Miss Shaanxi and changing beauty standards in China
After beauty contestants got scolded online for their looks, what could we learn about the changing perception of beauty standards in China?
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Beatrice Tamagno
Raw documentary sheds light on the lives of sex workers in China
Wheat Harvest, a documentary on the lives of sex workers in Beijing, sparked controversy and was banned in China. Why is it still relevant?
Chunxiao
When soliciting sex workers becomes a hot topic on the Chinese Internet
Recently, solicitation of sex workers became a public issue when a famous pianist and college students were caught doing so.
Amarsanaa Battulga
Film review: B for Busy (2021): Made in Shanghai, in Shanghainese, for everyone
The Battle at Lake Changjin may have been the Chinese film of the year, but for Shanghai moviegoers, B for Busy has stolen its thunder.
Carla Viveiros
Is women’s well-being the key to solve China’s population crisis?
China’s birth rate is down in alarming ways, but can women alone solve this issue or does it run deeper and more pervasively?
Beatrice Tamagno
Selling virtual intimacy: Live streaming on the biggest Chinese gay dating app
Live streaming is hugely popular on the Chinese web, including on gay dating apps. What is it like to live stream on Blued?
Lisa Ernst
Negotiating beauty standards in Xinjiang
Minkaohan Uygurs are often stigmatized as ignorant of their own culture. Through beauty standards, they aim at redefining their social role.
Beatrice Tamagno
Delicious Romance 爱很美味：Did we finally get a feminist Chinese drama? And LGBTQ+ representation?!
Delicious Romance was released in November 2021 and got raging reviews on Douban, the Chinese IMDB. Why is it praised by Chinese audiences?
Beatrice Tamagno
Between stigma and taboos: the sorrows of being a menstruator in China
Menstruating has never been easy. Most cultures have long associated it with sickness and impurity. Exceptions exist, but China is not one.
Beatrice Tamagno
Is Double Eleven perpetuating the patriarchy? Femininity and consumerism in China
Double Eleven is the biggest shopping festival on the planet, and it is targeting women. Why is that problematic?
Beatrice Tamagno
A woman’s place is at the Majiang table
Why do left-behind women make up the majority of players in rural areas? A curious phenomenon has been observed in the past 20 years: women
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