comes to visit
BY JESSIE TU My brother came to visit on a Saturday night. The weather had been hot all day, lingered around and stayed until late. I’d been living with a [ … ]
Full house of 70+ welcome board member and author Karoline Kan at London wanel
BY SILVIA FROSINA A full house of 70+ attendees welcomed author and NüVoices board member Karoline Kan at the wanel (women panel) co-hosted by NüVoices and Young China Watchers London on May [ … ]