Projects tagged
East Asia
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Ghost Protest in Seoul
Read more: Ghost Protest in SeoulHaeryun Kang reported the following for NPR on February 24, 2016: “On the eve of South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s third anniversary in office, protesters gathered in Seoul… to condemn the administration’s increasing crackdown on free speech. These protesters were…
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Surf China’s Censored Web at an Internet Cafe in New York
Read more: Surf China’s Censored Web at an Internet Cafe in New YorkIt may have been a while since you’ve set foot in an internet cafe, but a pop-up one on the Lower East Side offering free tea on top of free wifi is well worth a visit for a lesson in…
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Taking Feminist Battle to China’s Streets, and Landing in Jail
Read more: Taking Feminist Battle to China’s Streets, and Landing in JailThe young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and…
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Xincun
Read more: XincunSong Tao and Ji Weiyu, established their collaborative named Birdhead in 2004. Both natives of Shanghai, their work is deeply rooted in their hometown and its evolution amid China’s growth into a global power. The duo takes diaristic snapshots, highlighting…
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When Verbal Abuse Becomes Real Weapon…
Read more: When Verbal Abuse Becomes Real Weapon…Institute of psychology in Shenyang, a major city of China, recently reveals 6 most frequently used utterances in verbal abuse of children among local parents: “Garbage”, “You know nothing but eating”, “Pig head”, “Shame on you”, “Why don’t you die”,…
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China’s Vacuum-Cleaner Artist Turning Beijing’s Smog into Bricks
Read more: China’s Vacuum-Cleaner Artist Turning Beijing’s Smog into BricksBeijing and the rest of cities in northern China suffer from years of smog pollution.The beige-gray miasma of smog brings coughs and rasping. Hospitals are crowded from respiratory ailments and a midday sky is so dim. But “Brother Nut(坚果兄弟)“, a…
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Smog Ring – Pollution Transformed into Art
Read more: Smog Ring – Pollution Transformed into Art“A Foreigner Makes Beijing’s Smog into Rings” has become a tittle used by a multitude of popular public accounts on Wechat, the most commonly used chatting app in China, which makes more and more Chinese netizens know the story of…
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Take a Photo, Save a Child
Read more: Take a Photo, Save a ChildOn January 17, 2011, Hong Yuping (洪玉萍), from Fujian Province, contacted Yu Jianrong (于建嵘), at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), about her family’s plight and requested assistance: In June 2009, their son, Yang Weixin (杨伟鑫), then age six,…
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Hong Kong Apple Store met with protest over supply chain violations on iPhone 6 launch day
Read more: Hong Kong Apple Store met with protest over supply chain violations on iPhone 6 launch dayApple implemented improved reservation procedures and policies for employees dealing with the iPhone 6 launch at retail stores on September 19th, 2014, but the launch at the company’s Hong Kong store hadn’t gone quite as smooth as elsewhere. The store…
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A Straight Journey: days and nights in their kingdom
Read more: A Straight Journey: days and nights in their kingdomA Straight Journey is a documentary of Chinese homosexual people. It is the first time for Chinese gays and lesbians to make their debut and speak out via one of the largest Chinese Internet service providers. Two Chinese photographers Masa…