Category Archives: Traditions

Satan Lucky’s Floating World

Posted on 2013-08-29 by Alexander Ye

Satan Lucky is the pen name of cartoonist and illustrator based in Beijing. He publishes some of his work on Weibo. His style is based on Ukiyo-e — literally “pictures of the floating world”, the traditional Japanese style of woodblock prints and paintings … Continue reading →

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Chinese Dream? American Dream?

Posted on 2013-06-28 by Danwei

This article is by Chris Marquis and Zoe Yang, Associate Professor and Research Associate of the Harvard Business School. An edited and translated version was published as “中国梦？美国梦？” (literally “Chinese Dream? American Dream?”) in the June 2013 issue of China Economic … Continue reading →

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“I was here” graffiti all over Yunnan

Posted on 2013-05-28 by Barry van Wyk

When a Chinese teenager named Ding Jinhao (丁锦昊) in Egypt last week was revealed to have defaced an ancient frieze with the graffito “I was here” (丁锦昊到此一游), there was widespread condemnation of the teen vandal who did so much to … Continue reading →

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The elegant new spokesperson vs. the steadfast old cultural icon

Posted on 2013-03-05 by Barry van Wyk

Today is Lei Feng Day, but there’s an elegant and amiable woman who stole his thunder on China’s newspaper front pages today. Who would you put on your front page today? There’s the elegant, amiable, humble, eloquent and female new … Continue reading →

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Did you lose something? Micro Lei Feng can help

Posted on 2013-03-01 by Barry van Wyk

Is there no end to the multifarious usefulness of the paragon of selflessness and virtue that is Lei Feng? A little early for Lei Feng Day on March 5, but the front page of the South-East Business Daily (东南商报) from Zhejiang province today tells … Continue reading →

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Shenyang anti-spitting campaign, take two

Posted on 2013-02-19 by Barry van Wyk

The city of Shenyang is getting tough (or tougher) on spitting and other such unhygienic habits. The Shenyang Evening News front page reports today that 200 specialist hygiene supervisors have been appointed, and they will be able to dish out fines of … Continue reading →

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How to have a “convenient” Spring Festival transport rush

Posted on 2013-01-21 by Barry van Wyk

“It must be said, says Shenzhen Evening News today, “that going home for Spring Festival is a deeply ingrained desire of all Chinese people.” That’s to say, all of 1.3 billion Chinese people. Hence the annual Spring Festival rush is a migration … Continue reading →

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Liu Jing and his comic book history of China, Volume Two

Posted on 2013-01-04 by Barry van Wyk

In November 2011 Danwei published a brief excerpt and short Q&A with Liu Jing, a Beijing-based entrepreneur and comic book artist. Our post showcased Liu’s Understanding China through Comics, Volume One, a comic book on Chinese history for iPad and Kindle (Amazon and iTunes). The first … Continue reading →

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Impressions of Kashgar

Posted on 2012-11-23 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Kashgar, in Xinjiang, is China’s Westernmost city. A traditional stop on the Northern silk road, … Continue reading →

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A trip to Qinghai

Posted on 2012-11-01 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest takes us on a trip to the West, to a less familiar … Continue reading →

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