"The Amerikans in China" goes viral

     Left to right: Yingran Zhang, Lang Xu, Shi Shi, Qianhui Zhou, Yinyu Zhan, Mengchen Xu, Jun Li, Zhou Zhou

"The Amerikans in China" is a collaboration between eight Oberlin College students, all from China, and Art+Practice. The project began several months ago to help spread several episodes of "The Amerikans", in translation, to youku.com and tudou.com, China’s two most popular video hosting services. On Monday morning,  December 9th, the group launched a social media campaign on Sina, China's version of Twitter, and a blog on Douban. Within twelve hours, "The Amerikans" went viral, generating over 50,000 views. As a project, "The Amerikans in China" is part of an ongoing mission, modeled by Art+Practice, that illustrates the ways in which art made locally can generate a worldwide audience. 

    Episode #13, "Love & Venom", featured on the main page of youku.com, China's version of youtube.

Check out "The Amerikans in China" here:

Youku: http://i.youku.com/u/UMTIwNTc2MDM3Ng==

Todou: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/q0aKOe0Vq_Q/

Douban: http://site.douban.com/224644/

Sina: http://www.weibo.com/u/3933970490