What happens when helping disabled people in China becomes more about charity than equality? Every year, China marks National Disability Assistance Day on the third Sunday of May with slogans...
How a Chinese videographer who documented Xinjiang’s detention facilities found himself facing deportation from the United States It begins as a story of journalistic daring, and a dramatic escape. But...
A new format in Translator where we commission a journalist or commentator from beyond the Anglosphere to interpret a recent article they have found interesting or important from their local...
In the dusty streets of China’s factory towns, a generation of rural migrants found belonging in impossible hairstyles and neon dye. The shamates were never just a subculture; they were...
A personal essay by a young Manchu woman attending university in Tibet, documenting the experience of being from an ethnic minority background in China. Recommended by: Jessie Lau “What does...
A harrowing investigation into how young people are trafficked into scam compoundsn in Southeast Asia, and the journey of one Chinese family seeking justice for their son The plane taxied...
An exploration of halal Hong Kong. Halal food is becoming more visible in Hong Kong. But for the city’s 300,000-strong Muslim community, it’s about far more than what’s on the...
A Singaporean journalist traces how Southeast Asian women are trafficked into marriage in China—and what it takes to escape When Chan boarded the plane to China, she had no idea...
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