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10 stunning images from Liu Bolin, the disappearing man
Hiding in New York No. 7 — Made in China, 2012. Photo: courtesy of Eli Klein Fine Art, © Liu Bolin Liu Bolin’s images invite a game akin to Where’s Waldo?. In some of the Chinese artist’s incredible...
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A tale of two systems: Eric X. Li at TEDGlobal 2013
Photo: James Duncan Davidson Born in Shanghai in 1968, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, Eric X. Li grew up hearing a story: All human societies develop in linear progression, beginning with...
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A widening schism: Dambisa Moyo at TEDGlobal 2013
Photo: James Duncan Davidson “Give me liberty or give me death,” says global economist Dambisa Moyo, quoting Patrick Henry from 1775. In Western ideology, freedom is the most cherished value of all,...
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The meaning of memes: An Xiao Mina at TEDGlobal 2013
Photo: James Duncan Davidson “This is what happens when you take the addictive power of an LOLcat and apply it in a ceonsorship state,” says An Xiao Mina, a writer, technologist and researcher who...
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Why democracy still wins: A critique of Eric X. Li’s “A tale of two political...
By Yasheng Huang Earlier this year, economist Yasheng Huang (watch his 2011 TED Talk) sparred with Eric X. Li in the pages of Foreign Affairs on a similar topic to today’s TED Talk. The TED Blog asked...
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8 talks about China
The Shanghai Financial District as seen from the Oriental Pearl. Photo: Sjekster “When I was growing up, I was told a story that explained all I ever needed to know about humanity. It went like this,”...
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Shanghai in pictures: entrepreneur David Li on the city as hackerspace
David Li has lived in Shanghai since 2003, when the Taiwan-born consultant and entrepreneur moved to the city to take advantage of a place in which he felt like “everything was possible.” A decade...
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My City: Why Shanghai is the ultimate hackerspace
The Pudong business district of Shanghai is famed (and often reviled) for its efflorescence of gaudy skyscrapers. Photograph: Lawrence Wang. See also Wang’s photoessay of must-see Shanghai places. In...
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Further reading on China’s investment in Africa … and what it means
At TEDGlobal 2013, Dambisa Moyo shares a shift afoot in Africa — that with increased Chinese investment in the continent, people are beginning to see their economic system as the ideal. Photo: James...
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China’s pollution problem, everyone’s problem: Peggy Liu at TED2014
Peggy Liu. Photo: James Duncan Davidson “I am so happy to be here, because I can actually breathe the air,” says Peggy Liu, who lives in China, as she steps on the TED2014 stage. Her typical day begins...
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Ed Burtynsky's Manufactured Landscapes: The Movie
In an extended run at the Film Forum in New York City (and now playing in Philadelphia), the film Manufactured Landscapes is in the spirit of Edward Burtynsky’s 2005 TED Prize wishes: to show the world...
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Ed Burtynsky's beautifully monstrous "Manufactured landscapes"
If you are planning (you should) to go see Jennifer Baichwal’s documentary "Manufactured landscapes", which opened last week in theaters across the US after spending a year mesmerizing film festivals...
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Listening to China’s workers: Leslie T. Chang at TEDGlobal2012
Think about the things you use every day — and about the people who make them. Leslie Chang is a journalist who has spent years in China to talk to the workers who make the products we use, voices...
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China’s censorship battle between the cats and the mice: Michael Anti at...
A sick brick “I want to make my friends understand: China is too complicated,” begins Michael Anti. “You can’t tell a one-size story.” According to some, China is a brick, helping the world economy....
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8 extremely popular Chinese internet memes
When it comes to the internet, the Chinese government may have taken inspiration from the Great Wall of China and created the largest digital boundary in the world, blocking 500 million users from...
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Did China hack the Dalai Lama’s email? How a human-computer collaboration...
“Man versus machine” is not an idea that Shyam Sankar believes in. In today’s fascinating talk, given at TEDGlobal 2012, Sankar urged us to think about how human ingenuity can combine with computers’...
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Meet two Chinese factory workers, Lu Qingmin and Wu Chunming
It’s hard not to get a lump in your throat when you read about the grueling conditions in Chinese factories. It’s hard not to feel guilt about those working 70 hours a week in Foxconn factories where...
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Spotted in Shanghai: This TED Talks bootleg DVD
In Shanghai, China, where it’s always night, directly across the street from a pirated DVD shop called Movie Star is another pirated DVD shop called Better Than Movie Star … and that’s where TED’s...
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TEDWeekends traces the origin of the All-American Chinese takeout
Turns out the fortune cookie that came with your chop suey isn’t actually Chinese … and neither is the chop suey. So where did they come from? Jennifer 8. Lee: The hunt for General TsoIn this TED Talk,...
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5 mnemonic devices for reading Chinese characters
To an outsider, the Chinese language “seems to be as impenetrable as the Great Wall of China,” says ShaoLan Hsueh in today’s talk, given at TED2013. Hsueh’s mission over the past few years has been to...
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