Oh hai. I used to do a lot of things, among them jeans from North Korea. Today I – we – run Dear Future, more at dearfuture.se. I like comedy and a lot of the nerdy things people growing up in the 90's/early 00's learned to love: faces melting, fantasy, TRUE WWW, rap, etc.

Ever the pessimist, Chen sees the party’s rooting itself deeper and deeper into contemporary society. “I’ve become more quiet. I accept the reality: Protect yourself, and that’s it.

Cultural Exchange: A shaken art scene in Beijing — Chen Danqing, one of China’s most popular painters, ponders the aftermath of artist and provocateur Ai Weiwei’s arrest.