The Mosuo are widely painted as a culture in which women rule and free love is the norm: girl power mixed with the dreaminess of an alternate universe.
It’s an intoxicating narrative. It’s also almost entirely false. Read more here.
An outbreak traced to the Chinese capital's biggest wholesale food market has residents worried about strict lockdowns. Read more here.
In Beijing, people struggle to resume 'normal' life amid continuing restrictions and their own fear of Covid-19. Read more here.
I thought I would be safer at home in the United States, but after returning to Beijing I found comfort in increased restrictions. Read my Reporter’s Notebook here.
Seven decades after Chinese women were called to hold up half the sky, gender equality remains a distant goal.
Read more here.
Charity and philanthropy in China have been hampered by a widespread public mistrust in government-backed charity organizations, but a growing number of organizations are giving back.
Read here.