For Chinese senior citizens, romance is what you do every day simply for the person you love. Below is a group of pictures of an old couple in Beijing taken by a fengniao photographer. “On a summer day, I wandered into Houxiwachang Hutong (ÂêéÁªÜÁì¶ÂéÇËÉ°Âêå) in Beijing and encountered an old man who was carrying some […]
Read MoreYue Minjun’s canvas painting “Execution” shone at Sotheby’s in London in October because of its price of $5.9 million. The painting is based on Tiananmen in 1989. From Artfact.com via Forbes: …Since the early 1990s, Minjun’s works, both paintings and sculpture, have featured figures wearing the same facial expression–a wide, oddly enigmatic smile. The eerie, […]
Read MoreAn Israeli design firm has won an award for proposing the use of “Agro-Housing” to counter the effects of urbanization in China, and their submission will be built in Wuhan. Agro-Housing combines living space with a greenhouse in urban apartment buildings so residents can grow their own food. From Dwell Blog: China has a population […]
Read MoreAfter his earlier report on the effects of the Tibet railway, Michael Bristow wrote the second one regarding to “the effects of relocating huge numbers of rural people to urban areas.” From BBC News: All along the main road from Lhasa to Tibet’s second city, Shigatse, new homes are being erected beneath the towering peaks. […]
Read MoreJason Dean writes a report on Terry Gou (ÈÉ≠Âè∞Èì≠), a Taiwanese tycoon who “owns about 30% of Hon Hai Precision, an Electronics Manufacturing Services company that makes the AirPort Express for Apple Computer, among other technology parts.” From The Wall Street Journal: Past a guarded gate on the outskirts of this city sits one of […]
Read MoreFrom AP via The China Post: Thousands of Tibetan exiles marched in the Indian capital on Wednesday to protest the 2008 Olympic in Beijing and demand an end to China’s rule over Tibet. Wearing headbands and T-shirts with...
Read MoreZhang Kejia, a reporter for China Youth Daily, says that consumers in China have become concerned about carbon emissions, which are related to global climate change. Zhang pointed out the relationship between lifestyle and environment and that “no one wants to return to poverty. But changing our lifestyles does not mean lowering our living standards.” […]
Read MoreFrom Time Magazine: …The Chinese are believed to have issued the world’s first paper currency around 600 A.D., and fourteen centuries later, cash remains king. Cars and houses are bought, and even salaries are often paid, with thick envelopes of bills. To date, banks have issued only slightly more than 50 million credit cards to […]
Read MoreFrom the “nailhouse” in Chongqing to the Beijing Hutongs, it’s hard for Chinese to follow an idiom which says–“Be the Master of a Home”/‰∏ÄÂÆ∂‰πã‰∏ª. When the demolition plans goes forward for the Olympics, can Beijingers really decide whether or not to keep their homes? From Reuters: A rare vote by residents of a dilapidated neighborhood […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The auction house Christie’s has opened a four-day spring sale of Chinese and Asian art in Hong Kong. Christie’s is expecting record prices on some modern Chinese paintings and imperial ceramics. The booming art market in Asia and particularly the growing interest of Chinese buyers is fuelling the buying spree. The works […]
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