Matthew Niederhauser on Counterfeit Paradises: Youth Culture and Urban Development in China – October 18th, Shanghai

I first met Matthew Niederhauser a couple of years ago ostensibly because he is a relative of the old China Hand Anna Louise Strong and we swapped stories about the old gal for an afternoon. I personally think it’s very cool to have a pro-China Wobbly in the family! Anyway, Matthew himself is a massively talented photographer who was based in Beijing for quite some time and specialised in looking (and snapping) the underground music scene; images which he gathered together in an excellent book called Sound Kapital. And  now he’s coming to the RAS Shanghai to talk about it.