Viewpoint
09.17.20

Could Same-Sex Marriage Advocacy in China Be Poised for a Breakthrough?

Darius Longarino

Last fall, as China’s lawmakers neared finalizing the country’s first-ever Civil Code, they opened to public comment its draft chapters on marriage and other areas of law. A newly formed coalition of LGBTQ organizations advocating for gay...

Depth of Field
11.16.18

Where Do Bicycles Go When They Die?

Ye Ming, Yan Cong & more
from Yuanjin Photo

In this issue of Depth of Field: the dying art of tomb burials; bike graveyards; and a son’s 20,000 photos of his mother.

Photo Gallery
05.16.18

Out of the Ashes, a Family Rises Again

Jia Daitengfei

The August 2015 Tianjin explosion claimed 173 lives, and the 24-year-old firefighter Pang Ti was one of them. That...

Books
10.06.17

Little Soldiers

In the spirit of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Bringing up Bébé, and The Smartest Kids in the World, Little Soldiers is a hard-hitting exploration of China’s widely acclaimed yet insular education system—held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence—that raises important questions for the future of American parenting and education.

Depth of Field
04.29.16

April’s Best Chinese Photojournalism

Yan Cong, Ye Ming & more
from Yuanjin Photo

Over the past few weeks, the publications Sina, Tencent, Caixin, China Youth Daily, and the publishing duo Sixth Tone/The Paper published photo stories on the intimate, the industrial, the private, and the...