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 Photographs This paper discusses the idea of ‘globalisation’ bringing tension between the ‘west and east’, the native Chinese vs the western influences. To understand the depth of western influences into the Chinese culture we have to focus on the product market, notion of global culture and cultural hybridities; which derive from the western presence in China through out history. ·       Chinese Ceramics were influenced by the Roman and Parthian Empires by incorporating metal designs into the ceramics during the 1 st Century  Ceramics reached and merged with the Eastern and Western cultures throughout the 7 th to the 10 th Century  Around the 16 th -17 th century, the Chinese porcelain had an immense impact on the European Ceramic culture Shanghai based photographer Hu Yang’s Shanghai Renjia (shanghai living) explores the hybrid state of the interiors (living spaces) by showing photographs of the subjects with their own choi...