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Fare Game: A Taxi Driver Speaks

- September 27, 2013 - kacper916

中文 Zhang Jie Yu 张建宇 is a 43 year old taxi driver from Beijing who has worked as a driver his whole adult life, having been interested in cars since …

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A World to Teach

- March 10, 2013 - kacper916

Lu Kong is a 24 year old Chinese teacher who teaches Chinese in India. While at university, she studied how to teach Chinese as a foreign language and has been …

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Step Into My Kitchen: A Talk With A Sichuan Chef

- January 9, 2012 - kacper916

  中文 Su Yong 苏 勇 is a 32 year old chef from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in China.  He has been featured on several television cooking shows, has …

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A Portrait of a Filmmaker as a Young Man

- November 18, 2011 - kacper916

Guanqiao Fan is a 22 year old film student at Beijing Film Academy. He is currently in the process of editing his fourth short film 南方 (The South), which he wrote, …

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The Movie Club of Droogs (朋友)

- June 4, 2011 | September 20, 2022 - kacper916

A_Clockwork_Orange_02_The_Thieving_Magpie_Abridged_ During a rainy April morning in Beijing, a quartet of female college students are in costume and on a mission. The students, dressed like characters from the iconic 1971 …

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The Little Shop of Sex

- April 5, 2011 - kacper916

                       中文 The first sex toy shop in Beijing opened in 1992, and there are now an estimated 2,000 “adult …

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Proud of the Propaganda

- December 17, 2010 - kacper916

Zha Xi is a Tibetan migrant who moved to Beijing several years ago in search of better economic prospects. A Buddhist, he is part of a group of Tibetan migrants …

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The Top Tout in Town

- November 16, 2010 - kacper916

John, the top tout in Beijing’s tourist entertainment district Tout (n.) Someone who publicly solicits customers in a bold way. “Hello, want beer?” “Hi, this great bar! Come inside!” “Good …

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Let’s Dance

- October 26, 2010 - kacper916

Beijing street dancers Lang Xin Long (left) and Liu Hong Wei (right) 中文 Liu Hong Wei and Lang Xin Long are two young, aspiring dancers who have moved to Beijing …

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Down and Out in Beijing: The Story of a Migrant Beggar

- October 4, 2010 - kacper916

Old Zhao in front of Propaganda nightclub in Wudaokou, Beijing 中文 “Old Zhao” is an elderly bearded beggar who spends his evenings working the streets of Wudaokou (五道口), in Beijing’s …

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