Chinese performance artist Lei Wei uses mirrors, metal wires and scaffolding to create mind-bending illusions of life threatening realities.

Tianlang trainers have long been the footwear of choice for Chinese farm, mine, construction and factory workers.
I’m digging their simple aesthetic: the only visible logo signifies work and labor, not brand identity. Made with tough canvas and a twice vulcanized outsole, they’ll definitely put the life span of your ergonomically designed limited-edition Nike’s to the [...]

With the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing rapidly approaching, the Chinese government has recruited several bloggers and linguists to help ensure that the English portions of the city’s signs are properly translated and free of error.
Recently, the F-word has been popping up on many signs leaving government officials bewildered and expats amused. According to LAEM, [...]

Hangzhou Bay Bridge is an S-shaped stayed-cable bridge that links Jiaxing, a city just south of Shanghai to Cixi, a port city close to Ningbo. At 36 kilometers in length, the bridge features six lanes in both directions and reduces the travel distance between Shanghai and Ningbo by 120 km. The project, spearheaded by Chief [...]

When one thinks of information theft, the term usually conjures up images of depleted bank account balances or armament blueprints, but a new OCR (optical character recognition) device is changing the game faster than you can type ESPIONAGE.
Hanwang, a research firm based in Beijing, has created a handheld text-scanning device called the E-Excerpter. The device [...]

Between 2003 and 2005, Toronto photographer Ed Burtynsky traveled to China several times to photograph the country’s rapid industrial growth. His recent book, China, provides startling images of working life in China’s factories as well as the urban developments necessary to facilitate such a massive economic transformation.
The book is filled with eye-opening snapshots of where [...]