📘 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.”

Japanese colonialism is infamous for its brutalization of women. But less known is women’s role in the resistance, brought to life in 2 novels I reviewed @jacobinmag.bsky.social - CAPITALISTS MUST STARVE by Park Seolyeon, translated @antonhur.com & WHEN SLEEPING WOMEN WAKE by @emmapeiyin.bsky.social

Listen to our latest podcast episode with Barbara Demick on her latest book, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove📖

Beijing-based Shakespeare enthusiast Sarah Ye talks to Heather Irvine about translating Shakespeare's sonnets in her evenings after work. Read the piece here:

The British government is being accused of turning a blind eye to security threats posed by Beijing and prioritizing economic ties, after the collapse of a Chinese spy trial. Yet others say the real problem is Britain’s lack of a coherent engagement strategy. My story @asia.nikkei.com @nikkei.com

Travelling to see the world means accepting that the world will see you. In South America, Tappy Lung's interactions force her to contemplate her perceived "Chinese-ness".🏅 This essay was a runner-up in NüStories’ personal essay contest:

I wrote a story @theguardian.com about Zhang Yadi, a London-bound Chinese student and Tibetan rights advocate who was arrested over the summer on suspicion of “inciting separatism.” If found guilty, she faces a prison sentence of up to 15 years. Read the story, with comments from @hrw.org, below:

I wrote a review @thetls.bsky.social of “Daughters of the Bamboo Grove,” a deep investigation by author & former @latimes.com China correspondent @barbarademick.bsky.social into Beijing’s brutal One Child Policy that centres around the reunion of a pair of separated twins. Read in print or online 🔗

This week, Nüvoices editor Jessie Lau speaks to award-winning author Barbara Demick about her new book ‘Daughters of the Bamboo Grove,’ and how her reporting reunited twin sisters forced apart under Beijing’s One Child Policy and raised separately in China and the US:

In her latest short film ‘The Test’, Meng Han Hsieh, the UK-based Taiwanese filmmaker, reflects on the UK citizenship test and her identity as an East Asian female creative. Read the article by Angel Sun: nuvoices.com/2025/09/17/m...

It’s been ten years since I first watched the banned HK dystopian film “Ten Years,” now being brought to Britain by the HK Film Festival UK. I wrote my reflections in an essay @prospectmagazine.co.uk and spoke to some of the directors ahead of the London screening, co-hosted @amnestyuk.bsky.social

In immigration, women usually give up their careers and take on childcare responsibilities. Read the article by Angel Sun, who speaks with Hong Kong migrant mums in the UK about their new motherhood: nuvoices.com/2025/08/26/m...

We still have spots open for our upcoming writing workshop with @hannamade.bsky.social! Are you a writer interested in examining social issues through a futuristic lens? Join our workshop! More info: nuvoices.com/2025/08/13/e... Tickets: lu.ma/hnie6mgm

I penned New Tide’s first newsletter celebrating our launch as the UK’s first East and Southeast Asian journalist’s media network! Every month, our newsletter will feature a new ESEA journo and a round up of UK opportunities + events. Subscribe now: newtidenetwork.substack.com/p/new-tide-w...