NYT sheds light on the backroom deals behind Shanghai Disneyland, which had already hosted a million people before officially opening three days ago: The Shanghai…
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An interesting article on the relationship between Silicon Valley the HBO show and Silicon Valley the ecosystem recently went up on the New Yorker‘s “culture…
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Leave a CommentThe 2016 US presidential election in two tweets: Woke up to hear the devastating news from FL. As we wait for more information, my thoughts…
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Going rogue with Beijing’s young crop of itinerant experimental musicians at a public underpass near Sanyuanqiao. Guerilla noise… [repost from September 22, 2015]
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A long chat with the founder of D-22, Maybe Mars, and XP about how Beijing’s music culture has changed over the last decade, and his next moves after XP closes… [repost from July 3, 2015]
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A to Z with Zhang Shouwang, the soft-spoken cypher behind Beijing indie scene linchpins Carsick Cars and White+… [repost from February 26, 2014]
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On the origins of one of Beijing’s most influential weekly gig series, Zoomin’ Night [repost from February 24, 2014]
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An interview with ZATO and EKSAS, two of Beijing’s most ubiquitous graffiti bombers, and some thoughts thereon, and some photos thereof…
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PK14 has undoubtedly been canonized in the pantheon of Chinese Indie greats, but Haisong’s personal influence runs much deeper than his band’s [repost from August 14, 2013]
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