China on my mind

Rowena Chiu
Archive, Avant Art, Culture
  Contemporary Chinese artists track the growing contradictions and conflicts between old and new China, testing the perimeters between traditional and contemporary art, whilst all the time explorin...
Li Bingbing

Life is beautiful

Glass Archive
Culture, Feature, Film
Frankly speaking, interviewing someone famous is always a challenge. It is hard to get something new, deep or meaningful when they have had so many experiences but too little time, and perhaps little inclinatio...

Dior in China

Nicola Kavanagh
News
There are few names which conjure up the magic and artistry of couture quite like Christian Dior. So it was only fitting that walking into the maison’s new exhibition in Shanghai, which has completely taken...
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Finest China

glasswp
Archive, Art, Avant Art
Forged by the flames of Chinese kilns, porcelain (also called “china ”, “fine china” or “chinaware”), has been collected and revered for centuries. Translucent when held up to the light, strong and emitting a r...

Revolutionary romance

Nicola Kavanagh
Archive, Culture
Deflected from the possibilities of intimacy In a rapid tour of new Shanghai, Five Star Billionaire sees Malaysian literary wunderkind Tash Aw guide us around the burgeoning metropolis by way of five cha...

Couture in China

Nicola Kavanagh
Feature
Haute couture, French for “high sewing” has long been synonymous with the very finest form of skill and craftsmanship. While the wider influence of prêt-à-porter often trickles down the fashion chain, haute...

Made in China

Renyi Ng
Feature, Glass Design
Stars do not illuminate Beijing’s sky at night. Instead there are the sparks of metal as builders weld steel to steel on the tops of high-rise towers. China’s construction workers are building rapidly. Yet mo...