A sexy fusion of Chinese ethnic elements replete with fashionable reduxs of “minority”costumes, beautiful stars, designed, in part, to attract Western audiences, Sa Dingding (萨顶顶)’s 2007 album Alive (万物生) is the aural equivalent of the Zhang Ziyi/Chang Cheng seduction scene …
A photojournalist by trade, Wen Ling (温凌) has an unusual dedication to telling stories through images. In 54boy.com, a short, silent animation laced with Chinese characteristics, we find him more relaxed and more lyrical than in his other works. …
Look up in the sky it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…. Super Baozi. Yup, the savior of Chinese animation, at least in the eyes of some, is the steamed bun superhero created by Sun Haipeng (孙海鹏). While some of …
While some might equate writing with pulling teeth, Yu Hua (余华), who started his professional life as a dentist at the age of 18, finds it fun. Despite the grim subject matter of his books, he revels in the absurdity …
The tagline on Pet Conspiracy’s MySpace page may read “Furry Sexy Death”, but the electro-clash slash performance art group is breathing life into Beijing’s music scene. Pet Conspiracy (宠物同谋) combines catchy electro tunes with performances that mashup Iggy Pop and …