Category Archives: Sexuality

Yellow fever a myth?

Can a new report asserting that white males do not have a thing for Asian women possibly be true?

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Sustainable sexual development

David Drakeford sent Danwei a link to a story on Sina.com (in Chinese) about experimental sex education classes in Guangzhou. Guangzhou’s city government plans to allow more interactive elements, such as situational plays and talk shows, in high school sex … Continue reading

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Porn crackdown targets online fiction

Coinciding with a Wired magazine article hailing China’s burgeoning market for online novels, China announced a crackdown on obscene online fiction. The dragnet has already snared 348 websites, accused of publishing “disgusting” written content that could “easily poison the minds … Continue reading

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Traveling lady boy

Time was, not too long ago, when it was difficult to buy a decent cup of coffee in Beijing. Now that there are soy milk decaf latte’s available on every second street corner, it seems natural that other types of … Continue reading

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Sex toys for the Olympics

Fuwa Condoms (福娃安全套)

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Give me a sex change operation

Fenghuang Gege (凤凰格格, Phoenix Princess) is a young man from Wuhan who wants a sex change, and has launched an online video campaign to get someone to pay for it.

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The angry professor writes a book

Zhang Jiehai (张结海) has a book out – I Am Angry (我愤怒) – about the China Bounder affair.

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Online sex glossary

Found via Sinosplice, Niubi Yuyan is an online glossary of sex words, in Chinese, Swedish and English.

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Queer Tibet

Fridae is a website with the aim of “empowering gay Asia”. This is from a recent story by Dinah Gardner: Gay Lhasa Lhasa, capital of his estranged Himalayan kingdom, now has a small yet flourishing queer scene. …It’s hard to … Continue reading

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Degrees, real life, and April Fools

Residents of Pinghe County, Fujian Province (福建省平和县) cannot marry or get a driver’s license without a middle-school diploma. In Beijing, professor Li Baoyuan (李宝元) complains that parents are bringing their children to grad school entrance exams.

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