Neocha introduces “Check-in”, an exciting renovation project initiated by two Shanghai-based artists. Destruction and Creation seem to be recurrent themes as Shanghai tirelessly transforms into the new capital of the world, where the old and the new co-exist and sometimes blend together.   The Check-in project is the THIS SHIT IS ON FIRE!

Shanghai-based British photographer Graham Fink considers demolition sites to be places where magic happens. He believes the rubble is where the past meets the future, and where China’s graffiti artists can let their creativity bloom. Fink has traveled around Shanghai since July 2011 to photograph THIS SHIT IS ON FIRE!

“A lot of places that are rich in Chinese history haven’t been well documented,” says Mr. Huang, a junior at NYU Shanghai. “Instead, they’ve been gentrified or demolished.” Mr. Huang’s “Cardboard Shikumen” project is a digital copy of his neighborhood, which was slated for demolition THIS SHIT IS ON FIRE!