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An exhibition of photographs by director Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire, Buena Vista Social Club) opens in Beijing tomorrow. Called ‘Pictures from the Surface of the Earth’, the exhibition is at the Millenium Art Museum from February 21 to March … Continue reading →

A big welcome to danwei.org’s new contributing writer Ben Marcom, and a belated note of thanks to Jacopo Della Ragione for scanning many of the images that appear on these pages. The work unit is growing.

Jean Marmeisse sent in this photograph. If you need a photographer in Paris, his email address is on the bottom of the photo with the credit.

So, the Vagina Monologues is definitely cancelled in both Beijing and Shanghai. Too much publicity too early: the old farts in various bureaus got wind of it. But that doesn’t excuse this bare-faced lie in a Joseph Kahn article in … Continue reading →

The text reads: ‘Preventing AIDS is the responsibility of the whole society. Love and cherish life. Move to resist AIDS’ The guy with the candle is actor Pu Cunxin. On a completely different subject, here is a billboard advertising the … Continue reading →

The Vagina Monologues will be perfomed in Beijing on February 14 by Shadow. This is Shadow: From That’s Beijing: “Actress and feminist Shadow, a Shanghai native who studied theatre in California and Chicago, is the motive force behind China’s production … Continue reading →

From SFGate.com: “In keeping with her reputation as the enfant terrible of Chinese letters, Mian Mian, an ex-drug addict turned dance-party producer, strode into the Commonwealth Club last Friday night wearing black bondage boots and immediately wanted to light up. … Continue reading →

Recruitment ads from English language publications in Beijing and Shanghai: Jobs available ads at That’s Shanghai’s website Finance Controller “Capable FC to handle our business in Asia … Candidate with bachelor degree in finance and at least five years experiance … Continue reading →