Blog Author - Anthony Tao

Will China Save or Destroy Humanity? Jonathan Watts Launches His New Book on the Environment
  Unless you’ve been living in a bubble, you know the air’s not that great here. But all of us who’ve been in Beijing a while also...
Helping Chinese Rural Communities Through *Fair* Fair Trade
This Saturday from 1 to 5 pm at Argo...
The Power of Seven Steinways: Not Your Typical Piano Recital
François Lindemann, founder and member of the Swiss Piano Seven, likes to say the sound of seven pianos is "not...
Shanghai Expo: the Fun, the Funny and the Absolutely Frightening
The sheer crush of humanity knows no mercy. It honors no man. Its yawning mandible will consume you with a dizzying hotness and...
'Facehook' explores the creepy underbelly of online social networking
Did you know Facebook, among other online social networking sites like Renren Wang and...
Shanghai's Past As Seen Through Photos
As good Beijingers, we all ostensibly harbor a loathing of Shanghai. (Those damn Shenhua beat our beloved Guoan -- excuse me, I...
Win Tickets to Trondheim Symphony Orchestra's China Debut
  Norway's venerable Trondheim Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is touring China for the first time in its 101-year history, with its...
Photo Enthusiasts, Unite: China Foreign Photographers Club
  Anyone who's ever picked up a higher-end model of a single-lens reflex (SLR) camera and wondered, Where the heck's the button to...
Ultimate Warriors: Don't Mention the “F” Word
I’ll never forget the image of Ken Su, captain of Beijing Bang, standing on a chair during a post-tournament dinner last May trying to toast...