Old North Whale Review

Old North Whale Review

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Old North Whale = 老北鲸 Lǎo Běi Jīng ≈ 老北京 Lǎo Běijīng. Tracing the tangled roots of modern China’s ‘Chineseness’ across history, culture, and art.

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About JingYu

Designer & Architect / Peking University / Columbia University / I love exploring crossroads of rationality and creativity, always curious about forces that define our world