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A Tale of Two Cities: Chengdu vs. Shanghai

A Tale of Two Cities: Chengdu vs. Shanghai

I love Chengdu, but I gotta go. I took a job as copy editor in the antithesis of the ‘Du: glitzy, glamorous Shanghai. Here’s what I think about these two cities after spending 10 years in Sichuan.

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American Architects Find Work and Freedom in China

American Architects Find Work and Freedom in China

After being laid of from one of the largest architecture firms in the world along with many of his colleagues in January of 2009, Adam Mayer tooled around the San Francisco Bay Area until his former boss and mentor told him that if he wanted to work, he should go to where the construction is heaviest: China.

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Inside China’s Voice Acting Industry

Inside China’s Voice Acting Industry

It’s not that I’m disenchanted with China’s voice-acting industry; I’m actually a little impressed.

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