Viola Zhou
Selected writings
Inside Foxconn’s struggle to make iPhones in India - Rest of World, 2023
China’s AI boom depends on an army of exploited student interns - Rest of World, 2023
These women fell in love with an AI-voiced chatbot. Then it died - Rest of World, 2023
Hong Kongers are mailing memes and support to jailed pro-democracy protesters - Rest of World, 2023
Xiaohongshu is teaching young Chinese women how to buy the perfect life - Rest of World, 2023
‘iPhones are made in hell’: 3 months inside China’s iPhone city - Rest of World, 2023
‘Online testing is a joke’: How Chinese students cheat on U.S. college entry exams - Rest of World, 2022
Same-sex couples from China are getting married in Utah over Zoom - Rest of World, 2022
The return of the Lipstick King - Rest of World, 2022
Werewolf erotica is the latest global gig work trend - Rest of World, 2022
Racist videos about Africans fuel a multimillion-dollar Chinese industry - Rest of World, 2022
Hong Kong, 2019
They were reporters in Hong Kong. Now they drive cabs and sell fried chicken - VICE, 2021
Inside Apple Daily, a Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Newspaper Under Assault - VICE, 2021
The most prominent Tiananmen monument on Chinese soil is getting removed - VICE, 2021
Chinese women are dumping their boyfriends over a feminist comedian - VICE, 2021
A thin fad is becoming life-threatening for Chinese women - VICE, 2021
Boys keep flirting with each other on Chinese TV but never fall in love - VICE, 2021
As Wuhan comes out of lockdown, many are asking: where is Auntie Xiong - South China Morning Post, 2020
Following years of domestic violence, a horrific murder - South China Morning Post, 2020
Locked out of an online life - South China Morning Post, 2018
How Chinese Muslims became the target of online hate - South China Morning Post, 2017