On arrival,Hualien,Taiwan,does not seem like a city recently hit by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake.Instead,the train the station is bustling and the town serene,almost exactly as we remember from our last visit four years...On arrival,Hualien,Taiwan,does not seem like a city recently hit by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake.Instead,the train the station is bustling and the town serene,almost exactly as we remember from our last visit four years mgo.展开更多
Shenzheners,a newly translated collection of fictional vignettes by Chinese writer Xne Yiwei,begins with the story of a Canadian expat.She’s a self-described"country girl"who's always felt out of place ...Shenzheners,a newly translated collection of fictional vignettes by Chinese writer Xne Yiwei,begins with the story of a Canadian expat.She’s a self-described"country girl"who's always felt out of place in crowded urban areas.That is,until a fateful encounter with a Chinese man who tells her for the first time about a"very special city,the youngest city in China."展开更多
Shenzheners,a newly translated collection of fictional vignettes by Chinese writer Xue Yiwei,begins with the story of a Canadian expat.Shes a self-described"country girl"who's always felt out of place in...Shenzheners,a newly translated collection of fictional vignettes by Chinese writer Xue Yiwei,begins with the story of a Canadian expat.Shes a self-described"country girl"who's always felt out of place in crowded urban areas.展开更多
In Asia,food is intimately tied to cultural identity and in turn,pride.I’m reminded of this as I scroll through pictures of food on my phone:half a dozen dishes of various national origins arrayed across a series of ...In Asia,food is intimately tied to cultural identity and in turn,pride.I’m reminded of this as I scroll through pictures of food on my phone:half a dozen dishes of various national origins arrayed across a series of rainbow-colored tables.Together they represent Singapore's much-vaunted multicultural society via the much-loved institution of its hawker centers.展开更多
I fyou travel around China on a regular basis,you know what a hassle paying for public transportation can be.But the days of stocking up on spare change may soon be over:a nationwide public transit card,usable on both...I fyou travel around China on a regular basis,you know what a hassle paying for public transportation can be.But the days of stocking up on spare change may soon be over:a nationwide public transit card,usable on both bus and subway systems in over 100 cities,including Beijing,Shanghai,Guangzhou,Shenzhen,Tianjin,Suzhou,Hangzhou and Nanjing,will be launched in the first half of 2018.The new card will have a‘China T-union'logo in the corner,and is compatible with any terminal that has a cor-responding icon.展开更多
Conventional wisdom says that Shenzhen lacks Culture.The folks behind the International Shenzhen Artist Forum(ISZAF)disagree.Passionately.Founded in the fall of 2016,the group claims a mission of connecting visual art...Conventional wisdom says that Shenzhen lacks Culture.The folks behind the International Shenzhen Artist Forum(ISZAF)disagree.Passionately.Founded in the fall of 2016,the group claims a mission of connecting visual artists from different backgrounds,helpingthem grow and providing a platform to showcase their work.展开更多
The title-Shenzhen Zen:An Accidental Anthropologist's Decade of Life,Love,and Misadventure in the Middle Kingdom-really says it all.For those who haven't read the book,it also raises more questions than it ans...The title-Shenzhen Zen:An Accidental Anthropologist's Decade of Life,Love,and Misadventure in the Middle Kingdom-really says it all.For those who haven't read the book,it also raises more questions than it answers。展开更多
Chinese cuisine may be world-famous,but some dish namesjust dont translate well(ants climbing up a tree,anyone?).Weve gathered five desserts that,while in desperate need of rebranding,are nevertheless delicious.‘Doub...Chinese cuisine may be world-famous,but some dish namesjust dont translate well(ants climbing up a tree,anyone?).Weve gathered five desserts that,while in desperate need of rebranding,are nevertheless delicious.‘Double-skin milk’(双皮奶)This Cantonese steamed dessert tastes kind of like pud-ding.展开更多
Swedish journalist Johan Nylander s Shenzhen Superstars is less a book than a really long pamphlet.We zoomed through its 75 pages,taking notes along the way;in under two hours.In case you don't have the time and U...Swedish journalist Johan Nylander s Shenzhen Superstars is less a book than a really long pamphlet.We zoomed through its 75 pages,taking notes along the way;in under two hours.In case you don't have the time and USD4 to spare,here is our pithiest summary:Shenzhen is great,you ignorant Westerner.A longer;more accurate paraphrase might read.展开更多
"I love short hair.But when I had it,people thought I was a lesbian",a Chinese acquaintance once told me.She gestured at her straight,shoulder-length locks.
They lurk in the background of certain neighborhoods and gated communities.Quietly,unobtrusively,they root through dirt-encrusted dumpsters and bulging plastic bags,picking out bottles or boxes and leaving the rest.
How can four parking spaces in the city be temporarily repurposed as a public area to relax,read or even exercise?Could better;low-cost playgrounds be created for children living in rural China?And how can design help...How can four parking spaces in the city be temporarily repurposed as a public area to relax,read or even exercise?Could better;low-cost playgrounds be created for children living in rural China?And how can design help spread the word about the millions of refugees stuck in‘temporary'camps around the world?Exhibits at the first-ever Shenzhen Design Week(April 21-28)addressed these questions and more.Playing off the theme‘Design for the future’2,000 works were featured at multiple venues across the city An impressive lineup of designers both do-mestic and international also put on talks,workshops and panels over five days.Shenzheners who visited the main exhibition venue,a remodeled factory space in Shekou,were treated to a series of cool interactive displays.展开更多
"That's what a champion looks like,"the commentator intoned as Charlotte Flair,resplendent in blue sequined robe and massive Divas Champion'belt,walked with her father,WWE Hall ot Famer Ric Flair,tow..."That's what a champion looks like,"the commentator intoned as Charlotte Flair,resplendent in blue sequined robe and massive Divas Champion'belt,walked with her father,WWE Hall ot Famer Ric Flair,towards two opponents in the ring last April.After some judicious laying of smackdown combined with sly underhand tactics,Flair emerged victorious to claim the newly minted title of WWE Womens Champion.展开更多
Two weeks before Christmas Day,I emerge from the airport into freezing negative 10-degree Celsius weather.There was a snowstorm earlier today,and another one the day before.Everything is shrouded in a thick layer of s...Two weeks before Christmas Day,I emerge from the airport into freezing negative 10-degree Celsius weather.There was a snowstorm earlier today,and another one the day before.Everything is shrouded in a thick layer of soft,white powder.It’s unusually cold in Quebec for this time of year,I’m told.During my visit,the temperature will drop as low as negative 25,then inch up to a bearable five below zero.展开更多
Imagine living in a maze of a neighborhood where buildings 10 stories tall crowd so closely together that their residents dwell in perpetual shade.Your apartment window,set with steel bars,is ltte more than a meter aw...Imagine living in a maze of a neighborhood where buildings 10 stories tall crowd so closely together that their residents dwell in perpetual shade.Your apartment window,set with steel bars,is ltte more than a meter away from the building next door,if it weren't for the frosted glass,you'd be able to see directly into the room across the alley.展开更多
We're big fans of Chinese literature in general,which is why we have mixed feelings about this collection of contemporary sci-fi yarns,rendered into English by translator and writer Ken Liu.Its slick cover promise...We're big fans of Chinese literature in general,which is why we have mixed feelings about this collection of contemporary sci-fi yarns,rendered into English by translator and writer Ken Liu.Its slick cover promises"Thirteen intriguing visions of the future from China,"and the stories in the anthology at least don t lack imagination.展开更多
For most people,a museum opening doesn't exactly conjure up images of a good time.Yet with Shenzhen's first world-class design center debuting this month,fans of art and culture in the city have a very real re...For most people,a museum opening doesn't exactly conjure up images of a good time.Yet with Shenzhen's first world-class design center debuting this month,fans of art and culture in the city have a very real reason to get excited.The inaugural galleries of the new Sea World Culture and Arts Center;plus the building itself boast some impressive credentials.展开更多
On stage,with blown-up photos of drag queens and DJs in the background,the partygoers took turns to scan a QR code,then knock back shots and pose for pictures,all while proudly holding up a sign reading‘I’ve just do...On stage,with blown-up photos of drag queens and DJs in the background,the partygoers took turns to scan a QR code,then knock back shots and pose for pictures,all while proudly holding up a sign reading‘I’ve just donated to LGBT charities!’It seemed like a fitting way to kick off what organizers had promised to be a'better and more fabulous'Pride weekend in Shenzhen this past July.展开更多
“It happened to a friend of a friend of mine...”-a phrase commonly uttered before one dives into a(mostly)fictional story,surrounded by captivated friends sitting around a dying campfire.Sometimes the story takes pl...“It happened to a friend of a friend of mine...”-a phrase commonly uttered before one dives into a(mostly)fictional story,surrounded by captivated friends sitting around a dying campfire.Sometimes the story takes place in the backwoods of civilization and features a hair-covered bipedal ape.Other times,the account involves a night of heavy drinking,a cute blonde and a missing kidney.Sometimes aliens.Sometimes a hitchhiker,Lovers’Lane or...the list goes on.展开更多
文摘On arrival,Hualien,Taiwan,does not seem like a city recently hit by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake.Instead,the train the station is bustling and the town serene,almost exactly as we remember from our last visit four years mgo.
文摘Shenzheners,a newly translated collection of fictional vignettes by Chinese writer Xne Yiwei,begins with the story of a Canadian expat.She’s a self-described"country girl"who's always felt out of place in crowded urban areas.That is,until a fateful encounter with a Chinese man who tells her for the first time about a"very special city,the youngest city in China."
文摘Shenzheners,a newly translated collection of fictional vignettes by Chinese writer Xue Yiwei,begins with the story of a Canadian expat.Shes a self-described"country girl"who's always felt out of place in crowded urban areas.
文摘In Asia,food is intimately tied to cultural identity and in turn,pride.I’m reminded of this as I scroll through pictures of food on my phone:half a dozen dishes of various national origins arrayed across a series of rainbow-colored tables.Together they represent Singapore's much-vaunted multicultural society via the much-loved institution of its hawker centers.
文摘I fyou travel around China on a regular basis,you know what a hassle paying for public transportation can be.But the days of stocking up on spare change may soon be over:a nationwide public transit card,usable on both bus and subway systems in over 100 cities,including Beijing,Shanghai,Guangzhou,Shenzhen,Tianjin,Suzhou,Hangzhou and Nanjing,will be launched in the first half of 2018.The new card will have a‘China T-union'logo in the corner,and is compatible with any terminal that has a cor-responding icon.
文摘Conventional wisdom says that Shenzhen lacks Culture.The folks behind the International Shenzhen Artist Forum(ISZAF)disagree.Passionately.Founded in the fall of 2016,the group claims a mission of connecting visual artists from different backgrounds,helpingthem grow and providing a platform to showcase their work.
文摘The title-Shenzhen Zen:An Accidental Anthropologist's Decade of Life,Love,and Misadventure in the Middle Kingdom-really says it all.For those who haven't read the book,it also raises more questions than it answers。
文摘Chinese cuisine may be world-famous,but some dish namesjust dont translate well(ants climbing up a tree,anyone?).Weve gathered five desserts that,while in desperate need of rebranding,are nevertheless delicious.‘Double-skin milk’(双皮奶)This Cantonese steamed dessert tastes kind of like pud-ding.
文摘Swedish journalist Johan Nylander s Shenzhen Superstars is less a book than a really long pamphlet.We zoomed through its 75 pages,taking notes along the way;in under two hours.In case you don't have the time and USD4 to spare,here is our pithiest summary:Shenzhen is great,you ignorant Westerner.A longer;more accurate paraphrase might read.
文摘"I love short hair.But when I had it,people thought I was a lesbian",a Chinese acquaintance once told me.She gestured at her straight,shoulder-length locks.
文摘They lurk in the background of certain neighborhoods and gated communities.Quietly,unobtrusively,they root through dirt-encrusted dumpsters and bulging plastic bags,picking out bottles or boxes and leaving the rest.
文摘How can four parking spaces in the city be temporarily repurposed as a public area to relax,read or even exercise?Could better;low-cost playgrounds be created for children living in rural China?And how can design help spread the word about the millions of refugees stuck in‘temporary'camps around the world?Exhibits at the first-ever Shenzhen Design Week(April 21-28)addressed these questions and more.Playing off the theme‘Design for the future’2,000 works were featured at multiple venues across the city An impressive lineup of designers both do-mestic and international also put on talks,workshops and panels over five days.Shenzheners who visited the main exhibition venue,a remodeled factory space in Shekou,were treated to a series of cool interactive displays.
文摘"That's what a champion looks like,"the commentator intoned as Charlotte Flair,resplendent in blue sequined robe and massive Divas Champion'belt,walked with her father,WWE Hall ot Famer Ric Flair,towards two opponents in the ring last April.After some judicious laying of smackdown combined with sly underhand tactics,Flair emerged victorious to claim the newly minted title of WWE Womens Champion.
文摘Two weeks before Christmas Day,I emerge from the airport into freezing negative 10-degree Celsius weather.There was a snowstorm earlier today,and another one the day before.Everything is shrouded in a thick layer of soft,white powder.It’s unusually cold in Quebec for this time of year,I’m told.During my visit,the temperature will drop as low as negative 25,then inch up to a bearable five below zero.
文摘Imagine living in a maze of a neighborhood where buildings 10 stories tall crowd so closely together that their residents dwell in perpetual shade.Your apartment window,set with steel bars,is ltte more than a meter away from the building next door,if it weren't for the frosted glass,you'd be able to see directly into the room across the alley.
文摘We're big fans of Chinese literature in general,which is why we have mixed feelings about this collection of contemporary sci-fi yarns,rendered into English by translator and writer Ken Liu.Its slick cover promises"Thirteen intriguing visions of the future from China,"and the stories in the anthology at least don t lack imagination.
文摘For most people,a museum opening doesn't exactly conjure up images of a good time.Yet with Shenzhen's first world-class design center debuting this month,fans of art and culture in the city have a very real reason to get excited.The inaugural galleries of the new Sea World Culture and Arts Center;plus the building itself boast some impressive credentials.
文摘On stage,with blown-up photos of drag queens and DJs in the background,the partygoers took turns to scan a QR code,then knock back shots and pose for pictures,all while proudly holding up a sign reading‘I’ve just donated to LGBT charities!’It seemed like a fitting way to kick off what organizers had promised to be a'better and more fabulous'Pride weekend in Shenzhen this past July.
文摘“It happened to a friend of a friend of mine...”-a phrase commonly uttered before one dives into a(mostly)fictional story,surrounded by captivated friends sitting around a dying campfire.Sometimes the story takes place in the backwoods of civilization and features a hair-covered bipedal ape.Other times,the account involves a night of heavy drinking,a cute blonde and a missing kidney.Sometimes aliens.Sometimes a hitchhiker,Lovers’Lane or...the list goes on.
