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.
Before the founding of the People’s Republic, people with leprosy were killed to prevent them from spreading the disease to others. In the 1950s, this disease could be cured and in the 1980s, medicines were handed out to leprosy patients for free. Even though the disease can be cured, the lasting effects, and discrimination, still […]
Read MoreFrom Taipei Times: Elements, Hong Kong’s latest colossal shopping mall and luxury goods temple, is a living illustration of the city’s bid to lure a new generation of brand-mad spenders from the Chinese mainland. The new development has a massive 1,115m2 Gucci store, not to mention Prada, Ferragamo and Versace boutiques. It has a direct […]
Read MoreMary-Anne Toy interviewed well-known artist Ai Weiwei, who was also a co-designer of the Olympic stadium – the bird-nest. Ai has left the project and says that “it is part of a pretend smile of bad taste.” In early January 2008, Ai Weiwei wrote a post on his blog on Sina.com saying that China today […]
Read MoreAn exhibition at Peking University reveals the true colors of family snapshots, from China Daily: The exhibition features photographs of former staff that worked with, or fought battles with, Chinese leaders such as Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai and Ren Bishi, and cultural icons.In addition there are poignant photos from the family albums of […]
Read MoreIn this video clip, Chinese women are in training to become hostesses for the upcoming Beijing Olympic games, by Current.com: – Read related post Lessons in How to Smile for China’s Olympic Hostesses via CDT.
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