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The final countdown to the Olympics has started, with the Games already stirring up intense emotions in many Chinese people. Renowned Singaporean film director Siok Siok Tan, in concert with students from classes she taught at the Beijing Film Academy, has produced a fascinating and insightful documentary chronicling the lives of some everyday Beijing […]
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, […]
In China a large part of the labor force is made up of migrant workers who travel around the country working on various projects. Guangdong Province, in southern China, is the manufacturing center of China, and employs many migrant workers in its factories. As they are always on the move, the vast majority of these […]
Anti-smoking legislation folds under pressure from businesses.
A few short weeks after it was announced, Beijing’s ambitious attempt to ban public smoking has already been crushed underfoot like a lifeless Hongtashan butt. While government offices, schools, and hospitals will supposedly be smoke-free zones from next month onwards, bars, cafes and restaurants will still allow patrons to […]
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 […]
Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival, has a history of at least 4,000 years, and is the country’s most important yearly celebration. It is also the time when Chinese people spend the most on gifts, food, entertainment and communication.
According to China Mobile, China’s number one wireless carrier, the number of text messages […]
When John Peterson invented the plastic grocery bag in 1979, little did he realize the dire effects his brainchild would have on the world. An estimated 1.2 trillion of the nasty little eco-timebombs are now produced annually, each taking a mere 1,000 years to break down into their toxic components. An estimated one million seabirds […]
Every year for the next 20 years, it is estimated that up to 10 million people will move from China’s countryside to urban areas. This unprecedented migration is placing huge demands on existing cities. To accommodate the new urban population, the Chinese government overnment plans to build 50 new cities by 2020. China’s leaders […]
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It’s projected that over the next few years China’s urban population will grow by 250 million – on average these city dwellers will use three times more energy than their rural counterparts. At the turn of the millennium, China consumed about 8% of the total energy used in the world, more than any nation except […]
A few days ago CScout China paid a quick visit to the offices of the Dynamic City Foundation, a small Beijing-based research and design institute founded in 2004 that is focused on the rapid transformation of China’s urban landscape. We met creative director Neville Mars and had a chat about the DCF’s new book, The […]
