Yunyun Zhou is a Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics and Society at the University of Oslo. Her research focuses on gender and politics, grassroots governance, and youth culture in contemporary China. She is currently writing a political ethnography on three generations of local women cadres in China.

The Cultural Politics of National Tragedies and Personal Sacrifice

State Narratives of China's 'Ordinary Heroes' of the COVID-19 Pandemic

While the rest of the world is still battling the latest wave of COVID-19 and implementing lockdown measures to combat the spread of the virus, China has been celebrating its ‘victory’ over the pandemic since the end of February 2020, with Xinhua (2020) announcing a book praising the country’s success in disease control to be […]

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