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Where the Bubble-Tea Industry Has Gone Into Hyperdrive
In China, a new generation of milk-tea chains—with design schemes that evoke everything from Communist-era factory floors to spaceships—sell not only beverages but also imagined worlds.
How Members of the Chinese Diaspora Found Their Voices
In the past few years, many Chinese people living abroad have found themselves transformed by the experience of protest.
How Lea Ypi Defines Freedom
The Albanian-British political philosopher insists that democracy is a “demanding ideal.”
“Death of a Salesman” Reborn, This Time in Mandarin
A new play turns Arthur Miller’s experience of directing the play in Beijing into a bilingual meditation on cross-cultural encounters.
The Censorship Machine Erasing China’s Feminist Movement
This summer, a viral video of a group of women being viciously attacked in a restaurant sparked national outrage. The response has been quashed.
How Shanghai Residents Endured the COVID Lockdown
For more than two months, China’s financial hub, which is home to some twenty-five million people, came to a halt.
An Uncertain Future for a Chinese Scientist Accused of Espionage
The China Initiative is over, but the trial of Franklin Tao shows that the D.O.J. project’s chilling effects persist.
The Complexities of Memory in “The Reëducation of Ji Zhihao”
In his youth, Zhihao spent nine years far from home doing mandated labor during the Cultural Revolution. Returning to the site provokes a mix of mourning and nostalgia.
An Animated Portrait of Life with the Ghosts of Children
In Weijia Ma’s “Step Into the River,” two young girls deal with their own haunting stories.
How a Sexual-Harassment Suit May Test the Reach of #MeToo in China
Zhou Xiaoxuan’s case against a well-known television personality is unfolding under a system that remains skeptical, even hostile, toward such allegations.
The Second Life of Yi Lei’s Poetry
An encounter with Tracy K. Smith eased the late Chinese poet’s emergence into the Anglophone world.
Corky Lee, Henry Chang, and the Life of a Storied Neighborhood in “Chinatown Beat”
For a group of Asian-American creators, the very act of making art is a form of activism.
The Documentary that Reveals the Scene Inside Wuhan During the Earliest Days of the Pandemic
“I saw how quickly the government shaped the narrative and formed a strikingly different ‘reality,’ ” the filmmaker Nanfu Wang says.
A Daughter’s Search in “Sing Me a Lullaby”
Frustrated by a lack of answers about her biological grandparents, the filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung sought out the story on her own.
A Family’s Quarantine-Kitchen Bonding in “Have You Eaten”
While making dumplings together, the filmmaker and her mother reflect on how their relationship has changed.
“My First Sessions” Explores the Relationship Between Therapy and Culture
For a Chinese college student adjusting to life in the U.S., anger and sadness felt like dark secrets, but the idea of seeing a therapist was daunting.
How the Coronavirus Has Changed Chinatown’s Restaurant Business
The historic Manhattan neighborhood is home to more than three thousand small businesses, many of them eateries that have been hit especially hard during the pandemic.
The Chinese Diarist Who Saw Into the World’s Pandemic Future
Wang Fang, in her “Wuhan Diary,” chronicled the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic, writing that state prevarications “have transformed Wuhan into a city of blood and tears filled with endless misery.”
A U.S. Expat in China Weighs the Decision of Where to Shelter in Place
A video diary of months in lockdown for a family with health concerns and roots in both the U.S. and China.
Rereading Sanmao, the Taiwanese Wayfarer Who Sold Fifteen Million Books
For her followers, Sanmao, a young woman who abandoned the traditional pathways laid out for her, was a kind of revolutionary.
Where the Bubble-Tea Industry Has Gone Into Hyperdrive
In China, a new generation of milk-tea chains—with design schemes that evoke everything from Communist-era factory floors to spaceships—sell not only beverages but also imagined worlds.
How Members of the Chinese Diaspora Found Their Voices
In the past few years, many Chinese people living abroad have found themselves transformed by the experience of protest.
How Lea Ypi Defines Freedom
The Albanian-British political philosopher insists that democracy is a “demanding ideal.”
“Death of a Salesman” Reborn, This Time in Mandarin
A new play turns Arthur Miller’s experience of directing the play in Beijing into a bilingual meditation on cross-cultural encounters.
The Censorship Machine Erasing China’s Feminist Movement
This summer, a viral video of a group of women being viciously attacked in a restaurant sparked national outrage. The response has been quashed.
How Shanghai Residents Endured the COVID Lockdown
For more than two months, China’s financial hub, which is home to some twenty-five million people, came to a halt.
An Uncertain Future for a Chinese Scientist Accused of Espionage
The China Initiative is over, but the trial of Franklin Tao shows that the D.O.J. project’s chilling effects persist.
The Complexities of Memory in “The Reëducation of Ji Zhihao”
In his youth, Zhihao spent nine years far from home doing mandated labor during the Cultural Revolution. Returning to the site provokes a mix of mourning and nostalgia.
An Animated Portrait of Life with the Ghosts of Children
In Weijia Ma’s “Step Into the River,” two young girls deal with their own haunting stories.
How a Sexual-Harassment Suit May Test the Reach of #MeToo in China
Zhou Xiaoxuan’s case against a well-known television personality is unfolding under a system that remains skeptical, even hostile, toward such allegations.
The Second Life of Yi Lei’s Poetry
An encounter with Tracy K. Smith eased the late Chinese poet’s emergence into the Anglophone world.
Corky Lee, Henry Chang, and the Life of a Storied Neighborhood in “Chinatown Beat”
For a group of Asian-American creators, the very act of making art is a form of activism.
The Documentary that Reveals the Scene Inside Wuhan During the Earliest Days of the Pandemic
“I saw how quickly the government shaped the narrative and formed a strikingly different ‘reality,’ ” the filmmaker Nanfu Wang says.
A Daughter’s Search in “Sing Me a Lullaby”
Frustrated by a lack of answers about her biological grandparents, the filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung sought out the story on her own.
A Family’s Quarantine-Kitchen Bonding in “Have You Eaten”
While making dumplings together, the filmmaker and her mother reflect on how their relationship has changed.
“My First Sessions” Explores the Relationship Between Therapy and Culture
For a Chinese college student adjusting to life in the U.S., anger and sadness felt like dark secrets, but the idea of seeing a therapist was daunting.
How the Coronavirus Has Changed Chinatown’s Restaurant Business
The historic Manhattan neighborhood is home to more than three thousand small businesses, many of them eateries that have been hit especially hard during the pandemic.
The Chinese Diarist Who Saw Into the World’s Pandemic Future
Wang Fang, in her “Wuhan Diary,” chronicled the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic, writing that state prevarications “have transformed Wuhan into a city of blood and tears filled with endless misery.”
A U.S. Expat in China Weighs the Decision of Where to Shelter in Place
A video diary of months in lockdown for a family with health concerns and roots in both the U.S. and China.
Rereading Sanmao, the Taiwanese Wayfarer Who Sold Fifteen Million Books
For her followers, Sanmao, a young woman who abandoned the traditional pathways laid out for her, was a kind of revolutionary.