I’m Having Fun: The Selfie-Taker as a Symbol in Chinese Advertising
Billboards, subway ads, TV screens and mobile phones are plastered with the image of the selfie. Not the selfie itself – but the act of taking one.
Category: Culture
Jia Zhangke and Fengjie’s Ghost
Jia’s film “Still Life” drowns in a particular type of hopelessness against which its characters struggle, one perhaps unique to Fengjie
“I want to disrupt the museum model”: Li Jinghu on Bringing Contemporary Art to Dongguan
A long talk with the artist and organizer about creativity, spirituality, and generational flux in today’s China
Yin: Beijing Rockers Birdstriking Return with Long Awaited Second Album, “Holey Brain”
Eat it up, baby birds: the young turks of Beijing noise are back with their long-anticipated sophomore album
Is This Chengdu Rapper’s Diss Track on “Stupid Foreigners” Racist?
The viral Chengdu trap lord is back, this time hurling insults and obscenities at foreigners living in his country
Why is Taobao (sort of) banning Japanese video games?
The e-commerce platform informally announced a new restriction on certain foreign-language materials
Listen: DJ TOY “Overseas Vol. I” Mix
The New York-based DJ recently relocated to China to create sonic bridges between East and West
New Nowhere: Jia Zhangke’s Fenyang
In the auteur’s early works, his hometown is both a city and a metonym for provincial city walls
Yin: Symbiz Brings Cantonese Bass Music from Germany to Uganda in “Faai Di” Music Video
The amount of cultural flows in play in this globe-hopping music video is overwhelming
Why are international travelers turning away from China?
Differing attitudes toward historical preservation and a surging domestic tourism market are among the reasons
