Aisya A. Zaharin comments on “Uncle Red” – a viral online sex scandal in China shocked millions, but beneath the headlines lies a deeper story of gender performance, class inequality, digital exploitation, and social isolation.
As the Chinese economy moves towards a higher level of urbanisation, population policies aimed at encouraging larger families are likely to become less effective, writes Jane Du.
John Gittings shares a selection of photos taken in China while reporting for The Guardian from 1978 to 2003.
Florence Mok examines the history of water supply and water crises in colonial Hong Kong.
China’s decades-long fertility control policies have led to impact on rapid population aging and sharp decline in labour supply, writes Jane Du.
Margaret Hillenbrand argues that a vast underclass of Chinese workers exist in “zombie citizenship,” a state of dehumanizing exile from the law and its safeguards.
Dr Chi Zhang and Dr Ming Zhang argue that China’s banning of ‘Boys’ Love’ and its derivative works will have no positive consequences on women’s willingness to have children.
Ran Yan writes that in the ‘Three-child era’, China needs to pay more attention to the protection of rural mothers’ rights and interests.
SOAS alumna Ludovica Meacci comments on Xi Jinping’s renewed push to reinforce conservative gender norms as a means to serve two mutually reinforcing objectives of the CCP.
Fei Huang uses TV drama ‘Super Dad & Super Kids’ to examine how Stay-at-home fathers are represented in a bid to provide a new perspective to academic debates about the cultural production of gender difference and hierarchy in China.