A group blog about Chinese tech, media and design
Our very own An Xiao Mina will be hosting an evening at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco next week (July 2). From their website:
Writer, critic, artist and technologist An Xiao Mina has designed an interactive program that will explore the visual culture of the Chinese Internet. First,…
Continue readingUpcoming event: memes, puns and selfies, a look at Chinese digital culture
On the way back to Shanghai from our fieldwork trip in rural Guizhou, Tricia and I decided to go shopping at Guiyang’s Hunter City Mall. Guiyang is the capital city of the poorest province in China, but it’s…
Continue readingPictures of Chinese People Scanning QR Codes
Now in its fourth year, the Maker Faire Shenzhen was bigger than ever. Aside from ever-larger booths and robot sculptures (see above), there was also a much larger corporate presence from sponsors, and, given Premier Li Keiqiang’s recent interest in “maker culture,” probably a great leap in government support. In short, Maker Faire Shenzhen has grown up.
As…
Continue readingRobots, Diaper Monitors and Putin: What We Saw at Maker Faire Shenzhen 2015
In light of Mary Meeker’s recent statistic from KPCB’s 2005 Internet Trends report (slide 163):
I wanted to revisit Stratechery’s previous article about Xiaomi’s ambition to become a high-end, all-purpose consumer electronics brand for China.
First they…
Continue readingLike Apple, Xiaomi has its own cult followers