Month: January 2016

Sorry JJ. China doesn’t share your nostalgia for the original ‘Star Wars’

January 7, 2016

Thirty year old Chen Yanyu first heard about Star Wars as a university student when production for Revenge of the Sith arrived in her home town. The limestone karst hills of Guilin, in southern China, helped form the backdrop of Kashyyyk, the planet of the Wookiees. Now, in anticipation of the China release of The … More Sorry JJ. China doesn’t share your nostalgia for the original ‘Star Wars’

Artist Miao Ying explains her “Stockholm syndrome” love for the Chinese Internet

January 4, 2016

Miao Ying was born in Shanghai in 1985, but in her bio for the exhibition “The Ballad of Generation Y” at OCAT, she says she resides on the Internet, the Chinese Internet and her smartphone. Her distinction between the Chinese Internet and the Internet is an important one. Sectioned off behind The Great Firewall, where … More Artist Miao Ying explains her “Stockholm syndrome” love for the Chinese Internet