Support citizen journalism around the environment in China

April 28, 2015 by Jason Li

Check out chinadialogue’s Kickstarter campaign to set up this year’s Citizen Journalist Award for environmental reporting in China.

Mascots: the Cutest Social Police?

April 13, 2015 by Christina Xu

In the years leading up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Fuwa (福娃, “dolls of good fortune”), the official Olympic mascots, were everywhere: on billboards, in TV ads, made into stuffed toys, and erected as mini-statues in malls and airports all across the country. Since then, hyper-cute anthropomorphic mascots designed through public contests have…

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On Publishing Art Magazines in Asia & Chinese Net Art

March 17, 2015 by Jason Li

Our illustrated notes from some of the talks and panels we attended this week at Art Basel Hong Kong.

Into Asia: Publishing Asian Editions:

Digital Geographies: Net Art in China:

A Look Back: Our Writing on Internet Culture & Graphic Novels in China

March 16, 2015 by Jason Li

Editor’s note: This post was commissioned by The London Book Fair, who wished to offer attendees in its upcoming conference an introduction to internet culture, graphic novels and book culture in Greater China.

Internet memes are alive and kicking in China, though they might not be the ones we’re used to seeing. If you…

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The Translation Detail Everyone Missed in the China Internet’s Incredibly Surreal Anthem

February 20, 2015 by Jason Li

In case you missed it, the New York Times, ProPublica, the Guardian and the Atlantic all wrote about this incredibly surreal but voted best of event anthem celebrating China’s glorious internet. Thanks to ProPublica we have a subtitled, Youtube video above.

As James Fallows at the Atlantic pointed out,…

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Fact checking the hype around mesh networks and FireChat

January 11, 2015 by Jason Li

Being based in Hong Kong, my tech friends and I still occasionally get asked, “So what’s the deal with FireChat?” In case you missed it, FireChat, a smartphone chat app with basic mesh support, made headlines during the recent Occupy Hong Kong protests. Protesters on the ground here turned to it in late September when rumors began to circulate that the government would shut down…

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Localized WeChat ad sells its animated stickers, nails it

December 16, 2014 by Jason Li

Created by Hong Kong-based artist-designer Ping Wong for the Hong Kong market.

霓虹的製作 The Making of Neon Signs

November 20, 2014 by Jason Li

Who knew that neon lights (powered by neon gas, not LEDs) were such an artisan’s craft?

More details about this preservation and exhibition project here.

A Figurine Maker’s Journey Through China

November 11, 2014 by Jason Li

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Boing Boing recently published a great feature from Jared Zichek, an avid entrepreneur who manufactures and sells classic-comics action figures. In the feature, Jared talks about his prototyping, manufacturing and sales process – part of it happen in the US, part of it in Hong Kong and part of it in China.

Here’s a juicy excerpt:

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Xiaomi’s vaguely familiar design and a Chinese bitcoin mine

August 18, 2014 by Jason Li

In case you’re not following consultant-turned-VC Benedict Evans‘ newsletter on mobile technology (which is excellent and highly recommended), here are the China-related gems from this week:

Xiaomi unveiled the latest version of its custom flavor of Android. Lot of interesting and innovative features in there. The design language, though, looks… vaguely familiar. Link

Apple is…

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