The massacre of peasants in Dongzhou, in Guangdong Province happened earlier this month, when I was having blog problems and …
December 30, 2005
nine lives – the birth of avante-garde in new china
SCALO Books have just published Beijing resident Karen Smith’s Nine Lives – The Birth of Avante-Garde in New China, and …
December 30, 2005
feel the pain, baby
There’s been a complete lack of indoor climbing in Melbourne since the place in Collingwood closed a couple of years …
December 29, 2005
You can create art & beauty on a computer
On the other side of the hemisphere in Berlin, the 22nd Chaos Communication Congress has hackers making the world a …
December 29, 2005
先锋光芒 – ray of the avante garde
Guangzhou’s 广州中华影城 Zhonghua Cinema is running a festival of recent Chinese films, 先锋光芒–中国青年导演电影展映（柏林篇）Ray of the Avante Garde – Chinese Young …
December 28, 2005
Gothic Nightmares
Getting all ready for the start of rehearsals of hell in Melbourne, and watching lots of Peking Opera, 1970s Japanese …
December 27, 2005
transsexuals in china
There was a kinda interesting article in China Daily, about a transsexual named Xiao Ying, who is about to have …
December 27, 2005
同志 tongzhi getting queer in china
It could have been the part of town I was hanging out in, or it could be that Guangzhou is …
December 26, 2005
don’t drink the brown acid
The first time it was almost world news; the second when upstart southern capital Guangzhou tried to get in on …
December 26, 2005
i like my guangzhou underground
I have such a soft spot for the city Lonely Planet used to advise everyone to don’t-stop-just-keep-on-going-on-to-the-Real-China, and now describe …
December 24, 2005
a new beginning … same old whoring
… i know i’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but i can give you my complete assurance that my …
December 16, 2005
独生一代 – single child generation
Park 19 in Guangzhou has been off the internet for a few weeks now, and when I visited the studios …
December 15, 2005
mimi marks and stupid people
About a month ago, Mimi Marks won the Miss International Queen 2005 beauty pageant for transsexuals in Thailand, which I …
December 14, 2005
fast chicks and low cars
From one of my daily reads, we-make-money-not-art, comes my favourite combination of culture, fast cars and hot bikini chicks. Tell …
December 12, 2005
chinese mediaculture
One of the works at the 第二届广州三年展 2nd Guangzhou Triennial, the Beijing Boom Tower, has come back to me in …
December 11, 2005
a quarter of a billion – an addendum
I had some doubts this morning about posting the previous entry. And more doubts since reading R.J. Rummell’s blog more …
December 10, 2005
a quarter of a billion
I’m taking a bit of a break from blogging, the return to Australia has left me with a disembodied sense …
December 7, 2005
kcr – guangzhou to dongguan
The Kowloon to Guangzhou through train is one of the weirdest train rides I’ve been on, and it’s one I’ve …
December 5, 2005
planes trains busses taxis
I’ll be gracing the Hong Kong airport tomorrow, and leaving Guangzhou. It’s been a whirl of a 10 day adventure …
December 5, 2005
categories and stuff
I’ve changed some of the names of the categories to make them a little more representative of what gets assigned …
December 5, 2005
don’t bomb us – al jazeera goes blog
Somehow, I think through one of the feeds I subscribe to, I stumbled upon what is one of the best …
December 4, 2005
translate this: 行愿
I was at the 广州美术学院 and spent the afternoon with 林若熹 a professor at the Academy who is preparing a …
December 3, 2005
a night at loft 345
Last night I went down to Loft345, which used to be Park19 (because it was number 19 whatever lane and …
December 1, 2005
a taxi ride
Going from Huanshi Dong Lu to Jiangnan Dadao, across the river and along the inner city elevated freeways that snake …