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Will TikTok Be Banned in the US?

by Hakim Bishara July 9, 2020November 5, 2020

Secretary of State Michael Pompeo says the proposed ban is an effort to “deny the Chinese communist party access to private information that belongs to Americans.”

Posted inNews

Hong Kong Cultural Workers Say New Legislation Will Eliminate Creative Freedom

by Hakim Bishara May 28, 2020May 28, 2020

Over 1,500 people have signed a petition questioning “how much room would remain for free speech and artistic expression” in a now-passed legislation plan that would give mainland China the power to suppress political protest in Hong Kong.

Posted inNews

China Imposes Ban on “Copycat” Architecture

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia May 25, 2020May 26, 2020

The Chinese government will prohibit future public architecture that “plagiarizes, imitates, and copycats” existing designs, like the replica of the Eiffel Tower in Zhejiang province.

Posted inIn Brief

China Taunts US Response to COVID-19 With Absurdly Comical Lego Animation

by Hakim Bishara May 12, 2020

A Chinese news agency released a propagandistic cartoon to herald its success at combating the coronavirus — that is admittedly entertaining.

Posted inNews

Sony World Photography Awards Removes Hong Kong Protest Images

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia February 26, 2020

The World Photography Organization said the images could potentially “contradict the competition’s terms and conditions.”

Posted inArt

This Self-Described “Chinese Peasant” Has Become the Twitter God of Drinking

by Ryan Swen February 20, 2020February 20, 2020

Liu Shichao, better known as Pangzai, has become a social media sensation with his oddly compelling videos of his everyday life.

Posted inArt

Under Lockdown and Quarantine, China’s Punk Rock Bands Are Taking the Mosh Pit Online

Avatar photo by Krish Raghav February 13, 2020February 12, 2020

With venues shuttered in the wake of the COVID-19 “coronavirus” outbreak, China’s indie musicians are live-streaming shows and organizing “bedroom” festivals.

Posted inArt

A Photo Series Shows a Deserted Shanghai Caused by Fears of Coronavirus

by Hakim Bishara February 10, 2020March 27, 2020

Shanghai-based American photographer nicoco captures the fear and isolation that the outbreak has caused, and how it has rendered China’s largest metropolis a ghost city.

Posted inSponsored

Wrightwood 659 and the Smart Museum Exhibit Contemporary Chinese Art on a Monumental Scale

by Wrightwood 659 February 6, 2020February 7, 2020

The Chicago institutions have collaborated to present The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China, on view at both venues through May 3, 2020.

Posted inIn Brief

Major Triennial in Beijing Is Postponed, Citing Coronavirus Outbreak

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 30, 2020March 27, 2020

As institutions shutter in response to the epidemic and Art Basel Hong Kong weighs its options, the CAFA Museum’s Techne Triennial exhibition of media art has been postponed.

Posted inNews

Artist Arrested in China on Charges of Supporting Hong Kong Protests Online

by Hakim Bishara January 2, 2020

PEN America issued a statement demanding the immediate release of Chinese artist Yang Licai, who was detained by authorities in December.

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The Crowded, Lonely World of Live Streaming

by Justine Smith December 26, 2019November 4, 2021

A wave of documentaries from China, including Present.Perfect and People’s Republic of Desire, follow the lives of popular streamers.

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