Culture and Society

Costumes from the Museum of Chinese in America Bring Elegance to Macy’s Year of the Rooster Displays

In New York, the Chinese New Year has joined the Fourth of July-Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas quartet of holidays for which retailers and their marketing teams can have some fun with decorations. What started a...

30 Jan
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Culture and Society Interview

Design from Taiwan and Impactful Cultural Exchange: An Interview with Shikuan Chen

Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je declared at the World Design Capital Taipei 2016 International Design Policy Conference last October, “Design is not just about seeking aesthetics in objects, it is about an...

16 Jan
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Culture and Society

Thanksgiving for Chinese in America

Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday. This opportunity to reflect on blessings and show gratitude transcends religion and is celebrated nowhere else — yet forgoes the patriotism of other national holidays....

23 Nov
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Culture and Society Film

8th Reel China Biennial Showcases Documentaries, Innovative Narratives, Experimental films, and Animations

From October 28 – 30, the Reel China Biennial will present more than twenty Chinese independent films not usually shown in China and NYC. The screenings are free and open to public...

26 Oct
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Culture and Society

Storytelling and Empathy Shaped by Experiences: An Interview with ‘Hooligan Sparrow’ Director Nanfu Wang

It is ironically easy for people to come to a conclusion about an issue as big as human rights activism in China but to forget about who are really the souls...

17 Oct
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Books Culture and Society

The Way to Live Expansively in a Discordant World

Sometimes an encounter with a book makes me imagine that I would have been a different person had I read it earlier. The Path is exactly this type of book. Written...

2 Jun
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Culture and Society

Taipei’s IKEA House is a Different Kind of IKEA

IKEA is known for the uniformity of its stores. With the same nonsenically named products in and floorplan for every showroom around the world, the enormous Swedish furniture retailer with a surprising non-profit corporate structure has...

27 Feb
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Culture and Society Food

Yusheng, the Most Auspicious Chinese New Year Meal You’ve (Probably) Never Had

Those in the know know that Chinese New Year is a fifteen day affair with a busy schedule of festivities. Right in the middle of this extended holiday, on the seventh day, is...

13 Feb
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Culture and Society

‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Celebrated American TV’s First Chinese New Year

Fresh Off the Boat was celebrated last year as the first American network TV show in over twenty years to center around an Asian-American family. Last night, it became the first to make the...

3 Feb
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Culture and Society In the News

Chinese Netizens Go Bananas Over CCTV Spring Festival Gala Mascot

Weibo (Chinese equivalent of Twitter) users have long been famous for their sense of humor and creativity. This has been proven yet again as they voiced their opinions over a...

22 Jan
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NYC Chinese Cultural Events and Art Exhibitions: November 2 – November 8, 2018

NYC Chinese Cultural Events and Art Exhibitions: October 26 – November 1, 2018

NYC Chinese Cultural Events and Art Exhibitions – October 19 – 25, 2018

NYC Chinese Cultural Events and Art Exhibitions: October 5 – 11, 2018

NYC Chinese Cultural Events and Art Exhibitions: September 28 – October 5, 2018

Guangzhou Begins Snowman Manufacturing

Chinese Netizens Go Bananas Over CCTV Spring Festival Gala Mascot

Tu Youyou Is the First Chinese National to Win Nobel Prize in a Scientific Field

Liu Cixin’s “The Three Body Problem” Wins Hugo Award

Christmas in China

Heidi Lau: A Song of Fire and Earth

Enduring but Fragile Coexistence in Geng Xue’s ‘Mount Sumeru’

Fancy Animals and Where to Find Them

Ming-Jer Kuo: Mapping Out Poetic Urban Landscapes

Costumes from the Museum of Chinese in America Bring Elegance to Macy’s Year of the Rooster Displays

Design from Taiwan and Impactful Cultural Exchange: An Interview with Shikuan Chen

Thanksgiving for Chinese in America

8th Reel China Biennial Showcases Documentaries, Innovative Narratives, Experimental films, and Animations

Review: ‘410[Gone]’ Talks About Cultural Identity Without Talking About It

‘Til Madness Do Us Part Observes a “New World and Freedom” of Confined Lives

Artists Come First at HER Gaze, TECO’s Exhibition of Contemporary Taiwanese Female Artists

Li Liao: About the Human Condition

Exploring and Experiencing in “Live Like an Astronaut” – Review and Interview with Ying Zhu

Costumes from the Museum of Chinese in America Bring Elegance to Macy’s Year of the Rooster Displays

Design from Taiwan and Impactful Cultural Exchange: An Interview with Shikuan Chen

Thanksgiving for Chinese in America

8th Reel China Biennial Showcases Documentaries, Innovative Narratives, Experimental films, and Animations

Storytelling and Empathy Shaped by Experiences: An Interview with ‘Hooligan Sparrow’ Director Nanfu Wang

The Way to Live Expansively in a Discordant World

Taipei’s IKEA House is a Different Kind of IKEA

Yusheng, the Most Auspicious Chinese New Year Meal You’ve (Probably) Never Had

‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Celebrated American TV’s First Chinese New Year

Chinese Netizens Go Bananas Over CCTV Spring Festival Gala Mascot

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“Nobody Knows What Motion Design Is”: An Interview with Keng-Ming Liu

NYC Chinese Cultural Events and Art Exhibitions: November 2 – November 8, 2018

NYC Chinese Cultural Events and Art Exhibitions: October 26 – November 1, 2018

Seven Outstanding Finalists from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan from the 2018 Golden Pin Design Award