Face recognition technology is wide-spread in China. I am glad the authorities are pushing back over its commercial use. https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3261578/not-good-look-china-should-turn-away-too-much-facial-recognition

In a few days, I am reaching a landmark – turning 60. This year, I’d like to raise fund for a London-based peace-building organization called Conciliation Resources. https://www.c-r.org/ Why did I choose this organization? Because Conciliation Resources is a great organization which ‘has made peace’ possible. In the past 25 years, it has solved conflicts… Continue reading my birthday fundraising

An Evening with Chinese Poet Yu Xiuhua I’ve long heard of Yu Xihua, an extraordinary poet in every sense. So I was thrilled to attend her event at the British Library the other day with my great friend Helen, an accomplished poet. Yu is a farmer, not highly educated, living in a village in Hubei,… Continue reading Village poet Yu xiuhua

China’s Struggling Private Sector Private companies in China now account for more than 90% of business entities. But the private sector is still the poor cousin of State-owned enterprises, which are favoured by the state. To add snow to the frost, the private sector is subject to the government crackdown and nationalistic trolls’ attack. Time… Continue reading China’s private sector

I have always been interested in gender issue. When I was invited to take part in a panel discussion about Global Feminism, organized by Georgetown University in the U. S., I said yes! The ongoing struggle for women’s equality around the world has a deep history. For millennia social, cultural and religious forces have held… Continue reading Global Feminism

I came to Paris mainly for this major TV documentary on contemporary China. The interview took place today inside the Pagoda in Paris, such a hidden gem. Delighted that the interview went really well.

How wonderful to have published in the bloody FT! Well not bloody, to be precise, but in the “pink pages”! In today’s opinion piece, I talk about China’s low political participation – there are too few women in senior government positions. https://www.ft.com/content/a4cee0a7-d4d6-46ba-b61e-129dfd766b6a If you’d like to read it but don’t have a subscription, feel free… Continue reading My piece in the pink pages

As someone who hails from a lower rung of society, I am very interested in wealth inequality and social mobility. Here’s my take on China’s ‘common prosperity’ goal. https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/asia/article/3253341/why-fixing-inequality-central-chinas-common-prosperity-goal

Food, Glorious Food! I had the great pleasure of interviewing Fuchsia Dunlop, a top expert on Chinese food and its food culture. https://nuvoices.com/2024/02/14/nuvoices-podcast-episode-111-a-conversation-with-fuchsia-dunlop-about-her-book-invitation-to-a-banquet/

Feminist activism in China then and now: here’s a link to our NuVoices Podcast hosted by Jessie Lau and myself,interviewing journalist Wanqing Zhang who had recently written an in-depth piece on the topic.https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n%C3%BCvoices/id1413970298?i=1000643677428