Renowned documentary director Gu Tao recounts his journey into indie filmmaking and his years living with Ewenki herders in northern China
No headdresses, no vacant stares: How young artists challenge the parameters of “ethnic” photography
China’s long quest to produce a great crime novel
From encyclopedia to political pamphlet to standard classroom reading: 70 years in the history of China’s bestselling dictionary
Can films and literature from the Northwest shake their strong association with rural subjects?
Ten years ago, TFBoys spurred a boom in Chinese boy bands. But now fan fatigue, investor apathy, and the pandemic threaten to burst the pop star bubb…
Chinese American hip hop artist Bohan Phoenix reaches beyond his “in-between identity” to craft new sounds
Reggae is becoming better understood, more popular, and is even starting to infiltrate popular music in China
How crypto-artist Reva combines her love of coding with artistic creativity
Why is China’s Northeast such a fertile setting for film, music, and literature?
Short short movies are lowering the threshold of filmmaking, five minutes at a time
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