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Fantastic China-themed faux comic book covers
Happy-ending Superman...Fu Er DIE...Batman stuck in traffic: Plastered-T-shirts brings you “Comic Beijing”, a stunning collaboration with Beijing based artist Berlin to create Beijing-inspired comic...
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Wade Shepard's "Ghost Cities of China: The Story of Cities without People"
"Shepard’s argument in short is that China’s ghost cities are temporary phenomena and represent the phase of transition between construction and occupation." more »LiteratureChinaGhost...
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Cameroon expat's circle of life in China
Since arriving in China over a decade ago, this Cameroonian expat has had no end of intense incidences that have involved predation, procreation, death and birth. This is his heartwarming story. more...
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Just joking! Westerners are changing the face of comedy in China
Have you heard the one about the foreign comic in Shanghai? Neither have most people. Still in its nascent stages and relegated to the backrooms of bars, stand-up comedy is struggling to break into...
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Behind the scenes filming a television commercial for Skype Chinese Translator
"But what nobody from Microsoft's research division had apparently planned on was a little something known as The Great Firewall, which obstructs the Skype system from working consistently. A glitch in...
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Brides of the Bund: fashionable wedding photography of Shanghai
In China nuptials tend to be notoriously unromantic affairs that place less emphasis on exchanging vows than on collecting hongbao. The real glory for brides-to-be seeking a fairytale wedding, then,...
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Chinese science fiction novels - a reading list
Chinese science fiction is not the black hole genre most believe it to be, but is in fact quite popular in mainland China, with a number of dedicated journals and magazines since the 1970s as well as...
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(photo essay) Lawei, cold-cured meats and fish
Collectively known as lawei, a beloved South China specialty rooted in the tradition of slaughtering the family livestock to celebrate the Spring Festival. Typically reserved for layue, the 12th month...
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In low-crime China, toy guns should be outlawed, American expat parent argues
2000-word expose comparing America and China crime rates and gun culture, where this expat parent argues that China should also outlaw children's toy guns more »China...
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Chinese graffiti serves utilitarian purpose
(Photo essay) With this in mind, this tagger-turned-photographer recently set out to pay tribute to the last few illicit ads that still exist around Shanghai. more »Arts &...
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