(The Conversation) — In some cultures, menstruation and childbirth are treated as polluting, not life-giving. One Buddhist text’s interpretation of ‘Blood Pond Hell’ shows how far such beliefs go – ...

Jade Gu met her boyfriend online. Gu, who’s 26 and studies art theory in Beijing, was playing on her phone when she saw Charlie. She was deep in an otome game, a romance-driven video game where women ...

Professor of Sociology and China Studies, SOAS, University of London Sexual attitudes have relaxed significantly in China since the Mao era. Approaching the 50th anniversary of Mao Zedong’s death and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — In 2020, Jodi Horton and Ashlee Hinds looked at their calendars filled with upcoming races and realized something was missing. Despite plans to run, neither felt the excitement they ...

The hukou system, established in the 1950s, required Chinese citizens to be registered in a particular locality at birth and institutionalized a strict division between rural and urban residents.

Chery's big moment to flaunt its Fulwin X3L SUV on Tianmen Mountain's gnarly "Heavenly Ladder" backfired spectacularly when the ride lost grip mid-climb during a promo stunt. November 12 was supposed ...

Be careful with your marketing stunts around national landmarks. That should be the take-home message from Chery Automobile’s recent attempt to measure itself up against Land Rover, an attempt that ...

On November 16, 2025, in Hunan, China, @Wénbùwǎng shared a video of a car attempting to climb Tianmen Mountain. In the video, the vehicle navigates the steep staircase along the route, struggling to ...

FOR DECADES the ideal for the Chinese family involved two parents doting on their single, precious child. At the maternity hospital in Tianmen, a city in the central province of Hubei, it does not ...

Follow the dreams and aspirations of the March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy — as they navigate life during the Civil War era in New England in the play, “Little Women.” Based on the popular novel ...