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China's Unlikely Pop Star
The Nigerian-born performer Emmanuel Uwechue, a k a Hao Ge, has risen to stardom singing in Mandarin Chinese. |
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Hip-hop in China
All over China, Hip-hop is becoming increasingly popular as a form of free self-expression. |
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Chinese Animator Seeks a Global Role
A radical transformation in China's entertainment landscape is taking place, as the government and investors pour money into animation and film. |
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Underground Art
The Gao Brothers are pushing the boundaries of artistic expression in China--but their work is a reminder of the kind of censorship that still exists here. |
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Ai Wei Wei: "New York Photographs 1983-1993" Exhibit--In Transit Blog
The exhibit, which contains photos of one of the first groups of Chinese to be allowed to travel and live in New York following Nixon's ping-pong diplomacy, includes photos of a young Ai Wei Wei, Tan Dun, Chen Kaige, and Feng Xiaogang, amongst others. The exhibit was arranged and curated by Stephanie Tung for the Three Shadows Art Gallery. |
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Contemporary Art--In Transit Blog
Guan Yong's Oil paintings imagine a timeless Chinese elite, Fan Xiaoyan's sculptures, and more. |
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The Latest Fad
Pole dancing--with clothes on--is China's trendiest new fitness sport.
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Reverse Brain Drain
In a reverse miniature brain drain, Chinese financial institutions are taking advantage of the downturn and focusing on the newly unemployed to diversify and upgrade their own staffs. |
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Cybernationalism
Cyber rooms on the internet have been where many of China's youth-angry about the protests that hounded the Olympic torch-met to organize boycotts of foreign goods. |
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Lan Club --In Transit Blog
There are few establishments that epitomize China's new wealth than Philip Starck's Lan Club. |
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The Bookworm--In Transit Blog
A favorite expatriate hangout that boasts a large English-language selection on the topic of China. |
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International Film Festival --In Transit Blog
On the New Beijing International Film Festival |
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A Hip-Hop Dance Party with DJ Wordy --In Transit Blog
DJ Wordy, winner of the DMC Turntable Competition's, monthly event. |
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Celebrating the Jazz Scene of Beijing--In Transit Blog
One of Beijing's many music festivals. |
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Gas and stocks: analysis
Economic Analysis showing the relationship between China's gas companies and its stock market. |
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Out of Work
The global credit crisis has caused a chain reaction: waning consumer demand worldwide for Chinese goods has led to a drop in Chinese exports, and, consequently, over 65,000 factory shutdowns in China in 2008. Jimmy Wang joins Edward Wong in Chang'an, where workers at the Weixu shoe factory demanded back pay.
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Tracking China's Missing
Survivors in Sichuan Province, China, look for their missing relatives in the earthquake rubble. Jimmy Wang joins Edward Wong in Beichuan, one of the cities hardest hit by the earthquake. |
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Shuttered Gateway
Jimmy Wang joins Pulitzer-Prize winner Jake Hooker to report on the situation on the ground in a Tibetan neighborhood in Chengdu during the Tibetan riots in 2008. |
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