MADE IN CHINA:Workers assembling iPads, iPhones and other products often work in abusive and sometimes deadly conditions. At a factory in Chengdu, employees of Foxconn offer a glimpse inside their factory.
This video is part of the New York Times’ series “The iEconomy.” Articles in this series are examining challenges posed by increasingly globalized high-tech industries. See also:
- Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad
- Poll Finds Consumer Confusion on Where Apple Devices Are Made
- How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work
THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON:According to ancient Chinese mythology, an evil spirit known as Nian (年) would terrorize villagers on the first day of the new year. To protect themselves, villagers would create loud noises to ward off the evil spirit. Millennia later, the Chinese still uphold this tradition by setting off fireworks continuously for a two week period.
全 中国和全世界的人民都在欢天喜 地地庆祝中国农历新年-龙年的 到来。五位来自外国的 摄影师用他们的镜头记录下了北 京人欢庆春节的喜庆场面并讲述 了中国人过年放鞭炮包饺子等悠 久传统的由来。本 片由Jonah M. Kessel, Paul Morris, Kit Gillet, Keith Bedford 和 Jim Fields拍摄制作。
- To see last year’s New Year’s video and the back story of this video click here.
- For a (tongue in cheek) behind the scenes look at how this film was made click here.
- For more on this 36 hour production see Dan Chung’s DSLR News Shooter blog.
A DATE WITH THE CENSORS: Feicheng Wurao or If You Are the One is China’s hottest reality TV show. Every week over 50 million people tune in to watch one guy, try to get a date. The seemingly innocent premise has attracted the eyes of Chinese censors and starting in 2012 strict new regulations will be made across all Chinese TV stations.
More: China TV Grows Racy, and Gets a Chaperon by Edward Wong
WUKAN JOURNAL: After a land-dispute protest which attracted media from around the world, life in Wukan seems to have returned to normal for now. My reporter’s journal from Wukan. For more on this story see:
Video Journal: Wukan Journal Unfinished
Print Journal: Canny Villagers Grasp Keys to Loosen China’s Muzzle
WORD CRIMES: Murong Xuecun is a novelist who writes about corruption in China. In the last year, he has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of censorship.
纽约时报： 慕容雪村 和中国的审查问题
MORE ON MURONG XUECUN:
• Read Edward Wong’s story “Pushing China’s Limits on Web, if Not on Paper”
• An Excerpt from ‘Leave Me Alone: A Novel of Chengdu’
• More on Murong: Words We Can Use, and Those We Can Not
NORTH KOREA OPENS FOR BUSINESS: In a push to bring in more foreign investment, North Korean officials guide Chinese business people and reporters on a tour of a free trade and economic zone in the country. To help spread the word, the authoritarian government invited New York Times Correspondant Edward Wong with other foreign journalists to get a rare view of nascent capitalism at work.
North Korea footage shot by Edward Wong.
Editing and Beijing studio photography by Jonah M. Kessel.
Backstory to this video video here.
Filming China’s Dark Side: Documentarian Zhao Liang explores Chinese bureaucracy.
Zhao Liang’s films, which explore the relationship between the Chinese government and its citizens, have received critical acclaim abroad, but are not screened in China.
For the New York Times | nytimes.com
by Jonah M. Kessel | jonahkessel.com
To read Ed Wong’s accompanying story click here.
To read more about the making of this video click here.
拍中国的黑暗 面：纪录片导演赵亮探索中国的官僚体系
赵亮拍的影片主题调查中国政府和公民的互 相关系。这些作品在海外受到评论家的赞成，但是影片在国内被封闭
THE REDDEST VILLAGE IN CHINA: On the eve of the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, I visited Nanjiecun, China’s last Maoist collective with the New York Times. This is like stepping back in time, but given a Canon 5D Mark II, to take with you.
• Ed Wong’s story “In China, a Place Where Maoism Still Reigns”
• More on this video here.
• For the New York Times | nytimes.com
• By Jonah M. Kessel | jonahkessel.com
Photographed with with: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 60D, Panasonic Lumix DMC-zs10, a Pelican case full of glass, Kessler Crane Pocket Dolly v2.0 Traveler Size, Manfrotto tripods, F-Stop Gear Bags, Gini custom rig, Rhode Video Mic, Zoom H1 Handy Recorder with wired Stereo Lav Mic – and as always Blackrapids Straps.
