🎙️BONUS EPISODE: You will hear Chris Yitao Shen, who won third place in the 2025 NüStories personal essay contest, reading her essay, What you know (and didn’t know). Listen here - our 2026 contest submission is closing soon! nuvoices.com/2026/02/27/n...

⏳ 1 week left! Our 2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest is closing on 1 March - don’t miss your chance! The theme is ‘In Flux’ – in the era of uncertainty, what are the lingering aftershocks of instability, and how do you respond to the changes? 🔗 More details here: nuvoices.com/2026/01/02/e...

NEW EPISODE: This week, Jessie Lau speaks to Yi-Ling Liu, a writer covering technology and Chinese society, about her debut book “The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet”: nuvoices.com/2026/02/18/n...

Last October, Pubis Magazine launched as the first bilingual Chinese-English zine dedicated Chinese tongren nü — a female fandom creating gay romance and erotica. Angel Sun writes on how tongren eases loneliness and empowers women. Edited by @lintaylor.bsky.social:

⏰ Reminder: our 2026 creative non-fiction contest is still open for submissions until 1 March! The theme is ‘In Flux’ – in the era of uncertainty, what are the lingering aftershocks of instability, and how do you respond to the changes? 🔗 More details here:

BONUS EPISODE: This week, we invited Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray, winner of the first annual NüStories personal essay contest, to read her essay, “You need glasses for Asian faces”: nuvoices.com/2026/01/28/n...

“If I write about you, if I write to you, will I understand you better?” Gish Jen's @gishjen.bsky.social latest book Bad Bad Girl confronts her fraught relationship with her mother. Read the review: nuvoices.com/2026/01/13/c...

How is AI, tech competition & geopolitics reshaping China careers? NüVoices Vice Chair Chenni Xu is speaking at the upcoming Young China Watchers event: Decoding Careers at the China x Tech Intersection. 📍Pier 57, New York 🗓 Jan 19 | 6–8 PM EST Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/ycw-ny-dec...

📢 Our 2026 creative non-fiction writing contest is now open for submissions! The theme this year is ‘In Flux’ – in the era of uncertainty, what are the lingering aftershocks of instability, and how do you respond to the changes? Deadline: 1st March 2026! More details: nuvoices.com/2026/01/02/e...

NEW EPISODE: This week, NüVoices board members @joannachiu.bsky.social ‌and @laujessie.bsky.social discuss their exciting new chapters - and the two initiatives they’ve just launched in the UK and North America 🎧: nuvoices.com/2025/12/17/n...

Beyond the Skies (云霄之上) is “a raw, gripping, terrifying, yet deeply human story about war, sacrifice, loyalty, patriotism, and identity.” Read the latest film review for NüVoices, here:

In 2020, Guan Heng embarked on a risky mission to prove the existence of Uyghur concentration camps. Now, his fate hangs in the balance as he awaits his immigration hearing on December 15th. If sent back to China, he would face drastic consequences. Read: open.substack.com/pub/hrichina...

In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites. He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

📘 Writer Angel sun reviews three recent books that study Hong Kong 2019 movement through legal, decolonial, and transnational lenses. Despite differing approaches, they highlight the colonial roots of the movement and the individual agency in civil society: nuvoices.com/2025/12/01/h...

"So, to borrow (and lightly reimagine) Bob Dylan’s famous refrain: where have all the China girls gone?" Emma Belmonte and Ivana Karásková reveal the sobering figures on gender representation in European China discourse. Read here: nuvoices.com/2025/11/20/w...

Face-Off S3 has just launched! Hosted by NYT longtime journalist Jane Perlez, it analyses the US-China headlines: China’s disaffected youth, arms race, and the geopolitics of rugby. Episodes are up every Tuesday on all platforms. Listen today 🔗https://www.belfercenter.org/face-us-vs-china

Last call for sign-ups! Our Writing Across Borders workshop with @yangyangcheng.bsky.social will take place THIS Saturday, Dec 6 from 12:00 PM-1:45 PM EST. Join us for a series of writing exercises and a Q&A with Yangyang afterwards. Click the link below to reserve your spot. luma.com/tj9dmkbo

Through our expert directory, podcast, and online magazine, we highlight the voices of writers, researchers, artists, journalists who are often overlooked. Find us at nuvoices.com. You can support us through one-time, monthly, yearly donations: nuvoices.fundjournalism.org/donate/

At @nuvoices.bsky.social, we are dedicated to diversifying and amplifying women and non-binary voices on China. We are an NGO and an editorial collective of volunteers. This Giving Tuesday, consider supporting our work! nuvoices.fundjournalism.org/donate/

Research by Women Insight on China (WiCH) initiative found that in hundreds of events and podcast episodes relating to China organized by European think tanks, nearly 45 pct were "manels" (all-male panels), another 16 pct only had a female moderator. Almost 2/3s of podcast guests and hosts were men.

CALL FOR PITCHES: China Books Review is looking for writers! Do you have an argument about a recent book on or from China and the greater Sinophone world? If so, reach out to their editors at info[at]chinabooksreview.com See all details (including rates) here: chinabooksreview.com/submit/

Foretokens is the highly anticipated new collection from poet Sarah Howe. In her review, Heather Irvine delves into the collection's central exploration of inheritance. Read the review: nuvoices.com/2025/11/06/i...

We LOVED meeting all of you New Yorkers at our creative reading & karaoke salon/thanksgiving party, hosted by board members @laujessie.bsky.social and @meganisonline.bsky.social in partnership with Accent Sisters at their beautiful space and @aajaofficial.bsky.social – thank you for your support!

NEW EPISODE: Join NüVoices host and co-founder Joanna Chiu joins China human rights researcher Maya Wang to discuss the current state of China human rights advocacy amid Beijing's growing transnational oppression and the US cut of international aid:

Reminder to our followers in NYC and anyone who would love to learn more about our work and who we are! Join us this Saturday from 3 to 5pm! Details below:

🚨Women in China Research🚨 Our CHOICE team has long been experiencing a worrying pattern at #China conferences: #manels.👨To understand the scope of the issue, we took matters into our own hands.💪

NüVoices was created to help amplify the voices of women and other marginalized groups writing, researching, and doing business and other interesting work on China. Our expert directory: nuvoices.com/experts-dire... Our podcast: nuvoices.com/category/pod... Our magazine: nuvoices.com/category/fea...

Research by Women Insight on China (WiCH) initiative found that in hundreds of events and podcast episodes relating to China organized by European think tanks, nearly 45 pct were "manels" (all-male panels), another 16 pct only had a female moderator. Almost 2/3s of podcast guests and hosts were men.

Our very own Jing Zhang explains what this year's Single's Day results tell us about China's new consumer culture. Subscribe to our Substack for free for more #ChinaInsights direct to your inbox. #chinaexperts #chinaconsumers #singlesday open.substack.com/pub/nuoraglo...

It was an honour to be shortlisted for this year’s Georgina Henry Award for founding New Tide, Britain’s only network amplifying East and Southeast Asian journalism! Thank you to the talented and passionate people who joined me in building this community. Subscribe here: newtidenetwork.substack.com/

Had a great time co-hosting the @nuvoices.bsky.social podcast with @laujessie.bsky.social, sharing @nuoraglobal.bsky.social's vision and first project! Big congrats on launching New Tide to support East & SE Asian journalists in London. Episode on founding orgs + charting career paths coming soon!

It’s going to be a great episode! Subscribe to the NüVoices Podcast on your favorite platform to catch it when it drops next month.

Several members of the @nuoraglobal.bsky.social team are part of the @nuvoices.bsky.social collective. It's amazing -- and inspiring -- to see what happens when smart women come together and pool their expertise and experience!

If your organization is navigating Asia’s fast-changing landscape — or you’re an expert who shares our mission and you’d like to join our consultants’ network — get in touch. 👉 Newsletter & more info: www.nuoraglobal.com/newsletter

What started as café and happy hour meetups in Vancouver with co-founder Crystal Tai has grown into a powerhouse team of women spanning Paris, New York, and Hong Kong. Building this company from the ground up has been such a privilege.

Each project is refined with newsroom rigor, delivering analysis, trainings and projects that are credible, contextual, and clear. Our global team has worked as senior editors, project managers, researchers and marketing executives. Learn more about us here: www.nuoraglobal.com/team

As journalists and researchers who’ve worked across Asia, we’ve seen how the region’s complexities often gets lost in translation. Nüora bridges that gap: our hybrid model combines an in-house team with a global network of vetted experts across every sector. www.nuoraglobal.com

We're launched! Bringing newsroom rigor to global strategy — meet Nüora Global Advisors, our new consultancy decoding Asia. 🌏 We help organizations make sense of Asia’s geopolitics, culture, and consumers. Follow @nuoraglobal and sign up for our free newsletter 👉 nuoraglobal.com

​Please join NüVoices in NYC for an afternoon of readings, raffle prizes, and karaoke! We'll be sharing a preview of our website revamp, as well as ways to get involved with our online mag, podcast, and events with our local chapters in NYC, DC, Toronto, London, and Taipei. luma.com/56ubfj19

Thrilled to introduce @nuoraglobal.bsky.social — a consultancy I’ve been building with an incredible team. Launching tomorrow — Follow for insights from our global network of #Asia experts!

My conversation with the brilliant Hong Kong filmmaker and entrepreneur Ching Wong is out now @nuvoices.bsky.social - so great to see this year’s HK Film Festival UK spotlighting female directors 💕

Hong Kong Film Festival UK amplifies the work of women filmmakers from the city’s New Wave cinema movement, which evocatively captures the region’s recent transformations. Read editor Jessie Lau’s interview with festival curator Ching Wong:

🔥Spots are still available! NüVoices is proud to present an upcoming writing workshop with Yangyang Cheng on writing about Chinese current events, culture, and society. 📅6 Dec 2025, 12 – 1:45 PM 📷$40 USD ($20 for students/members/grads) Details: nuvoices.com/2025/10/27/v...

Weaving together memories of Cantonese, Mandarin, Wenzhounese, German, Dutch, and English, Jing-Jing Hu examines the complexity of her identity through the lens of language. This piece was a runner-up in our essay contest:

🚨How can we write about China-US relations without a Cold-War binary or Orientalist rhetoric? Check out our upcoming virtual writing workshop with @yangyangcheng.bsky.social! 📅6 December 2025, 12 – 1:45 PM 💲$40 USD ($20 for students/members/grads) For more details: nuvoices.com/2025/10/27/v...

Very excited to be on the judging panel for the 2026 @orwellprize.bsky.social in Political Writing, chaired by Rohan Silva, alongside Katie Prescott, Sam Bowman and Lawrence Freedman. Looking forward to reading and discussing—get your submissions in now! www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p...

In Hong Kong, a male law student created AI-generated porn images of over 20 women—only to receive a warning letter from the school. The case exposes how the city’s legal framework leaves digital sex crime victims vulnerable, Kelly Yu reports:

Strangers When We Meet presents two ex-convicts getting married for their needs for stability and financial security. Cleo Li-Schwartz writes that despite outstanding performance, it shows how Chinese male directors often undermine female characters’ agency:

This week on the pod, @solarina.ca talks to Hong Kong filmmaker Elizabeth Lo about her award-winning new documentary, 'Mistress Dispeller'. Now playing in select theatres across the US: nuvoices.com/2025/10/22/n... 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts! Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUep...

"I was kind of panicking," says Chloe Cheung, 20, a HK activist with a 1 million HKD bounty placed on her by Beijing. “The only reason everything happened in Hong Kong was because authorities wanted an extradition treaty with China. The warning light, of course, would switch on.”