The Kingkey 100 Skyscraper in Shenzhen answers the question: what would it look like if a 100-story building recreated Marilyn’s most famous pose?
Read more300 Chinese Foxconn workers threaten suicide at Xbox plant
iheartchaos: It’s been a while since there’s been any news coming out of a Foxconn plant in China. The last time was around this time last year, was about suicides at a factory that was pumping out iPads and iPhones before the company installed anti-suicide nets around the buildings. This time, 300 Foxconn employees went […]
Read moreThe End of Cheap Chinese Denim (Which, incidentally, would make a pretty good name for an album.)
Read moreQ: How do you offer a satellite-style map solution (a la Google Maps) when your government censors what can/can’t be shown in overhead photos? A: Simply create amazing pixel art of major Chinese city skylines (link in Italian), like the one above, with any sensitive information removed. A beautiful solution to the ugly business of government censorship.
Read moreThe Chinese Technopolis by Trey Ratcliff
Read moreThe Economist: Daily Chart: The world’s richest women. Women of Chinese origin make up over half of this list of “self-made” billionaires; J.K. Rowling sneaks in at number 20.
Read moreZhangjiaji, China (or possibly from Avatar’s Pandora landscape)
Read moreANOTHER BRAND OF KG SHOE FOR US NOT TO BUY: While you were paying attention to something else, Kevin Garnett officially signed with Chinese shoe maker ANTA. [via]
Read morePazhou Hotel, Guangzhou: designed by Aedas, in development now. Scheduled to open in 2012. [via]
Read moreSkateboarding in China (via psfk)
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