Yang Li

Opinion | China’s gender conversations must go offline to empower everyone

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Opinion | China’s gender conversations must go offline to empower everyone

Last week, a friend suggested something unexpected: “Why not invite our husbands to see the Chinese feminist movie Her Story?” Everyone agreed and we watched the film as a group. Afterwards, we discussed the movie as men and women sharing perspectives, in a way I had rarely experienced before. Throughout my 26 years in China, … Read more

JD.com says sorry to customers after Singles’ Day campaign with comedian sparks backlash

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JD.com says sorry to customers after Singles’ Day campaign with comedian sparks backlash

Yang, known for her biting jokes about men, on Monday appeared in a JD.com live-streaming session that sparked a four-day backlash from some of the platform’s users, which prompted the Beijing-based online retailer to issue an apology on Friday. A Weibo user, with the pseudonym Zhichilaotou, said he had cancelled his JD.com account and persuaded … Read more