Middle Earth - China's Cultural Industry Podcast

Send us a textLeaving Chinese Tier 1 cities that are often the heartbeat of cultural creation and where artists can find patreons, we met two creatives that leave in remote artists communities. Leveraging cheap rent and the artistic community around them, they offer a testimony to creatives' never ending resourcefulness.Featuring- Guo Xiadong : Film Producer (in Songzhuang - near Beijing)- Ryan LaBar : Artist (in Jingdezhen - Jiangxi province)To go further- Middle Earth episode #20 Making a Metropolis: Contemporary Chinese Architecture and Urban Planning - Middle Earth episode #86 Surviving the cutthroat world of e-commerce in China, with Dr Lin Zhang author of "The Labor of Reinvention" - TWOC's article What’s Next for China’s Once-Thriving Artist Communes? by Alex Colville- TWOC's article Bringing the Porcelain Capital of the World into the 21st Century by TIna XuMiddle Earth is made by China Compass Productions and hosted by Aladin Farré. If you have a China-themed cultural project