Ear Shift: The Top 10 Oddly Named Chinese Cars
Finding inspiring names for cars isn't easy, especially when your mother tongue isn't English and, in the case of China, there are over three dozen automakers looking to proudly dub their chariots. ...
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Art & Sole: OSPOP Channels Mao’s China to Sell Shoes
OSPOP, which stands for "One Small Point Of Pride", is a global fashion brand inspired the hard-working people whose labor actually built the People's Republic of China. The company's eye-catching ...
Celebratory Nanshan Marriage Registration Center Covered in Confetti
In the United States, the process of obtaining a marriage license - and even the subsequent wedding, should the bride and groom choose a civil ceremony - isn't exactly a glamorous affair. But in ...
Con Jobs: 10 Outrageous Apple Brand Ripoffs
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then a host of eager entrepreneurs really, REALLY admire Apple Inc. and its visionary founder & CEO, the late Steve Jobs. Dodging Cupertino's ...
Liquid Street Art: Tricycle Deploys Calligraphic Water Poetry
Nicholas Hanna is a Canadian artist who has poured new life into a traditional art form, turning a tricycle into a means of rapidly deploying Chinese characters in liquid form. Like disappearing ...
High Anxiety: Rooftop Excavators Tear Down from Up Top
Rooftop excavators? On my multistory highrise building? It's more likely than you think, especially in China where painting one's self into a corner is no longer just for painters anymore. The ...
Surreal Estate: China’s Village of Empty Villas
China's ever-expanding real estate bubble is spawning empty cities, abandoned resorts and other such “bridges to nowhere” but few of these white elephants are as eerie and gloomy as this ...
An Army Of Fun: FL Sidewalk Invaded by LEGO Soldiers
If you can't get to China to see the astonishing terracotta warriors in their pits, seeing this whimsical tribute to them might be almost as good. It was part of a street art festival in ...
Enter The Dragon Building: Beijing China’s Pangu Plaza
Fire-breathing dragon, Olympic torch, or both? The Pangu Plaza complex is the latest architectural wonder reshaping Beijing China's increasingly Dubai-esque skyline, a product of architects eager ...
Living In A Box: China’s Shipping Container Apartments
All across China, millions of migrant workers are on the move, looking for jobs and – once they've found them – places to live. At the same time, China's booming economy has generated a vast ...
