Projects tagged
East Asia
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Bikini-clad Peta ‘bunny’ braves minus 10 degrees cold to protest fur trade in South Korea
Read more: Bikini-clad Peta ‘bunny’ braves minus 10 degrees cold to protest fur trade in South KoreaAn animal rights activist sporting only a white bikini, bunny ears and tail has been spotted protesting against fur in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which is hosting the Winter Olympics 2018. Ashley Fruno discussed the People for the Ethical Treatment of…
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A Piece of Red Cloth – Rock n’ Roll Performed in 1989
Read more: A Piece of Red Cloth – Rock n’ Roll Performed in 1989“I performed at Tiananmen Square in 1989, 15 days before the crackdown. I sang A Piece of Red Cloth (一块红布), a tune about alienation. I covered my eyes with a red cloth to symbolize my feelings. The students were heroes.…
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Artist’s self record of a Chinese marriage market
Read more: Artist’s self record of a Chinese marriage marketA photography project on China’s marriage market has recently reignited the debate about marriage in China, and the phenomenon of women deemed too old to marry, or “leftover women” in the country. In a series of photographs called “The Happiness…
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Don’t Cover Up, Set Up – Chinese Women Against Domestic Violence
Read more: Don’t Cover Up, Set Up – Chinese Women Against Domestic ViolenceThe video DON’T COVER UP, STEP UP is a public service announcement raising the issue of gender-based violence. In the video, a vlogger teaches her fans how to cover up bruises with makeup after she has been beaten by her…
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Chinese High School Students Making Film about Trans Gender
Read more: Chinese High School Students Making Film about Trans GenderA high school student from The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China Made a Movie about “Sexual Minorities”, a Topic Avoided By Almost Every Parent. How Should We Start Talking About This?” was widely circulated among people on…
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5 Ways PETA Asia Became an Animal Rights Groundbreaker in China
Read more: 5 Ways PETA Asia Became an Animal Rights Groundbreaker in ChinaThe world is shocked by China’s dog meat festival and by videos showing that animals are eaten alive in restaurants in Guangdong. But in that country of 1.3 billon people, a massive shift in ideology is happening. Our friends at…
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Reporter’s viral eye roll causes trouble with Chinese censors
Read more: Reporter’s viral eye roll causes trouble with Chinese censorsBy Steven Jiang, CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/asia/china-viral-eye-roll-intl/index.html (CNN)It was the eye roll that resonated with millions — and broke the internet in China. On the sidelines of the country’s annual parliament session, a Chinese journalist on Tuesday morning showed her contempt for…
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Tsinghua students use Women’s Day to joke about ending presidential term limits
Read more: Tsinghua students use Women’s Day to joke about ending presidential term limitsStudents at China’s prestigious Tsinghua University are celebrating International Women’s Day with banners making light of a proposed constitutional amendment to scrap term limits for the country’s president. One banner joked that a boyfriend’s term should also have no limits,…
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Marry the Blue Sky – Chinese Performance Artist on Air Pollution
Read more: Marry the Blue Sky – Chinese Performance Artist on Air PollutionIn December 2015, she stepped out in a wedding dress adorned with hundreds of air pollution masks and walked the streets appealing to Beijingers to take public transport rather than contribute to the choking smog by driving. The year before,…
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Dying to Breathe: The Unseen Cost of Gold Mining
Read more: Dying to Breathe: The Unseen Cost of Gold MiningPhotographer Sim Chi Yin spent more than three years documenting a Chinese gold miner who is suffering from the deadly lung disease silicosis. Despite the odds, his loving relationship with his wife has kept him alive much longer than anyone…