Chongqing University students show you how to live with 75 square feet
Chongqing 12 Chongqing University students from the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning recently built a 1:1 residential model to demonstrate how to live comfortably with 75 square feet of...
View Article100 life-sized Doraemon invade Shanghai
Shanghai Much to the delight of manga fans, the beloved time-traveling robotic cat and manga hero Doraemon has arrived in Shanghai. In fact, there are 100 unique life-sized versions of the character...
View ArticleTrue-to-life miniature art of Hong Kong’s collective memory
HONG KONG Miniature art display in an out-of-the way shopping mall? Reluctantly tagging along with a friend, I was amazed at the showcase of 70 pieces of miniature artwork by 28 artists from Taiwan,...
View ArticleHong Kong art scene heats up
Hong Kong The Hong Kong art scene seems to be heating up lately, particularly with the upcoming West Kowloon cultural district under construction. Most notably, there’s Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman‘s...
View ArticleKobe is huge in Hong Kong. Literally.
Hong Kong My last few stories have been about art displays in Hong Kong. Friends ask me what I know about art. What do I know about art? I took the hint and decided to write on an unrelated topic....
View ArticlePhotographer captures passengers’ miserable expressions on crowded buses
Beijing, China Ask yourself: what kind of facial expression do you make when you are on a extremely crowded bus? In our previous article “Mid Autumn Festival creates unprecedented traffic congestion in...
View ArticleUniversity students pose as famous paintings for graduation photos
In many places in the world, June is the month of graduation. Meanwhile in China, groups of graduating students from different universities decided to pose as famous paintings to capture this priceless...
View ArticleChina’s grassroots aircraft movement: “We believe we can fly”
After China’s latest manned spacecraft successfully blasted off into space, China’s space program once again was under the spotlight. In fact, Chinese people always have been interested in flying and...
View Article“Crazyland”: China’s urbanization in pictures
China of the 21st century is speeding up its process of urbanization. Here are some facts behind China’s rapid change in rural and urban landscapes: In some places, the land direct tax and urbanization...
View ArticleExclusive: Searching for a piece of peace, one Lego wonder at a time
Hong Kong In its first exhibition outside of Japan, “A Piece of Peace,” Lego builder Tazuyoshi Naoe’s interpretation of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, is a vision not only of beauty but also fragility....
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