We are sharing our team's discoveries from China's exploding on-line culture. Check out what is being created, talked about, played + filmed from the mainland.

August 23, 2010

PARTICIPATION

Foxconn Rallies: Employees Pledge To Cherish Their Lives – chinaSMACK

On the question of what and how we drive participation, here is yet another example of how movements occur in China. Is this so remarkable? Maybe not, but reading this article reminds me that movements can come from some unexpected places, and can manifest in seemingly unremarkable ways, and still have a deep emotional affect on people.

A Chinese Girl Dilemma » Buzz and the City

A Chinese Girl Dilemma » Buzz and the City

August 10, 2010

Young & Restless: China's Graduate Dilemma on Vimeo

Young & Restless: China's Graduate Dilemma on Vimeo

China, on cusp of superpower, faces environmental strain - USATODAY.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOW4o4EXHgA&feature=player_embedded

Good luck to the thousands of people, victims & rescuers alike. Natural disasters play a morbid role in China. It is an incalculable source of despair for most people, but is also frequently leveraged to unify a nation. Such disasters in China are being reported more so than ever before, particularly to the foreign press. How does this effect a nation's identity? Will such disasters continue to highlight the humanity of this emerging superpower? Will people at some point turn on the Chinese government for their lack of infrastructure & planning?