The Work behind the Jump: Looking beyond the circus veil with Peng Xiangjie 彭祥杰
Discover the hard work underlying art as Peng Xiangjie showcases the hardships and meaning behind China’s marginalized circus workers’ labor
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Will Vagari
Editorial – Work
In this issue, we explore the notion of work in nowadays China and the uniqueness of work with Chinese characteristics.
Caterina Paiva
A Way of the Ink 水墨之道?
A contemporary Daoist understanding of ink art. That’s how curator and scholar Yan Zhou defines his “Way of the Ink.” But what does it imply
Caterina Paiva
Editorial - Feeling nostalgic for the good old days?
Nostalgia, more than an individualized feeling, is a social phenomenon. And we are in to explore its various Chinese manifestations.
Gustavo Fiorello
Hello from the other side: the meteoric rise of mobile phones in China
A history of phones from the communist era, when they were a rare luxury, to contemporary China, where they became a basic need for survival
Beatrice Tamagno
Editorial - all things Chinese
From "chinoiserie" to "Made in China", Chinese objects inhabit our collective imagination. But what do they really say about nowadays China?
Caterina Paiva
Mao keeping track of the God of Fortune, or how Mao Zedong's iconography made space into fortune
Mao’s iconography might be the most used image to represent the PRC. But what about PRC’s fortune 运?
Gustavo Fiorello
Dance like no one’s watching? The quarrels with dancing ladies in China
Square dance is a common sight in many Chinese cities. However, some residents see it as a problem. Where did this controversy come from?
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