"This young generation in China has the greatest opportunities in the world right now," says Laurens Tan, a digital media artist and sculptor based in Beijing. Tan's appearance and demeanor are deceptively sleek, as is his artwork. Dressed in black, with spiky white hair and Corbusier glasses, he has the look of the classic aesthete. His recent creations - variations on the theme of the three-wheeled vehicle, or Sanlunche, that can be seen on almost any street in China - are for the most part on a toy scale. For Tan, the Sanlunche, whether in the form of a bicycle, motorized rickshaw, or minivan, is emblematic of the clever, scrappy and indigenous solutions to the congested life of Chinese streets, disappearing as quickly as those streets themselves. "The opposite of globalization is nostalgia," he quips. 
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