Zhao Jun Wrapped in 35mm Film
on November 2, 2016
Crew members prepare for a take as actor Zhao Jun is wrapped in 35mm film on set.
Producer Jane Zheng, First Assistant Director Qin Yi, and Director Sam Voutas
on November 2, 2016
King of Peking Producer Jane Zheng (left), First Assistant Director Qin Yi (center), and Director Sam Voutas.
Drug Giant Faced a Reckoning as China Took Aim at Bribery
on November 2, 2016
China sought to make an example of GlaxoSmithKline in a case that involved bribery of doctors and investigators and ended with guilty pleas and record penalties
Chinese-IMF Rivalry Worsened Congo’s Debt Load
A China Africa Podcast
on November 2, 2016
In 2007, when China’s Exim Bank unveiled a massive U.S.$6 billion mining deal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), it rocked the normally-staid world of international development finance. The agreement, known as Sicomines, was among the first of the huge Chinese infrastructure-for-resources deals that are now commonplace across Africa.
Beijing’s Straphangers—Tencent
on November 2, 2016
From 2010 to 2016, Beijing doubled its number of subway lines. Over the same period of time, Zhang Xinghai photographed commuters riding the Beijing subway as this underground world expanded.
Christianity along the Nu River | Tencent
on November 2, 2016
In the early 20th century, Christian and Catholic missionaries arrived in the Nu River valley in Yunnan province to convert the largely indigenous population, and many of the locals still practice Christianity today. In 2003, independent photographer Zhou Wei went to the valley to photograph escalating tensions surrounding the construction of 13 dams on the river. Over the next decade, he returned often.
7 Years Into “The Century Project,” A Problem That Stretches 56 KM | Netease
on November 2, 2016
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, currently under construction, will be one of the world’s longest cross-sea bridges, and will also include a lengthy underwater tunnel, when it opens next year, eight years after its construction began. Billy H.C. Kwok, a Hong Kong resident and photographer, documents the life and controversy that surround its construction.
The Statue of Mao | Tencent
on November 2, 2016
For more than 30 years, Chen Zhixian has photographed daily life in one square in his hometown, Jincheng, Shanxi province. First in black and white, then color negative, later slide film, and now digital, Chen’s photographs have shown a China transforming in front of his lens, save one constant: the persistent statue of Chairman Mao. Thousands of Mao statues were constructed during the Cultural Revolution. Chen’s is the story of one that remained and the life that continues in its shadow.
Arctic Animals on Display in Guangzhou Mall | Caixin
on November 2, 2016
The Grandview Polar Sea World inside the mall of the same name is located in China’s tropical city of Guangzhou. The aquarium is home to several polar animals including penguins, a nordic fox, harbor seals, and “Pizza,” a polar bear. Recently, a Chinese animal welfare group wrote a letter to the province’s governor calling Pizza “the saddest polar bear in China.” The letter went viral on Chinese social media.
The Last Match Factory—Tencent “Living” Channel
on November 2, 2016
Photographer Bai Shi documents the struggling match factory Lucky Star, the last of its kind in Dongbei, northeast China. At its peak, from 1987 to 1997, Lucky Star had 400 workers. But in today’s China, matches are not the necessity they once were. The factory currently employs only 14 workers and runs limited production from May to October each year.
