The first time I was asked to pay for something with my face, I was in the China-small city of Xuzhou (population: 8.577.225) in early 2019.

People define an economy. That does not change when the economy goes online, and ordinary people shape China’s rapidly-expanding digital economy in ways that suit their lifestyles and locations.

Interview of Silvia Lindtner, associate director of the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC) and an associate professor at the University of Michigan in the School of Information about her book Prototype Nation.

Contested memories of WWII on the Chinese Internet

Interview of four specialists on their approaches to studying China’s AI development.

Recent moves by U.S. lawmakers shed light on what might be the only durable consensus in Washington, D.C. today.

Interview of Dr. Shapiro and Prof. Li about a book they co-authored, “China Goes Green”

In the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, much has been written about how China’s poor handling of the outbreak is directly connected to the regime’s lack of transparency and repressive instincts.

This interview discusses Rebecca Karl’s most recent publication, “China’s Revolutions in the Modern World: A Brief Interpretive History.”

Study abroad experiences encourage people-to-people exchanges, which motivate collaboration rather than unnecessarily adversarial postures.

Interview with Mareike Ohlberg about China’s social credit system.

Big Kitty (BK for short) wanted to study in the U.S. because she loved Lady Gaga.

Tucked away on a tree-lined street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Fou Gallery offers more than the usual openings, artist talks, and receptions.

In an environment of selective censorship, nationalist mobs are gaining traction and influence on the Chinese internet.

China is ranked 103rd globally for overall gender equality and 86th for equal economic participation and opportunity between genders.

Liang owns and operates Roxie’s—the first and pre-eminent lesbian bar in Shanghai. She is one of four women I interviewed who stand at the center of Shanghai’s LGBTQ community.