BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28604@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:The Hmm TO the Chinese Internet DTSTAMP:20261014T232445Z DTSTART:20261125T190000Z DTEND:20261125T203000Z DESCRIPTION:What does the Chinese internet look like from the inside?‎The H mm’s Chinese\nInternet Tour takes you on a guided trip through China’s soc ial media ecosystem\,\nled by media anthropologist Dino Ge Zhang whose res earch focuses on emotions and\nrelationships on live streaming platforms i n the Chinese-speaking world. We’ll\nvisit destinations like the face-filt er app Meitu (美图公司) and the Myspace-like\nrelic Qzone (QQ空间) to the TikTok -style short-video platform Kuaishou (快手)\, where\nartists\, researchers\, and designers with local expertise show us how these\nplatforms work\, wh at makes them distinct\, and how to navigate the practical\nbarriers to us ing them.‎We often think of the social media platforms we use in\nthe West as global. Yet behind China’s Great Firewall\, a vast and largely\nsepara te social media ecosystem has developed\, with platforms that are used by\ nhundreds of millions of people but remain relatively unfamiliar outside t he\ncountry. These platforms have their own cultures and conventions\, sha ped by\nChina’s particular internet landscape. They are also spaces where new trends\,\nmemes\, and visual languages emerge\, many of which eventual ly make their way onto\nthe global internet\, sometimes months or years la ter.‎For people outside China\,\ngetting a glimpse of these platforms mean s seeing the internet from a\nperspective that is rarely available. Many g ot their first glimpse of this world\nin January 2025\, when RedNote (小红书) surged in popularity after the US government\nthreatened to ban TikTok. F or a brief moment\, the platform became a possible\nrefuge\n[https://www.t iktok.com/@dontcalldom/video/7459810855631441158?q=tiktok%20refugee&t=1789 651000119]\nfor TikTok users\, attracting a wave of curious newcomers from outside China. But\nTikTok was only unavailable for about a day\, and mos t of these new users\nremained RedNote day-trippers.‎The Hmm’s Chinese Int ernet Tour picks up where\nthat moment left off. Moving beyond RedNote\, w e’ll explore the wider landscape\nof platforms\, communities\, aesthetics\ , and strange digital corners that make up\nChina’s internet\, and get a s ense of what it looks like from the inside.‎\n\n\nWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW\n\ n‎ Guided by Dino Zhang📅 Date: Wednesday 25 November 2026 🕗 Times: 20.00 – \n21.30 CET 📍 Location: The Inbetween [https:]🎟 Tickets: €5‎‎💚 This progra mme\nis kindly supported by the Creative Industry Fund [https:]. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-hmm-to-the-chinese-internet GEO:52.4013688;4.8958065 LOCATION:The Hmm - NDSM-plein 125\, 1033 WB Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:community,live X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:What does the Chinese internet look l ike from the inside?‎The Hmm’s Chinese Internet Tou r takes you on a guided trip through China’s social media ecosystem, led b y media anthropologist Dino Ge Zhang whose research focuses on emotions an d relationships on live streaming platforms in the Chinese-speaking world. We’ll visit destinations like the face-filter app Mei tu (美图公司) and the Myspace-like relic Qzone (QQ空间) to the TikTok-style shor t-video platform Kuaishou (快手), where artists, researchers, and designers with local expertise show us how these platforms work, what makes them dis tinct, and how to navigate the practical barriers to using them.‎We often think of the social media platforms we use in the West as glo bal. Yet behind China’s Great Firewall, a vast and largely separate social media ecosystem has developed, with platforms that are used by hundreds o f millions of people but remain relatively unfamiliar outside the country. These platforms have their own cultures and conventions, shaped by China’ s particular internet landscape. They are also spaces where new trends, me mes, and visual languages emerge, many of which eventually make their way onto the global internet, sometimes months or years later.‎Fo r people outside China, getting a glimpse of these platforms means seeing the internet from a perspective that is rarely available. Many got their f irst glimpse of this world in January 2025, when RedNote (小红书) surged in p opularity after the US government threatened to ban TikTok. For a brief mo ment, the platform became a possible refuge for TikTok users, attracting a wave of curious newcomers from o utside China. But TikTok was only unavailable for about a day, and most of these new users remained RedNote day-trippers.‎The Hmm’s Chi nese Internet Tour picks up where that moment left off. Moving beyond RedN ote, we’ll explore the wider landscape of platforms, communities, aestheti cs, and strange digital corners that make up China’s internet, and get a s ense of what it looks like from the inside.‎

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‎ Guided by Dino Zhang📅 Date: Wednesday 25 November 2026 🕗 Times: 20.00 – 21.30 CET 📍 Location: The Inbetween🎟 Tickets: €5‎‎💚 This programme is kindly supported by the Creative Industry Fund. BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:The Hmm TO the Chinese Internet TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR