Sophia Cao

Sophia Cao is an undergraduate business student at Baruch College in New York. She is interested in Chinese culture and contemporary art, with a particular emphasis on multimedia.

Leaky pipe leads photo shop to treasure of old Shanghai photos – CCTV

From CCTV via Shanghaiist: …And just recently in Shanghai, a set of remarkable photographs was discovered because of a leaky pipe. Nearly 20,000 pictures from The Wang Kai gallery (ÁéãºÄÁÖßÁõ∏ȶÜ) were brought to light after decades under cover. The photos, though they’ve yellowed some, are still in good condition. Most were taken in the 1920s […]

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Photo Series: Shanghai’s Strongest Nail House

From HoopChina forum via Virtual China: I encountered this photo on Virtual China. It says that A small shack, roughly built on the corner of a road in Shanghai, is surrounded by high-rise developments. Owned by a tough old woman, it is patronized by night-time drivers. This is the most famous “nail household” (ÈíâÂ≠êÊà∑Ôºâof Shanghai […]

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An End To Costume Epics? – Joel Martinsen

From Danwei: Feng Xiaogang‘s The Banquet and Zhang Yimou‘s Curse of the Golden Flower were shut out of the foreign language Oscar shortlist this week. At roughly the same time as that announcement, Guangming Daily ran a report from SARFT that aims to discourage the copycat costume epics that, in SARFT’s language, “gain audiences but […]

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Sometimes in China it is better NOT to see your food – Onemanbandwidth

From Onemanbandwidth: In Beijing, China there is a restaurant where customers are not allowed to use flashlights or glow-in-the-dark-accessories (I heard that!) inside. Besides the kitchen and bathroom area, thankfully, the whole restaurant is virtually pitch black. Yes, this is by design. And though I have recommended it to a couple of places in Guangzhou […]

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