Tag: Video

  • Documentary on Ai Weiwei’s New York (20-minute video)

    I never got around to noting the exciting future release of Alison Klayman’s documentary on the life of artist Ai Weiwei, though far more prominent writers did. But today I found just a taste of her work from an exhibition last year of Ai’s photographs while living in New York between 1983 and 1993. The…


  • Language Barriers at Ground Control (Video)

    Jason Li Virtual China posts this YouTube clip from a news program exploring the problem of Chinese pilots having limited English abilities when they land in English-language ports. It seems to me that the airline ought to put someone in the cockpit with a reasonable comprehension of the native language of airport where they land,…


  • Video: Li Tieqiao's Magic Mouthpiece

    As promised here is a video clip of experimental saxophonist Li Tieqiao (李铁桥) from his show with Xiao He (小河) at D-22 this week. Here, he plays the mouthpiece without the horn. Later, he played the horn without the mouthpiece, apparently creating sound trumpet-style directly into the neck.


  • The Fancy Footwork of Xiao He (20 Seconds)

    Xiao He (小河) is a prominent experimental and folk musician here in Beijing. He’s been part of several groups variously described as bands, troupes, etc. Last night, I saw him live for the first time at D-22 in a show with a saxophonist named Li Tieqiao (李铁桥), who made sounds with his horn very few…


  • Hillary Brings China Into '08 U.S. Presidential Contest

    How issues involving China will play in the 2008 U.S. presidential election is yet mostly uncharted territory, but Senator Hillary Clinton revealed revealed some China talking points this week after the Shanghai market’s burp heard round the world. Sounding bells of economic populism, Clinton told CNBC the United States faces a “slow erosion of our…