Interview with Urban Explorer and Photographer Greg Abandoned
Greg is an urban explorer and photographer. From 2018 to 2021 he visited some suggestive and evocative abandoned places in China such as space stations, … Read more
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Interview with Photographer Huang Qingjun
Huang Qingjun is a Beijing-based freelance photographer. His works show the everyday objects or work tools of Chinese families. He was born in Daqing, Heilongjiang, … Read more
Interview with Photographer Quentin Shih
Quentin Shih is a famous Chinese photographer, who is well known for his creative approach, which employs large setups and dramatic lighting to participate in … Read more
Witness to History, the memoir of a Jewish refugee in Shanghai during WWII. Interview with Jean Hoffmann Lewanda
‘Witness to History’ is the memoir of Paul Hoffmann, an 18-year-old Viennese man who arrived in Shanghai in 1938 to escape the barbarities of the … Read more
Interview with Kacey Wong: The Protest Art in Hong Kong
Kacey Wong is a Hong Kong visual artist, activist, and educator, politically engaged through his art and performances. Wong talks about the uncertainty created by … Read more
Brief History of the Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871
The 1871 Chinese Massacre The 1871 Chinese Massacre (1871年洛杉矶华人大屠杀) was a racial massacre that occurred on October 24, 1871, in Los Angeles, when a mob … Read more
A Brief History of February 28 incident in Taiwan
History of 228 incident in Taiwan The February 28 Incident ( 二二八事件), also known as the “February 28 Massacre”, “228 Incident” or “228 Massacre” was … Read more
Photos of Beijing’s CCTV headquarters under construction
The CCTV Headquarters in Beijing is not a traditional tower, but a loop of six horizontal and vertical sections covering 473,000 m2. The building has … Read more
Interview with Alpine Decline: ‘For the Betterment of Well People’
Alpine Decline interview. Alpine Decline is an alternative/noise rock guitar+drums duo (Pauline Mu, Jonathan Zeitlin) based in Beijing since 2010. The band relocated from Los … Read more
Interview with Hao Wu, director of the documentary 76 Days on Wuhan COVID Outbreak
During the outbreak of the pandemic, the director began to think about this project, with the help of two collaborators who had full access to … Read more
A short history of the First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War (中日甲午戰爭, Zhōngrì Jiǎwǔ Zhànzhēng) was an armed conflict that took place between July 25, 1894, and April 17, 1895, between the … Read more
The Catastrophic Explosion of Beijing’s Wanggongchang Arsenal, 1626
The Great Tianqi Explosion or the Wanggongchang Explosion The Great Tianqi Explosion (天啟 大 爆炸) or the Wanggongchang Explosion (王恭 廠 大 爆炸) was a … Read more
Mulan: What Disney’s Movie Teaches Us About Xi Jinping’s China
The failure of the remake of the famous 1990s cartoon highlights several issues hidden under the carpet for too long. In 2015, Disney had the … Read more
Interview with Kyle Fiske, author of ‘Dragons and Boxers’
Kyle Fiske grew up on a farm near the Canadian border in rural northern New York State. He studied history and English at St. Lawrence … Read more