Hao Wu, a documentary filmmaker from China who has spent years living in the United States, explores the complex diversty of his home country through stereotype-breaking stories about individuals, from drama students putting on an American classic to millennials performing on the Internet.
From 1990 to 2005, Leroy Chiao took four flights into space as a NASA astronaut, spending hundreds of days off the Earth and dozens of hours strolling among the stars. Since then he has been taking on more terrestrial pursuits, including the launch of a business last year that he hopes can help build cultural bridges between China and the United States.
From a family with deep roots in creative fields, Shen Wei went on to study Chinese and Western art forms across multiple disciplines and create award-winning works presented at renowned events around the world. He has seen increased excitement about contemporary art in his home country of China, and this year he'll have his first large show of paintings in Asia.