Traditional Chinese landscape art is magnificent – although let's be honest, it looks like a lot of these artists lived in the same neighborhood. The karst hills, the mist that seems to rise every dang morning, lovely, but that one kinda looks like that other one there.

Enter Yang Yongliang. The Shanghai-born artist who graced us last year as part of Ullens Contemporary Center for Art as part of The Creators Project, Yang combines ancient landscapes with modern photography, resulting in prints that look like, well, in some cases, Hong Kong.

The mysterious streaker who has been photographed running across Beijing streets with items including a crucifix and a sex doll has been exposed as artist Li Binyuan, a graduate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Li seems to have revealed himself because although his midnight streaks through Wangjing have gone viral (NSFW), his claimed 10 dashes have only been recorded or posted six times. Let's face it: if you're a performance artist running naked through the streets of Beijing and surprised drivers only photographed or videoed you six times, that's just not enough exposure.

Nicely Made in China (NMiC) just celebrated its third anniversary of letting the world know who is making quality products in the mainland and where to find them. China is the sort of place where you really have to dig to find things that aren't mass produced in a factory or cheaply made, so we're glad we have people who can do the digging for us. Now, they're making the hunt even easier by featuring one-of-a-kind items on their site.

Green is good. That's why Greening the Beige is collecting eco-creative submissions from Chinese artists for its Fund for the Green Arts. There's just two days left to submit your work and win cool prizes, including exclusive T-shirts from the NLGX Design Store and a bundle of cash.

In our March issue, we talked to seven personalities of the JUE Festival to tell us more about each of the seven elements of JUE. Tom Pattinson, founder of Affordable Art Beijing (now SURGE Art), tells us what we can expect at this Friday's SURGE Art preview party.

Pop quiz: think of ten French words. Easy, right? Now, think of ten French words, not including any of the following: fromage, hors d'œuvre, voulez-vous coucher avec moi. Yeah, we thought so. Luckily, the Alliance Française is throwing its Francophone World Festival in March, featuring a month full of music, movies, and art that will let you brush up on la belle langue. Here are some of the highlights:

Do you know your way around a sketchpad? Have you been itching for an interesting artistic challenge? Well, we have a theme that we’d like you to bring to life: Time Travel in Beijing.

We’re planning to showcase the entries in an upcoming issue of the magazine and a subsequent art exhibition.

Yes, the future is bleak. At least it is if you ask artist Benoit Cezard. His ongoing online photojournalism project depicts his idea of China in 2050 – a world where foreigners provide the manual labor. The images show hauntingly familiar sights around Beijing with a twist. To be honest, they kind of creep us out. Cezard believes that “China’s migrant workers will be replaced by westerners, so they have to get used to it in advance.” He’s not alone in speculating that China may soon not be a good place for expats. An article on Businessweek.com entitled “Looking to Get Ahead? China Doesn't Want You” says it all. But not all expats seem to be afraid of living a less luxurious lifestyle ...

Autism's become a very real problem for Chinese children, but the country's continued lack of infrastructure for supporting special needs education makes it all the more important that groups like Golden Wings exist. They help address children's autism with art therapy. This weekend, you get a chance to help out, too.

Have you ever imagined what Beijing would look like if there were a global pandemic, a nuclear fallout or zombie outbreak? Sci-fi disaster films have given the post-apocalyptic treatment to many of the world's great cities, but China's teeming megalopolises have not been immortalized in that way. Until now.