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An interview with Flypig and Ping Ke, the two Chinese bloggers who make the excellent Antiwave podcast (www.antiwave.net). We talk about Antiwave's birth and history and touch on several subjects, including: - Media in China and how much things have changed the days, back in the 1980s, when Ping Ke's heart was set aflutter just by seeing a copy of Time magazine - Japan and the proper Chinese attitude towards their historical enemy http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

A short video about showing the current state of four of Beijing's new mega buildings: - Rem Koolhaas' new CCTV building - Paul Andreu's National Theater - The National Swimming Center or 'Water Cube' designed by PTW - The Olympic Stadium designed Herzog & de Meuron Shot and edited by Luke Mines, presented by Jeremy Goldkorn. http://Danwei.org http://Danwei.tv Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

In this Danwei Music meet experimental musician Wu Fei. She is classically trained on the guzheng, one of China's most ancient string instruments. Wu is a Beijinger but now lives in the United States, where she studied music and recorded her first solo album "A Distant Youth." In this episode we film her on her China tour as she improvises on the guzheng with other experimental musicians and in the courtyard of her family's Beijing apartment. Here are her websites: www.wufeimusic.com and myspace.com/feiwu the record label is www.forresthillrecords.com(ITA) http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

Bela Fleck, Abigail Washburn, Casey Driessen and Ben Sollee, fresh from their tour of Tibet, are playing in Beijing on November 10 and 11, 2006. Check out www.ygtwo.com for more information. This interview with the band was recorded on a hutong house rooftop as they jammed with Illiqi and Hujilitu from the Beijing-based Mongolian folk band Hanggai before they left for Tibet. Sound was recorded with on camera microphones. http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

In which our heroine Su Fei goes around Beijing, asking Chinese people what their English names are, and why they need them. Who said China is not a creative country? - Starring Su Fei, shot and edited by Luke Mines, with music by Fernando Fidanza http://www.danwei.tv http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

This episode is a tour of Beijing's Dashanzi Art District (aka Factory 798) during its annual festival, including interviews with artists, festival organizers and visitors. The district was recently threatened with demolition, and the episode tells the story of how the unique cultural space was saved. Credits: Shot and edited by Anna Sophie Loewenberg and Luke Mines, presented by Jeremy Goldkorn, music by Fernando Fidanza http://www.danwei.tv http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

Sexy Beijing is Danwei TV's new show. It's about love, lust, youth culture and street life in China's capital. Presented by Su Fei, this episode was shot by Luke Mines and edited by Anna Sophie Loewenberg, with music by Fernando Fidanza. www.danwei.tv http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

This episode of the Hard Hat Show is about migrant workers in Beijing. It includes interviews and footage of an event at Beijing's Jianwai Soho real esate development where an NGO called Hua Dan, together with UNESCO and the property developers, organized 'Together with Migrants'. This day long event was intended to both teach and entertain migrant workers and inform the general public about their plight. In this episode of the Hard Hat Show, we speak to migrant workers as well as artists and organizers from the event, and find out what some of the workers think of the Jianwai Soho development and Pan Shiyi, the media figure and tycoon behind it. This episode was shot by Anna Sophie Loewenberg, Hao Chong and Luke Mines, edited and with interviews by Anna Sophie Loewenberg, presented by Jeremy Goldkorn, with music by Fernando Fidanza. Pan Shiyi was not harmed in the making of this episode. This episode is also available on www.danwei.TV. - Hua Dan organization: www.hua-dan.org - Participating artist Han Bing: www.amormundi.com - www.danwei.org - www.danwei.tv http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

Ma Yansong (马岩松) is a young architect whose Beijing firm Mad recently won an international competion for the design of a landmark residential tower in Mississauga, Canda's seventh largest city. Dubbed the 'Marilyn Monroe Building', it is a spectacular and sensuous skyscraper that was the favorite choice of the judges, the press and the public. Danwei TV recently caught up with Ma and asked him some questions about the Marilyn Monroe Building, and his views on architecture in China. To see more of Mad's work, take a look at their www.i-mad.com This video was shot and edited by Luke Mines, the clip is presented by Jeremy Goldkorn, with music by Fernando Fidanza and Jerry Chan. http://www.danwei.tv http://www.danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

An interview with Muzi Mei (aka muzimei, Mu Zimei), the young Chinese woman who shot to fame in 2003 after starting a blog filled with descriptions of her sex life. http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

An interview with Thomas Shao, the CEO of Modern Media Group, one of Mainland China's most successsful independent print media operations. Shot and edited by Luke Mines, presented by Jeremy Goldkorn. http://Danwei.org http://Danwei.tv Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

Danwei TV 4 is about the Super Girls TV show. Chao Nu, the abbreviation of Chao Ji Nu Sheng (超级女声) or Super Voice Girls, is the name of a televised singing competition similar to American Idol, produced and broadcast by Hunan Province Satellite Television Station. In 2005, the second year of the program, Super Girls became a runaway TV hit, captivating young women across the nation, making stars of the finalists and reaping windfall profits for Hunan TV. This video summarizes last year's show and includes interviews with frenzied fans of runner up Zhou Bichang. This video was shot and edited by Luke Mines, and presented by Jeremy Goldkorn. http://Danwei.org http://Danwei.tv Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

This episode of Danwei Music is about Say Bok Gwai (死白鬼), San Francisco's first Chinese American hardcore band. Say Bok Gwai's original compositions are rooted in American punk/thrash/ hardcore music but sung primarily in Cantonese. The subject matter of their lyrics ranges from Chinese American identity to grappling with traditional Chinese values. Their music is not for the timid or easily offended. Frontman Alex Yeung is a long time San Franciscan musician who has worked in both the local rock and experimental music scenes. Alex serves as the songwriter and guitarist for Say Bok Gwai, as well as playing guitar for the instrumental group Fear of Math. Drummer Andre Custodio has been an integral part of the Bay Area experimental music scene for over 10 years and is also part of the experimental trio, Tri-Cornered Tent Show. Say Bok Gwai has released their self-titled debut CD on Monkey King Reccords. This episode of Danwei Music was shot and edited by Anna Sophie Loewenberg, with music by Say Bok Gwai and the intro tune by Beijing band Reflector. www.danwei.tv Links: Say Bok Gwai homepage: www.monkeykingrecords.com/sbg Say Bok Gwai Myspace page: www.myspace.com/sbg http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

Sha Zhou is a 19 year old MC who raps in the dialect of his home town Qingdao, home of the famous Tsingtao beer. The Danwei crew visited Sha Zhou at his parents house one night to speak to him and his family about making a music career out of hip hop in China. You can find out the latest news about MC Sha Zhou at this link (in Chinese): http://www.ent365.com/ent_userqtzy/profile.asp?pid=105467854403562 http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

Southwest of Qianmen and Tiananmen Square in Beijing is a maze of narrow alleyways stretching from the theater and market street of Dazhalan all the way west to Liulichang, Beijing's antique and traditional Chinese art supplies street. In the Qing Dynasty, this area was the city's commercial quarter where travelling tradesmen and local commoners who were not allowed to live in the Manchurian City (sometimes called Tartar City in English language accounts) north of Qianmen. It was also the place where Beijing opera really took off, and the area of choice for theaters, tea houses, inns, opium dens and brothels. As Beijing prepares for the Olympics, this historic quarter's future is uncertain. This episode of the Hard Hat Show is an interview with American writer Mike Meyer, who is living in the area and writing a book about it, to be published next year by Walker / Bloomsbury. He has been living in a small room in a communal courtyard, volunteer teaching at schools, and getting to know the community. He tells us about the history and future of the neighborhood, and the problem of preserving the area in the face of Beijing's hyperspeed urban development. This video is also available at Danwei TV, where there are links to other ways to see the video, including an option to download the entire video as a Quicktime file. Credits: Shot and edited by Luke Mines, presented by Jeremy Goldkorn, with music by Fernando Fidanza. www.danwei.tv http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

Starting after moderator Jeremy Goldkorn has already asked a few questions. Speakers (l-r): Raymond Zhou, movie critic, blogger, columnist for various newspapers and the author of essays and several books about film, media and society; Lindsey Hilsum, International News Editor for Britain's Channel 4 News and the current China correspondent; Jeremy Goldkorn, moderator and founder of Danwei.org; Jonathan Watts, the East Asia correspondent of The Guardian; and Steven Lin (a.k.a. Flypig), an Olympic News Editor at Sohu.com and half of the duo that produces Antiwave (反波), a series of podcasts that focus on foreign and Chinese media.

Blogger, journalist, editor and author Cory Doctorow is a mighty force in Internet circles -- and a leading commentator on digital culture. Editor of Boing Boing.com, and regular speaker at forums and conferences worldwide, Cory was the first person ever to make a novel available freely online (and still make money), effectively ripping up the publishing rulebook. A fascinating speaker, Cory will be introduced by danwei.org blogger Jeremy Goldkorn.

A short film about the 2006 open air Beijing Midi Music Festival, with music by Subs and Zhang Youdai. The flm focuses on the festival's traditional flea market which will probably not be allowed by the organizers next year. - Shot and edited by Anna-Sophie Loweneberg www.danwei.tv http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

A short film about Uighurs in Beijing.The Uighurs, pronounced Wee-gers and sometimes spelled Uyghurs, are a Muslim ethnic group from Xinjiang, Chinese central Asia. Danwei TV interviews several Uighurs in Beijing selling lamb kebabs (yang rou chuan'r) and Uighur candy, and shows their working conditions. Interviews were conducted in Mandarin, which is not the Uighurs native tongue: they speak their own language, which is related to Turkish. Shot and edited by Luke Mines, this film is presented by Jeremy Goldkorn, with original music by Fernando Fidanza. ------------ http://Danwei.tv http://Danwei.org _______________ Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

Hong Huang's mother was Mao Zedong's English teacher. She was sent to the U.S. for education as a teenager, and has returned to become one of the most influential entrepreneurs in Chinese print media. Now she has discovered the power of the blog. This show is the first half of a two part profile of Hong. - Shot and edited by Anna Sophie Loewenberg, presented by Jeremy Goldkorn, music by Fernando Fidanza - www.danwei.tv http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

This Danwei TV episode introduces a new format: Choice Cuts, in which we introduce other filmmakers and video artists. The first Choice Cuts episode presents 'By Bicycle to the Supermarket' by Camille Levert, a French blogger and video artist who lives in Beijing. Her photo and video blog is www.camillenligne.com. She also blogs in French at camillenchine.canalblog.com. http://Danwei.tv http://Danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

A short program about the newsstands of Beijing where most residents of the city purchase newspapers and magazines. The program includes short interviews with a newsstand operator and two customers. Shot and edited by Luke Mines, presented by Jeremy Goldkorn. Shot and edited by Luke Mines, presented by Jeremy Goldkorn. http://Danwei.org http://Danwei.tv Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

Part 2 of danwei's 2nd plenary session. Speakers (l-r): Raymond Zhou, movie critic, blogger, columnist for various newspapers and the author of essays and several books about film, media and society; Lindsey Hilsum, International News Editor for Britain's Channel 4 News and the current China correspondent; Jeremy Goldkorn, moderator and founder of Danwei.org; Jonathan Watts, the East Asia correspondent of The Guardian; and Steven Lin (a.k.a. Flypig), an Olympic News Editor at Sohu.com and half of the duo that produces Antiwave (反波), a series of podcasts that focus on foreign and Chinese media.

Meet media mogul Hong Huang (洪晃 ) in the second part of a two part interview. Hong talks about the Chinese beauty mystique, jealousy, feminism, bar-fights, and her acting debut in recently released feature film Perpetual Motion, which was directed by her longtime friend Ning Ying. http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

Nan Luoguxiang is one of the oldest hutongs in Beijing and has been a residential neighborhood for hundreds of years. In the last few years, bars, cafés and boutique stores have flourished in the alley way, drawing tourists and Beijing residents in search of low key night life and a taste of old Beijing. In the last six months, the local government renovated the alley way, destroying temporary structures that some residents had built, cleaning up the facades of the buildings and repaving the alley with grey stones. Was the renovation successful, or just another example of bad urban planning in Beijing? This Hard Hat Show episode is an interview with Xiao Bian'r, the owner of the oldest bar on Luoguxiang (see www.passbybar.com) http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv