Ping Zhu is associate professor of Chinese literature at the University of Oklahoma and the acting editor in chief of the biennial literary journal Chinese Literature Today. She is the author of Gender and Subjectivities in Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature and Culture. She hasco-edited Maoist Laughter and Feminisms with Chinese Characteristics.
Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing / Photo by Alex Berger / Flickr
The year 2021 marks the centenary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In April, the CCP released the latest e...
Banner of the New Workers’ slogan in Picun / Photo by Hui Faye Xiao
A group of Chinese migrant workers, who call themselves New Workers, have been uttering their voices through the medium...
Yang Li. Photo from WEIBO.
The emergence of “girl power” literally saved the show in Chinese stand-up comedy, while at the same time forming a concerted feminist voice. In this essay—punch...
Q: Would you like to be called a “woman writer” or just a “writer”?
A: When I was young, I didn’t like the title “woman writer”; but now I’ve accepted it, because th...