UCCA shows the way forward for 798


Written By Daniel on April 25, 2008 at 4:37 am | In society, Olympics, China, art | Please Comment

New art center promises to envigorate Chinese contemporary art scene.
The much-anticipated opening last November of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing’s 798 Art District signified the beginning of a new era in China. It arrives at a time when the work of a generation of artists including Zhang Huan, Cai Guoqiang, […]

A Chinese World within Second Life


Written By Daniel on March 5, 2008 at 7:14 am | In virtual worlds, design, China, art | Please Comment

Cyber art proves profitable for pioneering Chinese artist.
Cao Fei, a young artist from Guangzhou in southern China, has created her own highly profitable piece of real estate in Second Life (SL) called “RMB City”. The cyber art island is a stylized take on China’s paradoxical social landscape, and has recently received rave reviews […]

The Life and Times of 798


Written By Daniel on February 20, 2008 at 3:57 am | In society, China, art | Please Comment

Ten years ago, setting up an avant garde art studio in a derelict Beijing army electronics complex was considered eccentric and provocative. Today, Factory 798 has developed into a maze of contemporary art galleries, studios and cafes, attracting artists and visitors, students and collectors from across China and overseas.
The renamed 798 Art District (also known […]

Harbin’s Ice Festival draws the crowds


Written By Daniel on January 10, 2008 at 2:03 am | In entertainment, tourism, travel, events, China, design, art | Please Comment

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Last weekend CScout China paid a visit to Harbin, the capital of China’s Heilongjiang Province. Situated in northeastern China, Harbin is the country’s northernmost provincial capital – it is actually further north than the notoriously cold Russian seaport of Vladivostok, just 300 miles away. In fact the city is a lot closer to the Russian […]

All The World’s A Stage


Written By Daniel on July 6, 2007 at 2:15 am | In technology, user generated content, events, connecting, China, art | Please Comment

Contemporary art goes global in China.
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China’s current artistic “renaissance” has been likened to the emergence of Western Modernism over a hundred years ago. While this may be a questionable comparison, there is no doubt that something dynamic and vibrant is happening in the world of Chinese contemporary art right now. The constraints set out […]

The Growth of China Cool


Written By Daniel on June 28, 2007 at 11:28 pm | In user generated content, consumer, fashion, design, China, art | Please Comment

More Chinese consumers buy domestic as China re-vamps its image.
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Just a few years ago China had just joined the World Trade Organization, and the country was locked in a fervent embrace with globalization in its whirlwind rush to modernize. Western stuff was cool. Chinese stuff was not. The hippest hangouts, the […]