Humans of Peking is collecting Beijing's stories; it's a website dedicated to the portraits, quotes and short stories from the people living in China’s capital. Personal...
Freedom of speech has always been a complicated issue in the PRC. The terrorist attack of January 7th on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo quickly became...
For most young and single men and women, the New Year’s festivities are something to look forward to. In China, however, millions of single twenty-somethings are...
They might have lived centuries ago, but are still the talk of the day in Chinese books, television shows and online media. They were often beautiful on the...
Central theme on Weibo on the International day of the Handicapped: the acceptance of guide dogs in China still has a long way to go.
As China’s patience with North Korea is growing thin, China is questioning the ties with its 65-year long ally. “We have wiped North Korea’s ass for...
Recently, the Chinese government has made historical moves involving China's role in international peacekeeping. Today's seminar focuses on the China's role within the international peacekeeping community.
In this new column, we highlight the offline effects of online topics on people's everyday life in China. This week: The 2014 APEC in Beijing. Interview...
In light of yet another recent celebrity scandal, it is time to explore some of China's sex facts.
The new semester at university has commenced, meaning thousands of freshmen move into their new on-campus homes. Not all of China's dormitories are comfortable; one dorm...
Li Xianglan (李香兰) aka Yamaguchi Yoshiko passed away at the age of 94. A rising star during the Sino-Japanese War, she was loved by those who...
China's growing liberal attitude towards sexuality has many positive outcomes, but also comes with downsides, such as a rise in HIV transmission amongst young people and...
The story behind China's suicide statistics.
On August 10, Beijing's National People's Congress delegate Wang Youjun has called for an extension of women's maternity leave to three years in order to improve...
It is all over the Chinese Internet: Sherlock Holmes is gay. The British television series, based on the famous stories by A.C. Doyle, has become an...
What are the main challenges for gays in China? What is the current LGBT situation in the PRC? And what is the Dutch foreign policy stance...
China's Internet celebrity Guo Mei Mei was arrested for World Cup Gambling in Beijing on July 10, 2014. A bit more on the world behind sport...
A new catchprase “Do you know who my dad is?” has gone viral on Weibo and the Chinese Internet.
It is commonly known that 1989 Tiananmen is forgotten in Chinese history books, but what is actually described instead?
Begging has been a social problem in China for decades. The recent anti-vice crackdown in Dongguan has unexpectedly directed netizens' attention to the problem of forced...
