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Writing Factory: Notes From a Life on China’s Assembly Lines

2025-11-25 00:00:00

After almost two decades on the line, Zhang Sai is turning factory life into literature and documenting the people and pressures of China’s vast factory workforce.

‘Lens Bullying’: Outrage Over Tourists Photographing Minority Women

2025-11-25 00:00:00

A post by a traveler who captured tourists crowding and taking photos of multiple Yi minority women on a train in southwestern China has sparked a heated debate online over appropriate tourist conduct and respecting locals.

China Establishes New Legal Precedents on Domestic Violence

2025-11-24 00:00:00

As 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the nation’s highest judicial authority has publicly released eight “guiding cases” to redefine domestic violence law.

A Coach With a Side of Safety Concerns: China’s ‘Sports Takeout’

2025-11-24 00:00:00

China is placing greater emphasis on physical fitness in the high school entrance exam, giving rise to a new industry: home coaches delivered right to parents’ doors.

China’s Security Guards Live Lives on the Margin

2025-11-24 00:00:00

The demand for security guards is so high in Chinese cities that anyone can become one. As a result, the job has become a low-status last resort for migrant men.

The Class Anxieties Behind China’s Millions of Security Guards

2025-11-23 00:00:00

The vast majority of Chinese urban homes are inside gated communities. Once, residents feared crime. But now, they fear something else.