Institute For The Future

DIY television takes you to Beijing

Danwei TV now has its own website here. Danwei TV is the brainchild of the authors of the excellent Chinese media blog, Danwei, and features smart, well-produced, fast moving video clips of cool people and places around the city of Beijing.  A recent clip is well worth watching: it's on Mu Zimei, the famous, sexually outspoken blogger who brought blogs to the Chinese mainstream consciousness just a few years ago.  The "broadcaster," Jeremy Goldkorn, wears a yellow hardhat and interviews Mu Zimei (real name, Li Li) in her apartment. I guess it shouldn't be surprising that she's very outspoken about her sex life (this is the woman who famously podcasted a quickie, here), even when she's not blogging!  Great stuff. 

 

It would really be something if this format caught on so we could also watch clips produced by Chinese DIY reporters--but it might be considered too risky.