Irrelevant fitness tests inject chaos into 2020 Chinese national sporting championships
Perhaps most ridiculously, even athletes in sports that aren't focused on physical strength and endurance have been subjected to the new requirements.
Jiayun Feng
Jiayun Feng was born in Shanghai, where she spent her first 20 years and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism at Fudan University. Interested in writing for a global audience, she attended the NYU Graduate School of Journalism for its Global & Joint Program Studies, which allowed her to pursue a journalism career along with her interest in international relations. She has previously interned for Sixth Tone and Shanghai Daily.
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China removes popular historical dramas from streaming services
Without any notice or official explanation given by the platforms, the shows’ abrupt disappearances have caused an outpouring of anguish among viewers, speculation as to why they were removed, and questions if the removal was an indication of a broad crackdown by Chinese censors on the genre of period dramas.
China Academy of Art is yet another Chinese school that thinks women are to blame for sexual attacks
The handbook faced almost immediate backlash, with a raft of critics condemning the university for perpetuating a sexist presupposition that women are in part responsible for any danger faced because of something about them — be it their lifestyle, behavior, or choice of clothing.
Lulu Wang is “f**king exhausted” after American director named to helm Lang Lang biopic
At a time when Hollywood’s diversity problem has gained wider attention, the announcement of Lang Lang’s biopic swiftly sparked some grumbling on Twitter. Why is Ron Howard, with no obvious ties to Chinese culture, directing the movie?
Chinese college withdraws health textbook amid outcry over homophobic content
In a section about homosexuality, the book accuses gay people of “violating the law of nature” and “bringing instability into society.” It also depicts homosexuals as “unhealthy” and “suffering” individuals who “have shorter life expectancy than normal people” and are “more prone to abuse drugs” because of their “lack of willpower.”
Sex education advocates push back after Chinese parent denounces reproductive anatomy lesson in primary school
Although the State Council, China’s Cabinet, urged all schools to make sexual and reproductive health education part of their compulsory curriculums in 2011, lessons covering sex-related topics are still limited and not offered at all in many Chinese schools.
Lanzhou adopts no-visible-ink policy for taxi drivers, prompting debate over tattoos in the workplace
The decision has been met with mixed reactions from the public, with some denouncing the ban on tattoos as a form of discrimination in the workplace, and others applauding it for protecting the interest of passengers.
Blind man films disability-unfriendly designs in Shenzhen — only to find himself attacked by abusive trolls
Almost overnight, a five-second video posted by the visually impaired man thrust him to the forefront of a national conversation, as well as the receiving end of a barrage of abusive insults.
Trump’s WeChat and TikTok ban starts Sunday
The Trump administration is poised to implement a Chinese Great Firewall–style block on WeChat starting on September 20, with downloads of the app barred and network interruptions ordered. Downloads of TikTok will also be blocked, but the company has until November 12 to strike a deal with Oracle before also suffering technical freezes.
A messy sexual assault case in China is over. But a broader debate has begun
The case that has caused a reckoning in China's #MeToo movement.