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Nanette Sibbinga of the ‘Dertigersclub’ interviewed Miki Dai about her life in the Netherlands and her ambitions to help businesses and creative people to enter the Chinese market.

“Miki Dai (35) was nog eerder dan ik in de Westerwijnfabriek, terwijl ik al 10 minuten te vroeg was. Ze kijkt me vriendelijk aan en lacht breed als ik me voorstel. We kennen elkaar niet, maar een gemeenschappelijk contact stelde ons aan elkaar voor. Miki, uit Shangai, over haar komst naar Nederland en het dertigersdilemma.” 

Read the full interview at www.dedertigersclub.nl.

Last Christmas a beautiful theatre show for children performed both in China and the Netherlands. This show, ‘A Snowman’s wish’ (De Kleine Sneeuwman), is a heart warming play about a snowman who meets the love of his life, a ballerina.

Miki Dai translated the play from Dutch to Chinese and assisted in the production.

Find out more here!

In December 2016, the two-day conference ThingsCon was held in Amsterdam. The event attracted experts on the Internet of Things (IoT), software developers, (industrial) designers, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts from all over Europe.

David Li, the founder of the Shenzen Open Innovation Lab, was invited to give a lively lecture. David showed an interesting tour through Shenzhen, the world’s largest hardware production city: from the crazy electronic components street market, the explosive growth of the balance car, to France’s second-largest smartphone sales company Wiko. CRTV had the privilege of an exclusive interview with the person walking ahead of the new waves of the IoT & the connected-devices.

Listen to the interview by Miki Dai at www.crtv.nl

Until 1989, the village of Dafen in the city of Shenzhen, China was little more than a hamlet. It now has a population of 10,000, including hundreds of peasants-turned oil painters. In the many studios, and even in the alleyways, Dafen’s painters turn out thousands of replicas of world-famous Western paintings. Nobody thinks anything of an order for 200 Van Goghs. To meet their deadlines, painters sleep on the floor between clotheslines strung with masterpieces. In 2015, the turnover in painting sales was over $65 million.

Directors Haibo and Kiki Tianqi Yu followed one of the painters, Xiaoyong Zhao. He and his family have painted around 100,000 Van Goghs. After all these years, Zhao feels a deep affinity with Van Gogh. He traveled to Europe to see the original works at the Van Gogh Museum, and to visit one of his best clients, an Amsterdam art dealer. This debut film is a fascinating, at times picturesque portrait of a village where artists pursue their dreams, but also have them shattered.

Listen to the interview of Miki Dai with Haibo Yu, maker of the documentary China’s Van Goghs, at www.crtv.nl

Chinese Canadian electronic music artist MIIIA has been weaving her unique blend of vibes at the forefront of Shanghai’s underground music scene since she settled down in this city. With a relentless passion for creation, she is continuously building a musical dream-world that grows from the studio into her on-stage performances. Countless party-goers have fallen for her talent and charisma; she is truly a leader of China’s current underground music movement. 

Read the full interview by Miki Dai on www.crtv.nl

William Yang is a storyteller and photographer from Australia. For a long time, Yang had denied his Chinese origin. In Blood Links, he tells about the history of his family. Finally, he embraces he is a Chinese and his Chinese heritage.

Listen to the full interview by Miki Dai and Hong Tong Wu at www.crtv.nl.

Two Chinese dancers of different generations talk about their views on the period of the Cultural Revolution.

Listen to the full interview by Miki Dai on www.crtv.nl.