Posts Tagged ‘social changes’

The Shanghai Expo and A Chinese Sexual Revoluion

Jenny Zhu Posted in China，Tags: , , ,
10 June 2010
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Since May of this year, I started to write a monthly column in That’s Shanghai magazine, the city’s original expat magazine filled with great editorials alongside listings to help you “get under the city’s skin”. The voice is the same as the one I’ve always tried to project: a personal take on the happenings in China to lend some perspective into the lives and minds of the people here.

For the May and June issues, I searched for the answer to why the Chinese care so much about the Expo and how attitudes towards sex evolved in Shanghai. Here are the links to the articles if you are interested:

1. What the Expo means to locals

2. Let’s not talk about sex, baby…

I must say that writing about sexual attitudes started out challenging. My dear editor JFK Miller hoped that I could write about it to celebrate the magazine’s list of sexiest people in Shanghai. But I struggled with the angle…until I walked past a park which brought back memories. You will see what I mean after reading the article.

How China Sees Itself, the World and More: Interview with Kaiser Kuo

Jenny Zhu Posted in China, inspiration, interviews，Tags: , , , , ,
31 March 2009
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If you are reading this blog post, I am sure this is a topic that you think about quite a lot. How does a resurgent China see itself? Why do the Chinese people take criticism of China so personally? When will China behave like a responsible world power? How does the leadership deal with domestic and international pressure? Big questions with implications that affect personal lives. I am very glad to have interviewed Kaiser Kuo, one of the most insightful and witty commentators on the topic. I sat down with him in Beijing to ponder these questions and try to understand the paradox that is China.