A documentary by Vice investigating the devastating effects of pollution in China.
Linfen is a coal-mining town in Shanxi province.
II part
The dumbest thief wears a stool instead of balaclavas
Dumb thief
Probably was too late to turn back, once detected the presence of surveillance cameras in the place where he had slipped.
The thief has come up with an idea: wearing a comfortable plastic footstool on the head in the hope that he could disguise himself. The video is unintentionally comical.
Here the original Chinese version.
Sad documentary about AIDS condition in Henan
Hiv in China
Mistakes, abuses and prejudices of an entire system that underestimated and then inadequately treated a dangerous health problem with the wrong tools: inadequate medicines, medicines not approved by the United Nations, discriminations.
In China AIDS spreaded mainly thanks to selling blood. “In many rural areas of China during the 1990s, particularly in the province of Henan, hundreds of thousands up to millions of farmers and peasants were infected with HIV through participation in state-run blood collection programs in which contaminated equipment was reused.”(Wikipedia).
816 Nuclear Military Plant, underground top secret facility
816 Nuclear Military Plant (816地下核工厂) was a huge underground top-secret facility hidden in the mountains of Baitao town, in the Chongqing area. Work on the … Read more
Chinese Man Builds Himself Bionic Hands from scrap metal (video)
Sun Jifa, a 51-year-old Chinese man who lost both hands when he was building a bomb for blast fishing built himself a pair of bionic hands after 8 years of work.
The hands can hold and grip things even if they get cold or hot in the extremes temperatures. He used mainly wires and pulleys from scrap metal. Now he is able to work, eat, wear clothes, etc.
Source Daily Mail via Micgadget , CinaOggi
11 rare videos of Chinese with supernatural powers!
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Demolition of an urban village – The End of Days, video
Today, anywhere in China. Every day, millions of square meters of old slums are torn down to make room for luxury condos and shopping malls.
Although these neighborhoods are demolished, people try to lead a normal life.
Video by Matteo Damiani, Music by Felix l’Amour
Demolition of an urban village in China.
The Life and Career of Steve Jobs in 3d
Taiwanese company Next Media Animation strikes back.
This time they produced a funny 3d video history of the life and career of Steve Jobs. Following you can find our interview to Michael Logan, pr of NMA.
Everybody is talking about Next Media Animation and 3d animated news. Michael Logan tell us more about production progress of their videos.
1. When and how did you come up with the idea to create a full service 3d animation studio?
The first news animations were published in September 2009. The research and development process took place for several years before that. Animated news is an evolution of a visual style of storytelling that Apple Daily and Next Media are well known for. The idea is animate the ‘missing’ action … ie those scenes not captured on video. Animation is a tool to help fully explain a story. In our view, having a news story without an animation is like having a newspaper without a color photograph … it just isn’t done. Our viewers have come to expect animation from our video news coverage.
2. How many people are involved in making a video?
There are presently 200 people at Next Media Animation and we have plans to add more. NMA provides news animation to the Apple Daily websites in Taiwan and Hong Kong, the NextTV station in Taiwan and to external clients.
3. Which software do you use for making your videos?
We use a variety of software and hardware tools that are well known throughout the animation industry. But what is important is not what tools we’ve acquired, but how we’ve applied them. We have set up a production process that allows us to turn around animations in the space of three hours, which is very important when working within an hourly news cycle.
4. Who are your main clients?
Again, our main clients are internal: Apple Daily websites in Taiwan and Hong Kong, the NextTV station in Taiwan. Externally, we have done work for the Cartoon Network, BBC, etc.
5. Did you expect a success like this?
Yes, and we expect to be even more successful in the future.
6. Tiger Woods, Google, Apple, North Korea. How do you choose the topics for your next videos?
We’re a news company at heart and we animate whatever is driving the news cycle.
7.Your animation are pervaded with a subtle irony. Is this the key to making successful videos?
Just like there are different styles of written articles (straight news, features, commentary) there are different styles of animated news stories. Some of our animations are straight news. Some are satirical and having a sense of humor helps.
Interview by Matteo Damiani
Luna Park fun in China
Luna Park in China – Daguan Park is located on the shores of Dianchi Lake, in the southwest of Kunming City.
In the last two years, the park expanded the funfair area. People of every age interacts with the rides. It doesn’t matter if a quick ride costs 30 or 50 RMB. The most important thing is to have fun, feel the high, scream, smile, feel good, alive! Opening hours are from 08:30 to 18:00.
The ticket fee is 20 RMB for adults and doesn’t include rides or service you can have in the park.
Photos & video by Matteo Damiani
4D Cinema
Pictures & Video by Matteo Damiani (www.cinaoggi.it ; www.china-underground.com)
Chinese stereotypes, foreign stereotypes, cross-cultural stereotypes
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Chinese promo goes bad…
Overloaded van during a promotional event swerves dangerously and overturns. Luckily, no serious injuries in accident. China Underground China-underground is website about China and Chinese … Read more
A truck running on rails
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Chang’er 2 Moon surface video
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