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Best-ever 48th birthday: Volunteering for China's pandas
As a species indigenous only to China, pandas are China’s international symbol of friendship and peace. And they are perhaps the world’s most adored species of animal. Conserving and presenting pandas in zoos is really about getting the world’s people to care about biodiversity and conservation. In this way, helping secure a future for pandas is also about helping secure a future for homo sapiens.
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My update – and what I learned from a transgender four-year-oldDear friends, I hope this note finds you well, peaceful, at ease and happy! It’s been over a year since I’ve updated this blog. I’m writing now to give you an updat...
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I’m making a movie with Wanda MediaI hope this blog post finds you all very well. Thank you for all the messages and support – hearing from you always makes my day. Today I want to answer two of questi...
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WSJ Column: How to say No to other people[caption id="attachment_3495" align="alignright" width="447"] Joy Chen in Vogue China March 2013[/caption] Amidst all the bad news about how newspapers and magazines ...
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Tennis is me-timeYou might assume that since I didn’t have babies until after having enjoyed a big career, I’d have been immune to the women’s malady of burnout. And yet, both tim...
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Change the world – it’s fun![box type="alert" icon = "none"]To hear Joy read this post in English, subscribe to the GlobalRencai podcast on iTunes, or hear or download the MP3 here.[/box] Last Fr...
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Do not marry before age 30[Note for the English version: This post addresses the much-discussed so-called problem of China’s “leftover women,” women age 25 and up and not married!] Businesswee...
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ABOUT JOY CHEN
Joy Chen is on a mission to help 100 million Chinese women seize their full potential in life. A former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles and former CEO headhunter for Fortune 500 companies, Joy has enjoyed four careers across three continents. Her ground-breaking first book, Do Not Marry Before Age 30, is helping a generation of Chinese women become more free and confident. Her second book, How to Get Lucky in Your Career, is a guide to acquiring the lucky breaks you need to pivot into a career of passion and purpose. Partnering with top brands and digital platforms, Joy makes trailblazing video, print and social-media content to delight and educate modern Chinese women. Visit Joy at www.joychenyu.com.
