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.
From The New York Times: Only a few years ago, Chen Guangcheng, a blind man who taught himself the law, was hailed as a champion of peasant rights who symbolized China’s growing embrace of legal norms. Mr. Chen helped other people with disabilities avoid illegal fees and taxes. He forced a paper mill to stop […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: Using the annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in March as its stage, the ruling Chinese Communist Party with much fanfare launched a package of rural policies with the expressed aim of building a “new socialist countryside”. This marks a shift of “epoch-making significance” if one believes the rhetoric […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: The last Emperor, Aisin Gioro.Pu Yi (Henry Pu Yi) would never have expected his sibling to resort to socialist laws to protect his image rights. An exhibition, ‘China’s Last Monarch and His Family’ held in 2000, displayed various photos, diaries, abdication scripts, seals and relics of Pu Yi and his royal family, […]
Read MoreFrom CCTV.com: One of the best works of 1964 was the paper-cut animation “Hongjun BridgeÔºàÁ∫¢ÂÜõÊ°•Ôºâ”. The story is set during China’s civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China. The film is famous for its vivid characters. To make things easy for everyone, the Kuomintang soldiers are portrayed as ugly, hunch-backed cowards. […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: Chinese investors are beginning to collect contemporary Chinese art as they accumulate wealth. Oil paintings, statues and other works created by artists since the 1980s used to sell for no more than $1,000 a piece a decade ago. Today, they can go for $600,000 or more. Sales at the latest autumn and spring […]
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