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.
Joel Martinsen writes that Ta Kung Pao, a Beijing-funded newspaper in Hong Kong, ran an article that looked at how ‘academic egao’ “harms China’s desire to influence international affairs through soft power.” The author, “suggests that historical revisionism and opportunistic repudiation of traditional Chinese culture is an unwelcome trend that may have serious ramifications on […]
Read MoreLiu Wei writes a portfolio article for China Daily of Feng Xiaogang, a well-known Chinese comedy film director: Feng’s smash comedies on ordinary urbanites’ lives topped the domestic box office from 1997 to 99. His films also raked in most money from mainland theaters in 2001 and 2003. In 2006, his first attempt at a […]
Read MoreDanwei carried an interview video with Evan Osnos who is the Beijing bureau chief of the Chicago Tribune, from the Colbert Report on Comedy Central. Danwei says that “Evan Osnos recently won the Asia Society’s Osborn Elliott Prize for distinguished journalism for a series of articles about China’s Great Grab, subtitled ‘how China’s exploding appetite […]
Read MoreShu-Ching Jean Chen gave an analysis for Forbes of Chinese toy product safety: The toy store may seem like a house of horrors to many Western parents nowadays, but the idea of a world without Chinese-made toys might be even scarier to contemplate for the toy industry, as well as China. In the past decade, […]
Read MoreXinhua reports that Chinese white collars have the new way to relax from stressful work: Stressed out white-collar workers are scaling skyscrapers, camping out on rooftops, smashing up restaurants, pretending to be children and even visiting cemeteries in a bid to relieve the pressure of modern life. As the country’s economy continues to steam ahead, […]
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