Doing Intimacy will take a closer, fresher, critical look at the Chinese family dynamics as they are lived. It will examine intergenerational relations as well as gender and sexual relations in the family. Through a multi-sited ethnography in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, this study will compare practices of intimacy and examine whether or how they are by-products of particular sociocultural configurations.

The Deputy Director of the SOAS China Institute, Dr Jieyu Liu, received a grant of almost €1.5 million to lead research of Chinese families in East Asia. This project takes place over 5 years and is due to complete in September 2020.