Chengdu Living

Psykling is the Kung Fu of the bicycle. Want to learn more? I share my tips and experiences in this 5-point guide to the essentials.

Big names are leaving China these days, and so are some little ones. In this essay I rant about China, repeat myself, and conclude with something somewhat heartwarming … China is dead, long live China.

American painter Will Kerr’s show is running until July 6th in Chengdu. Get down there and experience thousands of years of creativity hitting you full force right in the cerebellum.

Last weekend Chengdu hosted dozens of bands and thousands of patrons at the Big Love music festival. But was it all love?

It’s important to find refuge from the world where one can work, relax and just be in one’s own world for a while. This little cafe is my current No. 1 Chill Spot. Don’t miss it.

In her latest profile of Chengdu artists, Tabitha tries to make sense of Zhou Bin’s extreme performance art and the power of the naked body, while not vomiting or otherwise expelling body fluids all over the place.

I spent some time with Fan Jianchuan, China’s greatest collector of historical and contemporary artifacts and the man behind the Anren Museum Cluster. Walking through the cluster with him was an enlightening experience. Read about it inside.

A description of the clientele at Chengdu’s various bars and clubs has been spreading across Chinese social networks like wildfire recently. This is it, translated. Who knew it’d be so accurate and entertaining?

Having spent a full year as a resident artist at Sichuan University, we interview him here about his impressions of and thoughts on the Chengdu and China art scene.

Fortune Magazine recently announced that they will hold their Fortune Global Forum 2013 in Chengdu. The slogan of the forum is “China’s New Future” and we explore what that may mean in this article.