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Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square

Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square (French: Le jour se lève sur la place Tienanmen) is a 1998 National Film Board of Canada short animated documentary directed by Shui-Bo Wang which received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Consisting of a colourful collage of personal and archival photos and original artwork, this fascinating documentary is one man's autobiographical look back at the turbulent Cultural Revolution and the subsequent years. An exceptional piece of work that is well worth 29 minutes of your time this Sunday: Haven't had enough? Watch previous Shanghaiist Sunday Shows here. 'Add

JUE | Music + Art Festival 2010: March 12 - 29

As if to signal the end of another dreary winter, this Spring brings the 2010 JUE Music + Art Festival. A celebration of the alternative, creative and progressive arts in Shanghai with no branding, no restrictions and no hidden agenda, JUE is an excuse not to be cooped up in your apartment. Experience a punk show, an art installation, and everything in between - Split Works, along with local galleries, record labels, and the international music community, has knitted together a diverse mix of visual arts exhibitions and live shows at venues across the city. And they've outlined at least some of the things you can look forward to, listed after the jump: JUE | Music Optimo (DJ Twitch + DJ Wilkes = Optimo): UK dance music legends, spinning everything from electro to post-punk to 50s swing music details TBA Hanggai: Mongolian folk rockers/throat singers March 12, Yuyintang, 1731 Yan'an Xi Lu St. Vincent: experimental folk rocker and indie crush-object from Houston, Texas March 13, Yuyintang, 1731 Yan'an Xi Lu Julie Doiron: the fairy-godmother of Canadian indie rock, whose latest offering was the #1 album of 2009 on Canadian campus radio March 17, Yuyintang, 1731 Yan'an Xi Lu Trippple Nippples: Japanese synth-punk freakazoids March 19, Yuyintang, 1731 Yan'an Xi Lu Dead Elvis & His One Man Grave: rockabilly from a Dutch zombie March 20, LOgO, 13 Xingfu Lu Omnipotent Youth Hotel: mellow rockers from Hebei, with a traditional Chinese twist March 20, Zhijiang Dream Factory, B4/F, 28 Yuyao Lu Yufeimen: Indie-electronica from Guangzhou March 27, MAO, 46 Yueyang Lu JUE | Art NeochaEDGE & Idle Beats: screen printing workshop March 13, details TBA MOVING HOUSE!: art exhibition (more details TBA) March 5 - 26, Art Labor Gallery, #10-36 Yongjia Lu Libido, Mortido: art exhibition, an extenuation of themes related to the sub-strata of conscious/subconscious determinants and according manifestations within the creative process March 6 - April 30, Island 6 Art Center, 50 Moganshan Road, building #6, 2F Shanghai Photographer Night: curated by Tim Franco with special guest Matthew Niederhauser March 24, Dada, 115 Xingfu Lu Andrew James Gallery: independent gallery that offers interesting works by leading Asian contemporary artists details TBA 5th Wall: a new performance troupe in Shanghai, exploring, re-imagining and re-enacting the world around us. This bold and experimental group strives not merely to be a passive social filter, but also an actively thought-provoking element in Shanghai's cultural life details TBA Zuloo Theatre Productions: a grass roots theatre organisation from the UK details TBA Want to get involved in JUE? Drop them a line at shanghaijue@spli-t.com 'Add

Spotted at the Beijing airport: US missionary Robert Park

Korean American missionary Robert Park is besieged by journalists at the Beijing Capital Airport after being freed from detention by North Korea. The 28 year old entered North Korea from China last Christmas by walking across the frozen Tumen River, carrying a letter to Kim Jong Il asking him to close down concentration camps and release all political prisoners. A report by the DPRK's Korean Central News Agency claims that Park attended a church service in Pyongyang, whereupon it suddenly dawned on him that "the DPRK people can read and believe whatever they want, whenever they want, wherever they want" and that he has since "seriously repented of the wrong I committed, taken in by the West's false propaganda". Sinologistical Violoncellist notes that police in Yanbian appear now to be trying to track down Park's collaborator in Yanji and that while the media circus surrounded Park in Beijing on Friday, Kim Jong Il was busy watching Russian opera. [h/t to Danwei] Can't view the above video? It's time to get yourself a VPN! 'Add

Shanghai politicos not sold on Shanghai Disneyland

Despite approval from Beijing authorities, it seems like the future of Shanghai Disneyland still isn't completely certain. Now the Shanghai members of the Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, a top political advisory body) are raising a fuss about how much money the amusement park will hemorrhage once it's built. It pointed to the losses sustained by Hong Kong Disneyland, arguing that perhaps that should serve as a warning before details are signed off on. Welp, even if Shanghai Disneyland never comes to fruiton, here's something else we can look forward to: a space park, which will open in Hainan in around 2013. 'Add

Extra! Extra! Unchained toddlers, satellite fears, and corrupt internet monitors

A Chinese toddler who was chained to a pole while his father worked in order to protect him from the same fate as his sister (who was abducted) has now been given three years of free childcare. [Daily Mail] The U.S. is thinking about switching out its satellites... because of perceived threats from China. [Reuters] A former Internet monitor is on trial for allegedly having taken 14 million yuan in bribes to help an anti-virus company defeat its competitor with manufactured criminal evidence. Uh, reason 3,034,109 for a free internet. [Global Times] Tudou and Youku are teaming up, launching a new online video joint broadcast model... possibly to combat competition and problems they get from CCTV. [China Tech News] Josh of FarWestChina talks to the BBC about how much of an "internet prison" Xinjiang has been since July. Sheesh, for all our GFW troubles, at least we aren't there. [BBC] Caijing reports on how systemic corruption in local governments has created a thriving market for "professional blackmail journalists." [Caijing] China's unwillingness to even talk about human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who disappeared under Chinese security agent custody last year, make people fear the worst. [New York Times] 'Add

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