Category Archives: Shanghai

The angry professor writes a book

Zhang Jiehai (张结海) has a book out – I Am Angry (我愤怒) – about the China Bounder affair.

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Podcast Pioneers — Antiwave 反波

This episode of Danwei TV’s Hard Hat Show is an interview with Flypig and Ping Ke, the two Chinese bloggers who make the excellent Antiwave podcast. We talk about Antiwave’s birth and history and touch on several subjects, including media … Continue reading

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Beijing screening for Nostalgia documentary film

Shu Haolun (舒浩仑) is an independent documentary filmmaker and teacher at the Shanghai University Film and Television School. His first film, Struggle (2001) followed three migrant workers who lost their hands working in factories in Shenzhen. His second film Nostalgia … Continue reading

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Southern Metropolis Weekly weighs in on the Chinabounder affair

Cover of the Southern Metropolis Weekly edition of 8 September 2006.

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Disappearing Shanghai

Shu Haolun is a documentary fimmaker from Shanghai. His family has an old house in Da Zhongli, one of Shanghai’s oldest neighborhoods. The family has lived there for three generations. When he heard the news that the neighborhood faced “urban … Continue reading

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American Stand-up Comedy in Beijing and Shanghai

Chopschticks, the stand-up comedy outfit, has a show this weekend, featuring Bernadette Pauley of Comedy Central and Al Ducharme: Shanghai: Friday, July 14th at 8:00pm Beijing: Saturday, July 15th at 7:30pm For details on the venues and how to book, … Continue reading

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