A caring Beijing through public fitness equipment

Vermeeren, Laura

Laura Vermeeren

Laura Vermeeren is a lecturer of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam and sinologist. She is interested in, and has published on Chinese creativity, urban calligraphy, youth cultures in China and digital Chinese writing practices. A finalized monograph on contemporary practices of Chinese calligraphy is currently being peer-reviewed by Hawaii University Press.

Dossiers, no. 2, vol. 8June 9, 2023<June 9, 2023

A caring Beijing through public fitness equipment

Laura Vermeeren

Laura Vermeeren examines the proliferation of state-sponsored outdoor fitness areas in Beijing. Often used by retirees, these “senior playgrounds” embody both Chinese philosophies of wellbeing and neoliberal practices of self-care.