How Activists Are “Traveled” or “Mentally Illed”
A pair of essays this week illustrates different parts of the spectrum of methods with which...
by Samuel Wade | Dec 19, 2018
A pair of essays this week illustrates different parts of the spectrum of methods with which...
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 20, 2018
Beijing-based women’s rights activist Xiao Meili recently introduced her friend Ma Hu with the first two parts of a three-part profile. Part one told the story of Ma Hu’s childhood, and how she dealt with her gender and sexual...
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 8, 2018
Beijing-based women’s rights activist Xiao Meili recently introduced her friend Ma Hu with the...
by Josh Rudolph | May 29, 2018
Beijing-based women’s rights activist Xiao Meili recently shared part one of a two-part...
by Sophie Beach | May 19, 2016
A series of three papers published in The Lancet by the China-India Mental Health Alliance argue...
by Samuel Wade | May 5, 2016
Three years after China’s first mental health law took effect, Chinese Human Rights Defenders...
by Sophie Beach | Dec 22, 2015
For Foreign Policy, Christina Larson looks at efforts within China’s mental health sector to...
by Josh Rudolph | Nov 24, 2015
The Washington Post’s Emily Rauhala reports on Chen Qiuyan (aka Qiu Bai), a 20-year-old...
by Anne Henochowicz | Nov 21, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 28, 2014
The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos comments on the politically-tinged medicalization of Internet...
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 18, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Samuel Wade | May 25, 2014
China’s new mental health law, for all its faults, has substantially addressed the problem...
by Natalie Ornell | May 22, 2014
Keira Lu Huang at The South China Morning Post reports that a woman who was detained illegally and...
by Samuel Wade | May 20, 2014
As China faces a surge in dementia cases with weakened social support systems and only 300...
by Natalie Ornell | Apr 10, 2014
Simon Denyer at The Washington Post reports on speculation that several officials who apparently...
by Samuel Wade | Jan 27, 2014
An aging population, changing lifestyles, and possibly pollution are driving up the number of...
by Samuel Wade | Jan 17, 2014
The Wall Street Journal’s Andrew Browne examines the situation of China’s...
by Samuel Wade | Jan 6, 2014
The Associated Press reports that the man arrested for an arson attack on the Chinese consulate in...