Shortly After Losing Qiaodan Lawsuit, What Brings Michael Jordan Back to China?
China is more fanatical about basketball than any other sport. But despite the game’s huge popularity here, and the huge market potential it presents, it’s been 11 years since one of its greatest...
View ArticleDigital Forensics: Recreating the Rise of Korean Skincare
When it comes to skincare, the West is arguably decades behind the far East, both in terms of know-how and brand offerings. As in China, the United States has a growing fascination with Korean...
View ArticleFlamingo Cinema: Back to the Future Documentary “Back In Time”
In the movie Back to the Future Part II, Doc Brown persuades Marty McFly to leave 1985 behind and travel forward in time to 2015 in order to save Marty’s children. With the date on which the film...
View ArticleStyle Five: October 2015 – Issue IX
Style 5 asks 5 people 5 questions to chronicle the transformation and variety of style, attitude and culture in China. Shanghai Fashion Week was busier than ever this year. More designers are...
View ArticleBack to Black (and White): Shanghai Fashion Week Report SS 2016
It is undeniable, after seeing racks on racks of monochrome, that Chinese designers have gone back to the chalkboard. The Shanghai Showroom was dominated by bold graphics and shapes mainly sketched in...
View ArticleEvent: Flamingo and the FCC Present “Ovaltine & Elephants”, a discussion of...
A week out from the Myanmar national election on November 8, Flamingo and the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) present a discussion of the country’s future. How will the election result...
View ArticleChina’s 13th Five Year Plan Has Its Own Music Video in English
China’s leaders are meeting this week to finalise the country’s 13th five year plan, which will lay out development goals for the years 2016-2020. Previous plans have set economic growth targets that...
View ArticleChina Ends One Child Policy, Retains No Child and Two Child Policies
The Chinese Communist Party yesterday announced that all married couples will be permitted to have two children. The move further slackens a policy that already had exemptions for rural families,...
View ArticleFlamingo Launches “Ovaltine & Elephants: A Cultural Survey of Myanmar”
Ovaltine & Elephants: A Cultural Survey of Myanmar is a collection of essays, interviews and infographics by journalists, academics and researchers. With Myanmar’s November 8 general election...
View ArticleFlamingo Cinema: China Remix
Documentary short China Remix explores Guangzhou’s burgeoning African population through the lives of three African hip hop artists. Directed by American filmmakers Melissa Lefkowitz and Dorian...
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