A reckoning and sparkle of hope in China, with Ting Guo
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Hello from South Korea\\u2019s sad World Cup cheering section!\\xa0
This week, we talk about the unrest in China with Dr. Ting Guo, a scholar at the University of Toronto who studies religion, politics, and gender in transnational Asia. Ting is also great on Twitter and co-hosts a Mandarin podcast called "in-betweenness" (@shichapodcast).
[7:50] The protests in mainland China\\u2014and, in solidarity, throughout the world\\u2014began late last month, after an apartment fire killed ten people in the city of Urumqi and workers at a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou scaled the factory fence. Protestors have expressed anger and grief about the country\'s Zero-COVID policy and much else besides. Ting situates this movement(?) within a long history of resistance\\u2014from Tiananmen to the Toilet Revolution to Bridge Man\\u2014while explaining why it also feels so unprecedented. We talk about the leadership of feminists and queer activists in recent mobilizations, the emblematic struggle of migrant laborers in China\\u2019s surveillance system, solidarity with Uyghurs, and the long-held anguish that imbues every white-paper gesture. (Check out Eli Friedman\\u2019s terrific Boston Review essay for more context.) How has transnational and intersectional support helped to widen the protestors\\u2019 aims?\\xa0
If you\\u2019d like to follow the protests, Ting recommends:\\xa0
\\u516c\\u6c11\\u65e5\\u62a5 Citizens Daily CN
Chinese queers will not be censored.
\\u548c\\u59d0\\u59b9\\u4eec\\u98a0\\u8986\\u7236\\u6743\\u66b4\\u653f We Are All Chained Women\\xa0
\\u5317\\u65b9\\u5e7f\\u573a Northern Square\\xa0
\\u5973\\u6743\\u4e2d\\u56fd Feminist China
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