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Tag Archives: China
Spiked, on China’s Social Credit System
Fenster writes: Is there anything good to be said about China’s emerging social credit system? Spiked has given it a try. Defending what the conventional left Guardian refers to as an “an Orwellian tool of social monitoring” is a tall … Continue reading
Naked Lady of the Week: Shu Qi
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Shu Qi is among the most famous Asian actresses in the world, known for her roles in populist fare (the first “Transporter” film) as well as arthouse material (several Hou Hsiao-Hsien projects). But the Taiwanese-born beauty … Continue reading
Posted in Performers, Photography, Sex, The Good Life
Tagged China, naked lady of the week, nude photography, Shu Qi
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Architecture Du Jour: The Fujian Tulou
Blowhard, Esq. writes: The mountainous areas of western Fujian province in southwest China are home to a unique form of rammed-earth building known as tulou — large defensive structures designed to contain and protect one family clan… …These enclosed fort like … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged China, Fujian people, traditionalism, vernacular architecture
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Eyesore of the Month: The Ordos Museum
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Designed by the firm MAD Architects (pausing so you can snicker) the Ordos Art & City Museum, located in Inner Mongolia, China, is blobitecture at its finest. Or should I say, at it’s “finest.” It resembles nothing so much … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged blobitecture, China, Inner Mongolia, modern global capitalism, Ordos
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Letter from China: In-flight Rhetoric
Fenster writes: Sponsored rhetoric will always reflect the interests, and interest, of the sponsor. We get that automatically in the Era of Spin, that you can’t much trust any statement on its face, and that your brain has to automatically … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics, Travel
Tagged Air China, China, in-flight magazines, labor
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