From sexy dancing to an Olympic hero: our top 10 stories about Chinese society and culture in 2021
- Our most-read articles covered the breadth of Chinese society, from disturbing stories to ridiculous moments
- It’s a reminder that people everywhere are beautiful, disturbing, complicated, and everything in between
From the ridiculous to the important, the uplifting and the serious, we have strived to tell the stories of China through the lenses of everyday people.
While these stories took place in China, similar events could have happened anywhere. Their resonance with readers across the globe show that regardless of where we’re from, we might have more in common than we think – something we could all do well to remember in 2022.
Let’s get into the list.
10. Woman in China went to doctor about a hurt ankle only to be told she was born a man and is intersex
An injured ankle turned into a life-changing revelation when X-rays of the injury revealed her bones had not developed properly. Further tests revealed the woman, who had been trying and failing to get pregnant for a year, was born intersex, meaning her reproductive anatomy could not fit into the binary definition of “male” or “female”.