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Once Upon A Time…“Made In China”

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During my recent visit to Hong Kong, I was agitated after the perfect “8-hour-rest” in the hotel. I decided to pay Tom Hung a visit, I was told this man will take me to everything I would b...

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Michelberger Hotel

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A 119-room hotel in an old factory building, was said to build for "built for Austrian carpenters, Swedish models, English rockstars, Japanese businessmen, German racing car drivers and America...

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Run-around Chicken Century Egg

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Back in my London days, I would organize a gang of 6 or 9 for dim sum on Sundays, it has to be 6, 9 or 12 due to the dim sum portions, but that will be another chapter another day. A regula...

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MIDI music festival-Shanghai

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Our friend Nate is working with Midi to put on the Midi Festival in Shanghai for the first time ever this May. The Beijing Midi Festival is the largest music festival in China (it's grown from 3,...

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N.A.S.A Dream

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This is a must-have album of 2009 - N.A.S.A (North America South America), took six years to make. Six years well-spent once you take a look at the collaboration list: Kook keith an...

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Maybe is Obama, maybe is the economy…

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Maybe is Obama, maybe is the economy… my American friends start loving being American again and looking at things that are making them proud. I've been asked to write something about American...

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My Little Talk @ UCCA meusum Beijing

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Little talk by little me, if you are in Beijing... more info: http://www.ucca.org.cn/portal/activitie/view.798?id=152&menuId=28 The UCCA musem is currently showing an amazing exhibiti...

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Christian Dior & Chinese artists @ UCCA Beijing 798

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During my short business trip to Beijing, I went to check out the recent exhibition at UCCA (Beijing 798 Art District) “Christian Dior & Chinese Artists”, sadly the remarkably boring name d...

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New Pants/ 野人也有爱 Ye Ren Ye You Ai

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I often get asked what made Beijing a better cultural place than Shanghai. These two cities have always been rivalry to each other, a bit like New York and LA. I’m Cantonese so I consider mysel...

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Creative Social 2008 in 1933 Shanghai

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Creative Social 2008 this year is hosted by Profero (a digital agency) in one of the most beautiful historical building in Shanghai 1933 (www.1933-shanghai.com) . It gathered creative directors...

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“Being straight isn’t normal, it’s just common.”

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We Really Want You Created by Leo Burnett, Chicago UK Gay Times’ interesting recruitment campaign: So we now know the sexy “Uncle Sam” is gay, and Gay Time is selling homosexuality t...

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永久Forever Bicycles – Arists Ai Wei Wei

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Forever brand bicycle play a significant role in my childhood memories. My earliest memory of being on a bike was “Forever” brand, I remember it so well, I was strapped to my grandpa’s wa...

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Shanghai – that Extra Mile…

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Sorry guys, I know I should be writing about design, art, fashion or culture in this blog, but I really can't let this one slip through... 3 out of 5 men I met recently asked me if I'm g...

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Identity

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I can’t remember which author once said, “No one can be more English than a Englishman who lives away from England.” I often tell people “ I’m 100% Chinese other than my English passp...

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Shanghai Brand Watch

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If you ran things in sixties China, only one watch came along for the ride. Sported by Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Zhou Enlai, The Shanghai Watch Company was the brand that told elite Com...

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