There has been a classic fable in the textbook for Chinese primary schoolers for half a century, which Nanfu Wang remembers clearly.
China's teenage mothers: Youth, interrupted →
When many girls are still in school, these women have taken the responsibility as a wife and a mother at home.
Read MoreBlack Panther in China, wins the box office but not reviews →
Despite all the conservative predictions of a lukewarm reception in the Chinese market to a film with an all-black cast, Black Panther earned $67 million in its opening weekend and crossed the $100 million milestone two weeks after its release in China. However, Chinese film viewers have their own marks despite the box office success.
Read More#MeToo in China, women want more than a voice →
Inspired by #MeToo movement in the United States, more and more Chinese women came out to break the silence and ask for real change and justice.
Read MoreA funeral director in NYC: talented and bewildered →
A funeral director who has mastered in making the deceased looks good still couldn't get what he wants after years of hard work.
Read MoreChelsea activists demand more vouchers for low-income mothers →
Nearly 1,000 Chelsea residents and several elected city officials have signed a petition urging Gristedes supermarkets to renew their participation in a food assistance program that helps low-income women buy groceries.
Read MoreGrowing number of seniors rely on cash-strapped food pantry →
Nearly one in five New Yorkers over 65 lives in poverty, and one in ten lives in a household with insufficient food. In the midst of growing need, a food pantry in Chelsea finds itself struggling on several fronts: uneven donations from week to week, a tight budget and a lack of young volunteers.
China’s internet ‘Stream Queens’ are being showered with cash →
On China’s live-streaming platforms, hosts belt out songs and fans shower them with cash during shows that resemblemass online dates, as authorities grapple with a market that has attracted the likes of Alibaba and Tencent.
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