Written by Marc Matten For many decades, the visual arts have been a topic in research on modern Chinese history. Propaganda posters, Mao badges, and even material objects have received widespread attention among historians, thereby highlighting that an understanding of…
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Written by Sophie Xiaofei Guo The Taiwanese artist Pei-Ying Lin started her thought experiments about viruses as early as 2011. From Smallpox Syndrome (2012-2015), Tame is to Tame (2016) to her latest work Virophilia (2018-ongoing), Lin imagines an alternative future…
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Written by Fei Huang ‘When you hear the term stay-at-home fathers (SAHFs), what is the first image/thought that pops into your head?’ – this is one of the questions I asked in a survey that I did with all my…
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Written by Emily Baum In the early days of the Covid-19 outbreak, the Chinese government sent hundreds of thousands of care packages to students studying overseas. Stuffed with packets of herbal capsules, face masks, and disinfectant wipes, the unexpected gifts…
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Written by Li Sheng In public urban spaces, among a number of entertainment activities and exercises (e.g. running, Taiji, speed-walking, etc.), plaza dancing (广场舞 guangchangwu) stands out. Plaza dance, as a kind of collective leisure activity, is a mixture of…
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Written by Liz P. Y. Chee In my recently-published book Mao’s Bestiary: Medicinal Animals and Modern China (Duke University Press, 2021) I’ve traced an aspect of Chinese medicine and pharmacology that has been surprisingly neglected despite its controversial character, or…
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Written by Editor Our eighth issue explores the cultural politics of medicine and public health in China. A year on from the outbreak of a global pandemic that continues to profoundly impact everyday life around the world, we asked our…
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Written by Piotr Strzalkowski Through a careful choice of elements and sound composition, propaganda images often invite their audiences to experience a range of feelings and attitudes towards, e.g., individuals, groups, or ideas that they depict. This statement inherently applies…
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