#China From All Angles
Louis Luk is founder and CEO of LAVA MUSIC, which was founded in 2013 by Louis in the campus of Musicians Institute Hollywood Hear More
Qiuzi, also known as Qz, is managing editor of i-D China and a true Third Culture Kid who has an amusing and bitter sense of humor. Being in the fashion world, she is not what you’d imagine her to be, and she has a lot to say about that.
Show notes:
3:20 The concept of third culture kids
4:30 How having been educated early on in China, but then spending adolescence in America and embracing different cultures shaped her.
9:30 Facing discrimination in school from not only other students, but from teachers as well
17:00 How Asians are often still considered other in American society
21:30 How experiences with diversity in Europe and South Africa differed from life in America
28:00 The struggle for immigrant families to integrate into western society while holding on to ethnic tradition
31:00 The question of whether one’s identity leans toward their nationality or their ethnicity
36:00 How her career ended up in fashion media
50:00 The importance of equal representation in media
57:00 Incidents of brands, designers or even photographers who have received backlash in China for certain campaigns
#China From All Angles
Louis Luk is founder and CEO of LAVA MUSIC, which was founded in 2013 by Louis in the campus of Musicians Institute Hollywood Hear More
#China From All Angles
Canadian photographer and videographer based in Shanghai, focusing on documenting the extraordinary everyday life of people Hear More
#China From All Angles
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#China From All Angles
Frank Yao is CEO of Zrou, which is owned by YouKuai Group International of which Yao is also founder and CEO. Founded in Shanghai in 2019, Hear More
#Made in China
Lava Music is now one of the world’s largest carbon fiber guitar manufacturers, with more than 100 patents and seven international design awards under its belt Read More