How Activists Are “Traveled” or “Mentally Illed”
A pair of essays this week illustrates different parts of the spectrum of methods with which...
mental health
Translation: The Story of Ma Hu (Part 3)
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...
Translation: The Story of Ma Hu (Part 2)
Beijing-based women’s rights activist Xiao Meili recently introduced her friend Ma Hu with the...
Translation: The Story of Ma Hu (Part 1)
Beijing-based women’s rights activist Xiao Meili recently shared part one of a two-part...
China Burdened by Untreated Mental Illness
A series of three papers published in The Lancet by the China-India Mental Health Alliance argue...
Psychiatric Detention Persists Despite Mental Health Law
Three years after China’s first mental health law took effect, Chinese Human Rights Defenders...
China Begins to Bring Mentally Ill ‘Back to Society’
For Foreign Policy, Christina Larson looks at efforts within China’s mental health sector to...
Student Fights Homophobia in Chinese Textbooks
The Washington Post’s Emily Rauhala reports on Chen Qiuyan (aka Qiu Bai), a 20-year-old...
Minitrue: Murder at Beidaihe Sanitorium
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Talking to China’s “Web Junkies”
The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos comments on the politically-tinged medicalization of Internet...
Minitrue: Take No Liberties When Covering Violence
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Law Leaves Healthy Chinese Trapped in Mental Hospitals
China’s new mental health law, for all its faults, has substantially addressed the problem...
Detained Woman Given Shock Treatment Wins Lawsuit
Keira Lu Huang at The South China Morning Post reports that a woman who was detained illegally and...
“Idiotic” Chinese Name for Dementia Sparks Protest
As China faces a surge in dementia cases with weakened social support systems and only 300...
Spate Of Official Suicides Sparks Debate
Simon Denyer at The Washington Post reports on speculation that several officials who apparently...
China Faces Alzheimer’s Crisis
An aging population, changing lifestyles, and possibly pollution are driving up the number of...
China’s Left-Behind Children and Guilt-Stricken Parents
The Wall Street Journal’s Andrew Browne examines the situation of China’s...
Suspect in Consulate Arson “Heard Voices” (Updated)
The Associated Press reports that the man arrested for an arson attack on the Chinese consulate in...
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