Chengdu Living

Yang Mian is one of Chengdu’s most successful artists. His work explores boundaries between reality and illusion, perspectives and standards – interrogating and challenging concepts we all take for granted. We take a closer look in this essay.

Hugo Boue had gong fu dreams all his life and recently pursued them all the way to Chengdu, spending a month with Master Li Cuan. His story inside.

Sichuan and Chongqing are joining hands across what was once a single territory to create one of the largest special economic zones in China, the Chengdu-Chonqing Economic Zone. If everything goes according to plan …

Shifting between the landscape art community in Seattle in the United States and Sichuan Province in China, Liang Wei is one of a kind.

After publishing a book on the development of cities in Central and Western China, what does Michiel Hulshof think about Chengdu? I ask him in this interview.

Word Tracer, a character writing app exclusively for iPad, is one of the coolest apps for Chinese learners that I’ve founded. Read about it inside.

Last fall I spent six weeks working with a video production crew to tell the story of Chengdu. We ended up with three shorts: Mind, Body and Spirit, that present an inspiring picture of Chengdu’s culture, people and traditions.

If you’re in Chengdu or thinking about coming to Chengdu, there are a few preparations you should make. Brendan spells out the details after a year of integrating into the city.

Tang Wu Gang is a young, up and coming artist with a unique style and a flair for armor, oil and good smokes. We take a closer work at the man and his art in this latest installment of Chengdu Artists

Moms across China are taking their bodies and their children back from the clan and the State and trying to create the “village” kids need themselves, through online and offline mama groups.