
2 August Talk on China’s flash urbanization
This Tuesday, Neville Mars, Chief Architect for MARS Architects, founder of the Dynnamic City Foundation, and author of The Chinese Dream: A Society Under Construction, will speak on…
This Tuesday, Neville Mars, Chief Architect for MARS Architects, founder of the Dynnamic City Foundation, and author of The Chinese Dream: A Society Under Construction, will speak on…
12 o’clock. The heat from the asphalt emanated with a kind of fury that dulled the senses and eventually the body. I tasted the salty perspiration on my…
Located only minutes away from the hectic Xintiandi (新天地), the desolate longtang was as barren as the silence was deafening. February’s wintery cold only added to the vacuum….
“No, I told you, you can’t go upstairs if you’re not a guest,” the teenage hotel desk clerk scowled at my camera. Just then, a portly middle-aged man…
Based outside of San Francisco, Jack Simon’s widely exhibited street photography is composed of wonderful juxtapositions of people and their surrounding elements. Whether it is an intentional or…
I’ve encountered my fair share of pets while roaming in old neighborhoods. Live poultry aside, they range from scruffy half-heartedly adopted dogs and cats that looked like they…
Crossing the river as evening creeps gently into a Friday is something I enjoy greatly. I find it a warmly symbolic way of starting my weekend, leaving behind…
I visited Shantou last year but have only gotten around to sharing what the city is like. You can read and see more photos at “Exploring Shantou’s vanishing treaty port…