These are just several of a beautiful series of photographs by up-and-comer Fan Shishan, featured on NeochaEDGE. The series, called “2 of Us” “characterizes the effects of China’s one-child policy on the identity formation of young Chinese people,” focusing mainly on their creation of “alter-egos” to substitute for the siblings they never had. It is well worth a look - the rest of the pictures and an interview with Fan are on NeochaEDGE. more ›

We always love it when someone highlights the amazing stuff students and amateurs are doing here in China. While the domestic industry for cartoons hasn't seem to have completely removed itself from copycatting Japan (usually, badly) or its own low production values, animations like this remind us that there IS real talent hiding beneath the surface. more ›

Chinese hipster shoes (or kung fu shoes, depending how far you go back with the brand) Warrior Footware's USA division is now looking for Shanghai artists to collaborate on a new project. Like kicks? Like design? Then sign up: details are on NeochaEDGE. Warrior will meet interested artists starting Monday next week. more ›

Neocha Edge, cataloguer of everything artsy in China (and around it), has pointed out this amazing short animation called Dark Rain. Unfortunately, it's only on Youtube right now, but you're bound to have a solution for the GFW by now, right? more ›

NeochaEDGE is a daily-curated, bilingual website and discovery engine dedicated to showcasing leading-edge creative content and emerging youth culture in China. Beyond the website, NeochaEDGE is also a full-service idea and execution house passionate about helping clients understand, engage, and co-create with Chinese creative communities, trendsetters, and youth culture opinion leaders. Today they introduce us to five animations that caught their eye in 2009. more ›

We had the lovely opportunity to pick the brains of Shanghai artist Nini Sum. Picking was quite interesting: Nini is the creator of IdleBeats, an accessible (and affordable...) screen-printing business and community in Shanghai. They just launched their website this month, so you can visit and subscribe to the IdleBeats Blog and mailing list to hear about their latest events and projects here. more ›

Over the weekend, A Nice Set - the traveling exhibition of leading artist-designed slipmats (that thing you place over your vinyl records) - debuted at SOURCE. Presented by NeochaEdge and Jellymon, the Shanghai edition not only featured mats by international artists, it also was the first showing of original slipmat designs from Chinese counterparts. more ›

• Shanghai is going to be the next stop for A Nice Set, a traveling exhibition of customized slipmats designed by leading artsts from around the world. The exhibition will open at 7:30pm on September 12 at SOURCE. [Neocha Edge]
• The Wall Street Journal has a great piece on Zhaohang village, which contains land that would've been razed to build Shanghai Disneyland. As is the way in China, many villagers didn't get the compensation they were hoping for. [WSJ]
• Bad news for all those trying to make a quick buck on their foreign faces, apparently Shanghai is cracking down on foreign people modeling firms. [Shanghai Daily]

Adam Schokora, of 56minus1 fame, recently grabbed our attention after co-founding NeochaEDGE, a website and consultancy focused on showcasing creative talent in China. We asked him a few questions about the future of NeochaEDGE and the creative scene in China. more ›