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Michelberger Hotel
March 4th 10, 21:57 | Lin Lin |Culture, design, 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
March 4th 10, 21:56 | Lin Lin |Culture, food,

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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
March 9th 09, 1:57 | Lin Lin |China, Culture, Music,

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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
February 3rd 09, 2:01 | Lin Lin |Culture, design, Music,

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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…
January 20th 09, 1:07 | Lin Lin |capitalism, consumerism, Culture,

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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
January 12th 09, 18:08 | Lin Lin |art, being small:), Culture,

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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
December 1st 08, 2:57 | Lin Lin |art, beijing, China,

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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
November 27th 08, 2:33 | Lin Lin |beijing, China, Culture,

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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
November 21st 08, 2:36 | Lin Lin |art, artists, Creative,

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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.”
November 17th 08, 1:36 | Lin Lin |Advertising, Culture, design,

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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
November 16th 08, 22:45 | Lin Lin |art, artist, beijing,

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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…
November 6th 08, 2:09 | Lin Lin |Culture, Girls, Hospital,

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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
November 4th 08, 1:32 | Lin Lin |Culture, English., halloween,

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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
October 23rd 08, 3:25 | Lin Lin |art, China, Culture,

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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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Shanghai Biennale Part II
September 29th 08, 9:21 | Lin Lin |Add new tag, art, city,

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Writing from 242 Prince Street Cafe Gitane, follow up with the Shanghai Biennale I, these are some of my highlights form the current show at Shanghai Art Museum. The museum itself is one of...

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