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China’s aggressive museum growth brings architectural wonders

April 30, 2014

With its expansive steel skin, tall parasol-shaped concrete pillars, and huge vestigial coal hoppers, the 33,000-square-meter Long Museum West Bund makes a grand impression in a former industrial site beside Shanghai’s Huangpu River. Launched at the end of March, the museum is the second and the largest private institution established by prominent Chinese art collectors … More China’s aggressive museum growth brings architectural wonders

Leslie T. Chang: ‘Learn to make your identity work for you’

March 18, 2011

Writing about the transformations that China’s migrant workers undergo when they set out for the cities was also a transformative experience for Leslie T. Chang, the author of “Factory Girls.” “I learned how to write in a different way [than business writing] and realized that I liked it much better,” she says. “I could pour … More Leslie T. Chang: ‘Learn to make your identity work for you’