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Ai Weiwei takes us on a tour of his Beijing

A subversive city tour — China’s dissident art superstar Ai Weiwei shows off his Beijing neighbourhood before a major exhibition in London.

  • Art
  • HUCK HQ

Are China's 'ghost cities' really a mark of failure?

Lost in the empty sprawl — The last few years have seen a growing media interest in China's so-called 'ghost cities', massive feats of architecture and city planning that appear completely uninhabited. But Wade Shepard, who travelled around the new cities extensively, says there's more to them than meets the eye.

  • Culture
  • Alex Robert Ross

Laura Poitras explores surveillance and pandas with Ai Weiwei

The Art of Dissent — The Citizenfour filmmaker collaborates with dissident artists Ai Weiwei and Jason Appelbaum on an art-project in Beijing.

  • Culture
  • Robin Nierynck

What to see at the Chinese Visual Festival

Documentaries, fiction and experimental art videos. — A unique cultural event celebrating Chinese art, culture and film, with more than 40 independent films.

  • Top Picks
  • Robin Nierynck

A mother’s crusade against pollution has become a viral hit in China

Under the Dome — A new Erin Brockovich-style documentary exploring the damaging effects of pollution in China is sweeping the nation with concern.

  • Activism
  • Megan White

China's leading indie director tackles pollution

The monster in Jia Zhangke's latest film creeps into people's lungs to destroy them. — A film rebel with a cause, Jia Zhangke, has been called one of the major revelations of the last two decades and one of the greatest filmmakers working today. His latest explores one of China's biggest problems.

  • Culture
  • D'Arcy Doran

Dalai Lama does Glastonbury

The Dalai Lama may have gotten one up on China with a Glastonbury 2015 spot. — A Glastonbury spot is a natural for Tibetan Buddhism’s leader. And by dubbing him a Jackal, Splittist and Wolf in Monk’s Robes, China has made him sound like the most rock n’ roll monk ever.

  • Activism
  • D'Arcy Doran

Is Hong Kong's Umbrella Man the new Tank Man?

Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests — "People's Republic of Amnesia" author Louisa Lim on Umbrella Man and Tank Man and how the spirit of Tiananmen Square has influenced the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests.

  • Activism
  • D'Arcy Doran

Why We Protest

Hong Kong — Hong Kong has seen its biggest street demonstrations in a decade in a potential prelude to an Occupy protest in the former British colony's city centre. Huck asks the protesters why they are taking to the streets.

  • Activism
  • Richie Benson

Tiananmen: 25 Years On

The Power of a Picture — Dissident artist Ai Weiwei and iconic photojournalist Jeff Widener make us remember the atrocities of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, twenty-five years on.

  • Activism
  • Shelley Jones

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