The ResponsibleChina Show: Conrad Clark, China in “Soul Carriage”

Update: Conrad Clark received the Altadis New Directors Award at the Sans Sebastian Film Festival. Congrats, Conrad!
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Last week, I spoke to Conrad Clark, 28, producer and director from the Shanghai-based film company, Practice Productions.
Clark received his master’s degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, where he studied anthropology and cinema. [...]

Revisiting Burtynsky

(Thanks to my friend Oki for alerting me to this video!)
Back in July, I wrote about photographer Ed Burtynsky’s journey through China in the documentary, “Manufactured Landscapes,” directed by Jennifer Baichwal. See my original post here. And check out Burtysnky’s personal Web site here.
In a follow-up to that original post, here’s a video from February [...]

Inflation, pollution and pork

The inflation rate in China this year rose higher than expected to 4.2 percent, the highest its been since 1996, mainly because of rising food prices, according to the Asian Development Bank.
One reason for the spike was the outbreak of blue ear pig disease that caused pork shortages, thus driving up the prices of pork. [...]

Cutting smog on MySpace

Michele Weldon and Christine Loh from Civic Exchange, a Hong Kong-based think tank, showed me a link to their new MySpace profile that tracks Hong Kong’s air quality. You can check today’s Air Pollution Index, watch a Web cam view of the city’s harbour, and learn more about air pollution research. http://www.myspace.com/hkairquality
Hong Kong’s Air [...]

Housekeeping tasks: apps, profiles, etc.

Seeing as it is a lazy Saturday afternoon, I thought it would be a good idea to inform you about some of the changes to my site (and my overall online presence…)
I’ve added some additional elements to my blog to help foster a greater sense of community:

For VIDEOS: ResponsibleChina channel on YouTube

I started my own [...]