Man Up: The Rise and Rise of China’s Manosphere

In the latest in our series on belief, we're examining the emergence of incels in the world's largest manosphere. China's growing incel community is fuelled by state-approved nationalism and simple demographics—by one estimate, 30 million Chinese men won't find a life partner. To find out why so many Chinese men believe that women are the source of their problems, Louisa and Graeme are joined by Yihuan Zhang, a graduate researcher at the University of Macau, Ling Tang, a cultural studies lecturer at the University of Melbourne, and Qian Huang from the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies at the University of Groningen. Image: Incel. c/- MissLunaRose12 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Transcripts available at

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This episode was published on Aug 20, 2025.

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