China and its Jurassic Park
The UK’s Museum of Natural History is showcasing a badass show at the moment, Age of the Dinosaur, based on the findings that China have unearthed in terms of dinos over the past few decades and...
View ArticleAi Weiwei, detained by Chinese authorities on April 3, freed on bail today
Ai Weiwei, who has become an international symbol on the inability for a Chinese artist to conduct free speech and expression, was released from jail on bail today in Beijing. He had been arrested...
View ArticleWhat You See Might Not Be Real
This installation is called ‘‘What You See Might Not Be Real,” created by Chen Wenling for a solo exhibition “Emergency Escape” at Joy Art Gallery, 2009, in China. You got the Wall Street bull, just...
View ArticleEdward Burtynsky’s “Manufacturing #17″
We have seen Edward Burtynsky’s film and photography about manmade landscapes. What shocks us the most is the factories in China, because of how huge they are and the limitless amounts of factories...
View ArticleRethinking Bamboo
That is what they are doing at the First Beijing International Design Triennial, rethinking the ways the world can use bamboo. They came up with cars, bikes, and mini-car type things. As DesignBoom...
View ArticleVice President Joe Biden: China’s Rise Isn’t Our Demise
Our Vice President, and very good statesman, Joe Biden, just got back from a long trip to Asia, mainly China, and wrote a fantastic Op-Ed piece for the NY Times yesterday. And because we aren’t always...
View ArticleCause its getting heavy…
You know, just another day where Chinese police show off a new crowd control weapon, the giant fork, during a drill in Beijing. Nobody is occupying anything after seeing this… this is also called “the...
View ArticleChinese Old-folks Choir Covers Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”
Oh, why did you move to the countryside so you could avoid the world, and electricity, and running water, and the Internet, and anything that has to do with the cut n’paste, collage culture that we...
View ArticleFinding life amongst the rubbish
A heartwarming story comes to us from China where a woman found and raised more than 30 abandoned Chinese babies from the streets of Jinhua, in the eastern Zhejiang province. She found the babies...
View ArticleRen-Hang’s curious photographs of Naked Bodies
Check out Ren-Hang’s humorous and raw take on transforming his subject matter: the naked body. It’s all about posture, timing and framing: Ren-Hang’s curious photographs of Naked Bodies is a post...
View ArticleThe colorful geoscapes of Zhangye Danxia Mountains of China
The Zhangye Danxia Mountains of China are geological formations that expose dramatic colors to mountains and hillsides. Its scale, and its dramatic beauty tempts us to abandon our desktop computers...
View ArticleThe Body as a Factory
Need a refresher on your anatomy? Even if you don’t understand the language, this collection of retro Chinese health illustrations is designed to put a mechanical interpretation to the physiology of...
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