Exploring Arts and Culture
Exploring Arts and Culture
Books on China
A Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en (1592)
The Art of War by Sun Tzu (1913)
The Good Earth / East Wind West Wind by Pearl S Buck (1931)
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li
Tiger Head Snake Tails by Jonathan Fenby
When a Billion Chinese Jump by Jonathan Watts
The Garlic Ballads / Big Breasts & Wide Hips by Mo Yan
Midnight in Peking by Paul French
Factory Girls by Leslie Chang
The Last Days of Old Beijing by Michael Meyer
The Mao Case / Years of Red Dust by Qiu Xiaolonng
Country Driving / River Town / Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler
Socialism is Great! by Lijia Zhang
Massage by Bi Feiyu
Xanadu: Marco Polo & Europe’s Discovery of the East by John Man
Sharks Fin & Sichuan Pepper by Fuchia Dunlop
Dreaming in Chinese by Deb Fallows
Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
Shanghai Style by Lynn Pan
In Search of Old Shanghai by Pan Ling
The Corpse Walker by Liao Yiwu
Postcard from Tomorrow Square by James Fallows
Gaysia by Benjamin Law
Balzac the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
The Good Women of China by Xue Xinran
The Party by Richard McGregor
Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
Films on China
The Goddess (1934)
Street Angel (1937)
Last Train Home (2009)
To Live (1994)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Red Sorghum (1987)
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Yellow Earth (1984)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Platform (2000)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
Still Life (2006)
Red Cliff (2008)
Chungking Express (1994)
Yi Yi: A One and a Two (2000)
The Blue Kite (1993)
Journey to the West (2013)
Suzhou River (2000)
My Memories of Old Beijing (1982)
Father (1996)
Beijing Bicycle (2001)
City of Life and Death (2009)
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
Mountain Patrol (2004)
Petition (2009)
Hibiscus Town (1986)
The Sun Also Rises (2007)
City of Sadness (1989)
West of the Tracks (2003)
Website Resources
News & Current Affairs
Xinhua Insight – English Language News
Dan Hua – A service of the Financial Times
Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, International Edition
The Wall Street Journal's China Real Time
Blogs & Satire
China Change: New & commentary from those who work for change
Shanghaiist
The Lost Laowai – Opinion and observations from China Expats
ChinaSmack - popular posts on the Chinese net translated into English
China Daily Show
Arts & Culture
Art Radar – Contemporary Art Trends and News
Culture 360- leading current affairs print and online newsmagazine on Asia
Guan Dian – the selected best of contemporary art in China
Randian – a bilingual art magazine
LEAP – a bilingual art magazine of contemporary China
Creative Asia – a portal to the vibrant world of China’s contemporary Arts
Art Asia Archive – Accessible information on contemporary Asian Art
The World of Chinese – online magazine & portal dedicated to Chinese language & culture
Paper Republic – Chinese Literature in Translation
Concrete Flux - a multi-media, multi-disciplinary online journal
Bactagon Projects – a curatorial platform
Expat magazines + local listings
That's Beijing - Shanghai - Guangzhou - Shenzhen – Hong Kong
CityWeekend Beijing - Shanghai- Guangzhou - Suzhou
TimeOut Beijing - TimeOut Shanghai
The Beijinger
Chengdu City Life
Go Chengdoo
Go Kunming
Xianese
New Dynasty – Xian
Australian Blogs & Papers for Chinese Arts:
Mei Wenti Means No Problems - Touring in China from 2006 by Catherine Croll
China Photo Education by Carol Carter
An Art Teacher in China by Luise Guest
Further Reading
(2016) Guanxi: The Chinese Cultural Concept [Commisceo Global]
Fowler, R (2016). Ten things to know before you move to China [The Telegraph]
Winter, T (2016). One Belt, One Road, One Heritage: Cultural Diplomacy and the Silk Road [The Diplomat]
Chow, V (2016). China Is Clamping Down on Foreign Arts Organizations [Artsy]
Grigg, A (2016). China's soft power extends to politics, media and universities in Australia [Australian Financial Review]
White, S (2015) The 10 Most Astonishing Cities in China [The Culture Trip]
Alway, L., Jayasekera, K., Jacobson, K. China Unlimited, Understanding the Museum boom in China (2014) [Round Table Discussion at Communicating the Meseum 2014]
McKinnon, S. (2014) #Hellomuseum: Meeting 20 Museums In China, In 20 Days
(2014) Mad about museums. China is building thousands of new museums, but how will it fill them?
Murray, L (2013) China’s great museum leap forward [Australian Financial Review]
(2012) Now China's Super Rich Are Building Private Museums To House Their Art Collections [Business Insider Australia]
Jacques, Martin. (2011). Understanding the rise of China [TED talk video]. [21.31 minutes]
Lan, Y. (2011). The generation that’s remaking China [TED talk video] [17.14 minutes]