|
Blogs
Beijing wifi, clothes and consumerismPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, February 21, 2008 11:13 AM
 • Beijing Boyce (a blog by a 'somewhat young China hand on the local drinking scene') is currently doing a winter wireless roundup: a review of Beijing restaurants and cafés that offer good wifi connections as well as decent food and drinks. • Stylites is a photo blog featuring well-dressed denizens of Beijing and explanations of their clothing. The blog gives one a little hope for sartorial progress in the capital. • Buy Buy Beijing describes itself as a 'collection of interviews and conversations with people in China about what they buy and sell.' Each interview includes a photo and short transcript. |
Partner Links
Jobs in China
Recent Comments
HaiTek on
Chinese in Argentina
Sam Voutas on
Taxi vs Taxi
animal rig on
Cats and dogs in the animal cruelty law
Paul Jones on
Bankrupt schools and their fleeing foreign bosses
Chris/Kati on
Reserve a ticket on the 2012 ark through Taobao!
Media Partners
Visit these sites for the latest China news
China Media Timeline
Major media events over the last three decades
Danwei Model Workers
 Recommended blogs and new media
Books on China
 Tales of Old Hong Kong: The new Tales of Old Hong Kong compiled by Derek Sandhaus is available at Earnshaw Books.
Diamond Hill by Feng Chi-shun: Feng's memoir Diamond Hill describes an era of gambling and gangsters, Suzie Wong and squatter villages, fires and food stalls, and the Kowloon Walled City and its white powder. "A time when people were poor, but life was rich," he says. The world that he grew up in no longer exists, but his book - the first ever on the Diamond Hill refugee settlement, in either Chinese or English - offers a candid picture of what life was like for most Hong Kong residents in the 1950s.
William A. Callahan's China: The Pessoptimist Nation: China: The Pessoptimist Nation shows how the heart of Chinese foreign policy is not a security dilemma, but an identity dilemma. Through a careful analysis of how Chinese people understand their new place in the world, the book charts how Chinese identity emerges through the interplay of positive and negative feelings in a dynamic that intertwines China's domestic and international politics.
Front Page of the Day
A different newspaper every weekday
From the Vault
Classic Danwei posts
+ Lost in Beijing finally gets killed (2008.01): SARFT (广电总局) brings down the hammer on Lost in Beijing (苹果), one year after its offense. + People: Tina Liu (2004.09): Tina Liu is Hong Kong's most prominent image stylist, but her mercurial career has involved her in almost every aspect of Hong Kong's media world. + Asimov Published, Interviewed in Beijing (2005.03): Cover story from this week's Book Review section of The Beijing News announces the publication of a Chinese translation of Isaac Asimov's complete Foundation series. Yup, the Beijing News has scored a fictional interview with "I, Asimov". They've been taking similar liberties recently in their entertainment sections, captioning photographs of celebrities with made-up quotes.
Danwei Archives
Danwei Feeds
Via Feedsky
 (on the mainland)or Feedburner  (blocked in China) Main feed: Main posts (FB has top links) Top Links: Links from the top bar Danwei Jobs: Want ads Danwei Digest: Updated daily, 19:30 |
 |
Chinese media, advertising, and urban life. |
|
tweet
facebook
bookmark
HaoHao
digg
Comments on Beijing wifi, clothes and consumerism
If satorial progress is a spandau-ballet style combination of miltary jackets and knee length boots (on men), then, yes, beijing has hope
ps. love that Buy Buy Beijing site - random brilliance. an effortless portrayal of life in beijing.
"Stylites" is an unabashed ripoff of longtime fashion blog "The Sartorialist" (link).
That said, I guess the fashionistas of China now have their own little site to comment upon others' dress.
Why Sartorialist and not any one of the hundreds of other similar street style sites operating in cities throughout the world?
Good point Nels. The first street style site I became aware of was a section of Japanese design portal Shift who started publishing street fashion photos about ten years ago.