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The artist, Xu Shenglun, took the hidden reality of rural Chinese elderly suicide and carved it out, raw and unflinching, in the country’s top art school. Their pain lay there, undressed, impossible to look away from.

"As a Yunnan native, I can’t believe I’m feeling like an outsider in my own hometown right now."

Chinese New Year is the time for a joyous, cherished family gathering for many; But for women in my household, it’s more of a draining week-long slog.