Middle Earth - China’s cultural industry podcast

#84 Are NFTs welcome in China? (Part 3 - Chinese art collectors)

April 08, 2023 The World of Chinese
Middle Earth - China’s cultural industry podcast
#84 Are NFTs welcome in China? (Part 3 - Chinese art collectors)
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NFTS are legal to be bought in China, but reselling them is an all other matters. Yet a local scene of buyers and artists keeps growing, while some lost a great amount of money as they were hoping for a quick return on investment. How does the scene keep growing while local regulations are put into place?

Featuring
- Ellwood Chen : Digital Artist & Pills Labs Founder
- Rory Mencin : Curator & Art Critic
- Reva : Crypto artist

To go further with Chinese art collectors
- Middle Earth episode #80 Contemporary art in Greater China
- Middle Earth episode #77 Antiques: China first cultural industry

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Introduction
NFTs's regulations in China
Chinese NFT artists usual backstory
NFTs' buyers
How offline & online worlds collaborate
China NFTs' future
Podcast's quizz