Matt Hope, a Beijing-based artist, is taking his adopted city’s problems head on. Instead of hiding in his apartment and dealing with Beijing’s extreme pollution crisis with the help of air filters ...

(indieWIRE/ 01.25.02) — When director Wang Xiaoshuai conceived the idea for “Beijing Bicycle,” his friends reacted incredulously. “In this day and age, who’s going to spend their energy fighting over ...

People who talk about the transformation of China often mention the streets. Decades ago, Chinese cities had very few cars. Millions of people rode bikes instead. That has changed now that China buys ...

The government of China's capital is moving aggressively to reduce Beijing's infamous smog. Dangerous pollution has plagued the city of almost 22 million people for years. Beijing's leaders recently ...

A leading member of the new Sixth Generation of Chinese filmmakers—following the rightly heralded Fifth Generation, which includes Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Tian Zhuangzhuang—Wang Xiaoshuai ...

Imagine Pee-Wee's Big Adventure with anguish instead of laughter. That's Beijing Bicycle, an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike.