This is one of my favourite things out of China

“Even When We're Getting Rained On, We Always Try to Hold Up an umbrella for Others”

"Two years and four months after whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang’s death from COVID-19, the comments section under his last Weibo post, which has become known as “China’s Wailing Wall,” continues to serve as a ( Read more... )

By Joseph Brouwer

March 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia; but for some students at China’s elite Peking University, the day was marred by harassment directed against those who dared to mark it. The harassment of LGBTQ+ students and allies marks a new low in China’s recent turn against gay rights on campus. In ( Read more... )

By Viola Zhou

Tl:dr; This guy is a nationalist moron.

It’s tough guys versus “sissy pants” men.The Chinese actor Wu Jing believes real men should be like Tom Cruise, Sylvester Stallone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger-guys who are tough and buff, with testosterone virtually oozing out of their pores. But when he looked around, he only saw K-pop-style ( Read more... )

By Nie Xingyao

For thousands of years, a kind of wine known as “huangjiu” was the default drink of choice for most well-to-do Chinese. Then came the baijiu revolution.

When the autumn winds begin to blow and the nights get cold, it can only mean one thing: It’s time to break out the huangjiu. Literally meaning “yellow wine,” huangjiu is an ( Read more... )

Beijing Silvermine is an archive of 850 000 negatives salvaged over the last ten years from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing. Assembled by the French collector and artist Thomas Sauvin, Beijing Silvermine offers a unique photographic portrait of the Chinese capital and the life of its inhabitants in the decade following the Cultural

By Laurie Penny

The soft-focus Britain of Downton Abbey bears little resemblance to the real Britain collapsing under the weight of racism, austerity, and COVID-19. As Brexit plods on, it’s time for an honest reckoning of the history and future of this outsize little island.“I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes ( Read more... )