A group blog about Chinese tech, media and design
Those of us following China have noticed the increasing tensions between Hong Kong and mainlanders. More and more mainland women have been crossing the border into Hong Kong to have babies, where their children can expect to receive better healthcare and a coveted Hong Kong passport, which offers more freedoms and privileges. Hong Kong citizens on the…
Continue readingLocusts and Pandas and Bears… 哦麦 (o mai)!
Ikea’s financial success with 23% revenue growth in China in 2010 is being accompanied by a new challenge, hoards of middle-aged customers who have figured out a way to hack into the Ikea Family membership card. Large crowds of singles between the ages of 45 and 65 show up for unlimited coffee, and…
Continue readingIKEA: A new third place for the…elderly and single
Neocha is currently profiling the illustration & graphic design work of a Xiamen-based artist, Lin Xiaozuo. Featured: an interesting play on traditional Chinese shadow puppets.
First though, the original art form looks like this (photo source):
And Lin’s work:
For more samples, head over to NeochaEDGE…
Continue readingReinvigorating an old art form: Shadow puppets
Gui Zhentang Pharmaceutical Company （归真堂）, a company that specializes in bear farming and extracting bile from live bears, is applying for IPO on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The news was met with outrage all over social media in China. This company announced shocking plans to expand the number of bears they are torturing from 400…
Continue readingAnimal Protection also a Western Imperialist Conspiracy?!
As I thought about how to kick off the China Meme Report, I was overwhelmed. The Chinese internet is huge–some 500 million people are logging on each day, and nearly half of those are using microblogs. As in Twitter, Chinese microblogs like Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo are feeding grounds of some amazing memes.
Fortunately,…
Continue readingA Curated History of the Grass Mud Horse Song
Can innovative entrepreneurship prosper in state capitalism? A Beijing company called Red Technology （红派科技） said “Yes” and announced its new product that aims to rival the influential iPad: the RedPad, a pad tailor-made for the Chinese government officials. The innovation of this RedPad does not lie in its hardware or software, it looks no different from other pads and runs…
Continue readingRedPad, a Pad Tailor-Made for Chinese Officials
Chunjie aka Spring Festival aka Chinese New Year is here! It was my first month in China last year, and I had just moved to Beijing. I vividly remember dropping off my roommate at Beijing airport for her own participating in Chunyun–the elegant word-pairing that sums up…
Continue readingThe Last Train Home: Following One Migrant Family’s Struggles
