Thanks to Dr Si Long Chan for this great conversation about poetry, queerness and East Asian identity, and to @leafepress.bsky.social Litter Magazine for publishing it. www.littermagazine.org/2026/04/inte...
A much-awaited project is finally here! If you’re working on queer film festivals, queer cinema, or related topics, we would love to hear from you - please consider submitting! Deadline: 1 July, 2026. www.chinaindiefilm.org/chinese-inde...
Looking forward to co-chairing this panel discussion with Professor Paul Gladston on Queer Video Art in Mainland China. Free event and all welcome! www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-vide...
CFP: Chinese Queer Film Festivals (Chinese Independent Cinema Observer Special Issue, edited by Jenny Man Wu, Andy Ke Zhu and Hongwei Bao)
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Looking forward to this wonderful conversation hosted by the Centre for Worlding Modern Languages at the University of Bristol. 'Worlding Queer Sexualities', Tuesday 14 April, 5.15pm – 7pm, LR8, 21 Woodland Road, BS8 1TE. All are welcome!
Interviewed by Neue Zürcher Zeitung for an article on Chengdu as China’s gay capital: www.nzz.ch/internationa...
An image of three friends in a train station in Shanghai, overlaid in white text it reads: from the archive: nonfiction, Wuhan Lockdown Diary, By Guo Jing, translated from Chinese by Hongwei Bao “Many people died because of inequality. The government treats them as heroes and praises them. But no one is held accountable for their deaths, and there is no critical reflection on why they died, either. A society cannot churn out dead tragic heroes forever; it should take responsibility for those who have already died and those who are still living.”
On the anniversary of the COVID-19 outbreak, we’re sharing “Wuhan Lockdown Diary,” by Guo Jing (tr. @queercomrades.bsky.social), from our archives. Read it here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
Thrilled to announce that the queer play I wrote, Hot Pot, will be created by a full British East and Southeast Asian cast and creative team, and performed at Lakeside Arts Nottingham on 25 June. General booking opens on 18 March. All welcome! www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/hot-po...
“A society cannot churn out dead tragic heroes forever; it should take responsibility for those who have already died and those who are still living.” Read “Wuhan Lockdown Diary" written by Chinese feminist activist Guo Jing in 2020, during the Wuhan Lockdown.
'Hot Pot', an English-language Chinese queer play written by me and produced by Auka Productions, with a full East and Southeast Asian cast and creative team, will be staged at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham on 25 June. All welcome! www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/hot-po...
Thank you!
Yes! That’s the one! I adapted it to a short, 15/min play. Thanks for your support! variantlit.com/zizzi/?amp=1
Performed in my short play 'Zizzi' with Altus Chan at the
Birmingham Hippodrome New Earth theatre makers showcase two weeks ago. Thanks to everyone involved for the support! www.birminghamhippodrome.com/calendar/new...
Queer zines often feature queer manifestos. What do Chinese queer manifestos look like? Read this translated and edited essay from the latest issue of @madeinchinajournal.com. Thanks also to the support of the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection. madeinchinajournal.com/2026/02/23/q...
In this essay, @queercomrades.bsky.social explores how the classical Chinese story of the Rabbit God has been reinterpreted across the global Chinese diaspora in recent years, highlighting creative reimaginings that promote an open and undogmatic vision of queer Chinese identity and heritage.
In this essay, I explore how the classical Chinese story of the Rabbit God has been reinterpreted across the global Chinese diaspora in recent years, highlighting creative reimaginings that promote an open and undogmatic vision of queer Chinese identity and heritage.
“Imagining Transnational Chinese Queer Literary Studies: A Conversation on Queer Literature in the Sinosphere” with Hongwei Bao and Maria Elena Indelicato is now available open access on the Journal of Intercultural Studies website.
'this collection integrates an impressive array of theoretical frameworks, concepts, and perspectives to analyse queer literature in the Sinosphere, challenging dominant narratives in literary criticism, and further reinvigorating the study with innovative insights and approaches.’ Dr Heshen Xie
‘Queer Literature in the Sinosphere, edited by Hongwei Bao and Yahia Ma, presents a groundbreaking and timely scholarly achievement, celebrating the richness and depth of queer literature of the Sinosphere through contributions from a distinguished cohort of scholars.' Dr Heshen Xie
‘Tracing back to Ming-Qing homoerotic literature and probing into contemporary danmei and GL fiction, this book stages a vibrant dialogue between the queer past and present, and achieves a delicate balance between the serious and the popular.' On Queer Literature in the Sinosphere
