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.

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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Kowloon Walled City repository

April 9, 2013 by Jason Li

Those of us who’ve been in Hong Kong are constantly barraged by articles and people describing the magic of the now-dismantled Kowloon Walled City. Amidst the romanticization of this 6.5 acre block that was ungoverned or policed for decades (it lay in limbo between communist China and colonial British rule), people rarely offer any photographs of its inside. Until now, I had…

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The Last Train Home: Following One Migrant Family’s Struggles

January 26, 2012 by An Xiao Mina

A sign in Beijing's Caochangdi reads "On vacation for Spring Festival".

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…

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Animated documentary about elderly in Hong Kong

April 28, 2011 by Jason Li

Reposted with permission from World Wide Pop.

The Postgal Workshop (猫室) has become the champion of homegrown animation in Hong Kong. Its recent comic book and animated shorts series, Din Dong (癲噹), went from being a local indie favorite to being aired on Japanese TV. Din Dong is…

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霓虹的製作 The Making of Neon Signs

Mini-documentary on Cult Youth on making comix in China

Kowloon Walled City repository

The Last Train Home: Following One Migrant Family’s Struggles