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Translation and photography in Shanghai

At A Room With a View, btr writes poetry, posts photos of Shanghai, and covers literature in translation.

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Painted plagiarism of a push-up photograph

Li Yueliang’s oil painting is suspiciously similar to an earlier photograph taken by Hu Wugong.

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David Spindler’s Great Wall

A Q&A with Great Wall expert David Spindler.

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A grand day at the park, enhanced by the People’s Daily

People’s Daily clones some birds to make a more harmonious image of humanity coexisting with nature in a Guangxi park.

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Ai Weiwei on the Square

Two photos by Ai Weiwei.

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Zachary Mexico’s China Underground

Zachary Mexico (pseudonym) is author of China Underground, published by Soft Skull Press. About “the crazy people I’d met in China and the even crazier people they’d introduced me to” - Danwei excerpts.

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Medium format photo blog about China

A new group photo blog for a small but interesting niche: people who take photos in China with medium format film.

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Celebrating National Day, 1984

The story behind the Hello, Xiaoping banner carried by students in the National Day parade in 1984.

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Cool retro Chinese sneakers

Warriors: a classic Chinese brand as seen by a Chinese graphic designer who lives in Finland.

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Workers book launch this Friday

British artist Helen Couchman will be launching her new book–Workers 工人–at the Beijing Bookworm on Thursday night at 7:30 pm.

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