Nanfu Wang
on June 29, 2016
Nanfu Wang.
Using Free Sex to Expose Sexual Abuse in China
A Q&A with Nanfu Wang, Director of ‘Hooligan Sparrow’
on June 29, 2016
Nanfu Wang hoped that a woman called Ye Haiyan (“Hooligan Sparrow”), who had offered free sex on the Internet to draw attention to the plight of poor women selling their bodies to support their children, would lead her to the prostitutes she wanted to interview for a documentary film. Very quickly after meeting Ye for the first time in May 2013, they attended a protest in Hainan, the island province off the south China coast. They called for the punishment of a school administrator accused of kidnapping and raping six teenage girls. All of Wang’s ideas about her project changed.
Lu Wei, China’s Internet Czar, Will Step Down From Post
on June 29, 2016
China‘s “firewall” hands the position to Xu Lin after years of building internet policy....
Loan Sharks in China Offer Student Loans for Nude Photos, Giving New Meaning to ‘Naked Greed’
on June 29, 2016
Internet lenders are now usuing naked pictures as collatoral for high-interest loans to female students....
Apple to Face More Scrutiny As China Cracks Down on Apps
on June 29, 2016
Cyberspace Administration takes a step forward for citizens’ privacy via smartphones....
China Cracks Down on ‘Harmful’ Speech
on June 29, 2016
Government demands an apology from a writer questioning an ‘official account of a wartime story’.....
China Stocks Extend One of The World’s Best Post-Brexit Rallies
on June 29, 2016
Days After Disney Opened Its First theme Park, It Is Already Planning a Second
on June 29, 2016
Disney tries to keep China’s allurement to the Disney empire under control....
Graduating Into Unemployment | Caixin
on June 29, 2016
In 2016, more than seven million college students graduated in China, a new milestone in the country’s history. But the timing couldn’t have been more inopportune as the recent economic slowdown has made it more difficult to find jobs.
Digging Caterpillar Fungus | Tencent “Living”
on June 29, 2016
Every year between May and June, villagers in a Tibetan region in Sichuan province head into the mountains, at altitudes above 4,600 meters, in search of yarsagumba, or caterpillar fungus, a half-fungus, half-insect plant known in China for its health benefits. Because the plants are rare and difficulty to collect, its market price can rise to as high as U.S.$50,000 per pound. For many Tibetan families, yarsagumba is a major, and sometimes the only, source of income.
