WeChat: Buying their way to the top of the world?

July 29, 2013 by Jason Li

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R31sPRnf0ps

I saw a version of this (adorable) ad on local Hong Kong TV a few weeks ago – it surprised me that WeChat had gone to new lengths to advertise its service. Before this, WeChat had been buying up traditional ad space on the tops of skyscrapers and in subway stations in Hong Kong (in the case of the latter, the ads…

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Mini-documentary on Cult Youth on making comix in China

July 17, 2013 by Jason Li

CULT YOUTH from Diesel New Voices (by Coco Wang and Mi You) on Vimeo.

Just discovered this gem recently, an 8-minute mini-documentary about the people behind Cult Youth, one of the leading underground comic groups in China today. What comes off as surprising for a group whose motto includes “If you were…

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Book Review

Book Review: Understanding China through Comics, Volume 3: The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

July 3, 2013 by Jason Li

UnderstandingChinaThroughComicsVol3

The third volume of “Understanding China through Comics” continues Liu’s epic quest to chronicle all of ancient Chinese history in comic form. As with the first two volumes, the book zips through Chinese history, in this case 907 to 1368 AD, with text and illustrations.

Liu spends more of the third volume explaining Chinese cultural ideology and geopolitical context than…

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Month: July 2013

WeChat: Buying their way to the top of the world?

Mini-documentary on Cult Youth on making comix in China

Book Review: Understanding China through Comics, Volume 3: The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms