Beatrice TamagnoLITERATURENot knowing your flatmates: loneliness in urban ChinaI knew I would probably never see my flatmates’ rooms, so from the day I moved in, I started to silently gather information about them.
Beatrice TamagnoGENDERRaw documentary sheds light on the lives of sex workers in ChinaWheat Harvest, a documentary on the lives of sex workers in Beijing, sparked controversy and was banned in China. Why is it still relevant?
Luis Matte Diaz LITERATUREThe intimacy of the owlsWhile being alone with yourself on a sleepless night, you access a terrifying yet one of the most intimate experiences.
ChunxiaoGENDERWhen soliciting sex workers becomes a hot topic on the Chinese InternetRecently, solicitation of sex workers became a public issue when a famous pianist and college students were caught doing so.
Carla ViveirosGENDERIs 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 TamagnoGENDERSelling virtual intimacy: Live streaming on the biggest Chinese gay dating appLive streaming is hugely popular on the Chinese web, including on gay dating apps. What is it like to live stream on Blued?
Caterina PaivaEDITORIALEditorial - Intimately SpeakingNothing eases someone as much as feeling intimately understood. However, intimacy has flourished in many different contemporary practices.