Archive for the 'culture' Category

• 06.25.08 Living in China: Preview of PBS documentary “Jesus in China”
  
  "

  Preview of a groundbreaking documentary, Jesus in China, by Evan Osnos on PBS Frontline/World. Osnos also reports of the explosive growth of evangelical Christianity in the Chicago Tribune, and notes how underground churches in China these days are, well, not so underground anymore.

  watch the preview (from YouTube).

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  posted in living, china, culture
• 06.03.08 Living in China: Taxi driver Zhou Senlin
  
  "Another great production from Daedalum Films, this one directed by Arnaud Kamphuis: There are over 45,000 taxi drivers in Shanghai. Zhou Senlin is one of them. Following him around the city, we learn more about a difficult profession many take for granted. Over his long shifts, Zhou tells us about his life as he observes and adapts to the metamorphosis of an entire city, bringing better opportunities for him and his family..."  read on
  
  posted in population, living, shanghai, china, culture
• 05.31.08 Living in China: Religion “can promote harmony”
  
  "China's top political adviser pledged to use religion for promoting social harmony. "We should fully follow the policy on freedom of religious belief, implement the regulations on religious affairs, and conduct thorough research on important and difficult issues related to religion," said Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)..."  read on
  
  posted in living, population, beijing, china, culture, socialism
• 05.14.08 Chinese Calligraphy: Master Yue Le
  
  "In previous post in which I discussed chinese calligraphy, I talked a little bit about chinese calligraphy's history, and my impressions of its influence in contemporary chinese design. Since a lot of people have been asking me for more on the topic, I've decided to post on YouTube some videos of a trip my wife, a couple of friends and I did to Zhu Jia Jiao, one of the many river towns just outside Shanghai. In Zhu Jia Jiao, we've met Master Yue Le, a local artist that makes his living on creating banners/posters for tourist that visit that town: with our little domain of Mandarin, we've asked him to create some banners to represent something he would consider typical..."  read on
  
  posted in creativity, typography, calligraphy, tourism, brazil, travelling, design, education, china, shanghai, culture
• 04.20.08 60% of world’s paintings come from one village in China
  
  "A single village in China is responsible for cranking out 60% of the world's paintings. The overwhelming majority of the paintings are slavish reproductions of famous paintings. The artists doing the work are very talented, however, and an organization called Regional asked some of the artists to paint themselves. The results are incredible. Dafen is a village surrounded by the thriving metropolis of Shenzhen, and the origin of most of the world’s reproduction oil paintings..."  read on
  
  posted in industry, art, trade, china, culture, economics
• 03.22.08 Autodesk featured in the Top 50 World’s Most Innovative Companies
  
  "Autodesk has been recently featured in Fast Company's ranking of the world's most innovative companies. From visionary upstarts to storied stalwarts, the list highlights companies that dazzle with new ideas -- and prove beyond a doubt how business is a force for change: Since 1982, designers, engineers, and architects have made Autodesk's 2-D AutoCAD drafting programs the default choice for creating anything from buildings to sailboards. Now Autodesk is targeting the latest growth area in product design: 3-D virtual prototyping that eliminates the need for building physical models."  read on
  
  posted in software, autodesk, united states, innovation, interaction, culture, design, information technology, environment
• 02.13.08 Internet in China: What Do Chinese Internet Users Do Online?
  
  "China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) just released its latest semi-year report on development of Internet in China. According to the report, by the end of 2007, the number of Chinese Internet users has reached 210 million, an increase of 48 million compared to the first semester, or 73 million in last year. Among these 73 million new Internet users, 29.17 million, or about 40%, come from rural area. About 50.4 million users use mobile handsets to access Internet, just adding 6 million new mobile Internet users in last six months..."  read on
  
  posted in china, interaction, information technology, trends, gaming, culture, internet
• 12.07.07 Internet in China: online gamers are mostly students
  
  "Students make up the biggest group of online game players in China, followed by IT and media industry workers, according to a survey released recently, Beijing Business Today reported. The survey, jointly conducted by 17173.com, a Chinese online game Website, and iResearch Consulting Group, said almost 60 percent of gamers were in their 20s and 95 percent were below 35 years old. High school graduates accounted for 35 percent of Chinese gamers, the report said. One-third of the respondents have a college education and 23 percent a university diploma. Forty-five percent of the gamers were female, who favored to join in the games with the identification of opposite sex... "  read on
  
  posted in china, beijing, research, information technology, trends, gaming, culture, education, internet
• 11.27.07 Shanghai the 8th most expensive Asian city for expats
  
  "The cost of living in Shanghai is catching up with more expensive locations in the region such as Hong Kong and Taipei, according to the latest global cost of living survey. The ECA cost of living survey listed Shanghai in 100th place among the top 300-plus most expensive cities in the world, up 23 spots from last year. Shanghai was also one position higher than Singapore among Asian cities, which ranked at 122nd place globally, according to the report."  read on
  
  posted in beijing, hong kong, living, shanghai, china, culture, trends, wealth
• 09.01.07 China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior
  
  "With the opening to new markets and the growth of the Chinese economy, a new social class has emerged -- to some extend, unthinkable in a Communist China: the millionaires. According to a survey from Cap Gemini/Merrill Lynch, the number of millionaires (in US Dollars) in China have reached more than 230,000. The large majority of these new riches choose Shanghai to invest their money and also spend their money..."  read on
  
  posted in ferrari, shanghai, automobile, brazil, market, china, trends, wealth, e-commerce, socialism, consumer behavior, culture, economics

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