Paris Syndrome is a psychological disorder, diagnosed on Japanese working or on vacation in Paris. It is a traumata arriving from the inability to reconcile between their dream-image and the harsh reality of Paris (Paris as a fairy-tale city, the symbol of love and romance).

A kind of negative cultural shock.

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Chen Shaoxiong (born in Shantou,Guangdong Province,1962) Lives and works in Guangzhou. He co-founded “Big Tail Elephant” in 1990 with Lin yilin, Liang Juhui. Xu Tan joined later. The aim of this group is to develop critical strategies for negotiating the rapidly changing economic and urban life in South China.

Chen Shaoxiong is one of the celebrated conceptual artists in China.The strength in his work lies in highlighting conventional viewpoints of people towards daily life,and subverting t… more