Tag Archives: Southern Weekly

Paperwork headaches and privacy concerns

Tales of unsuccessful attempts to get ordinary documents issued, from Southern Weekly and The Beijing News.

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Nostalgia for Southern Media’s bygone days

Jiang Yiping (江艺平) gets booted from Southern Metropolis Daily. Lian Yue comments on meeting her when he was a new reporter.

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The Wall Street crisis in the Chinese media

Iacob Koch-Weser examines how three mainstream Chinese newspapers and magazines treated the US financial crisis.

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Avoid sex to get a better husband

The Special Report page of July 3 issue of Southern Weekly, China’s reputed liberal newspaper, is about an on-going chastity movement in China. Along with the report are three independent stories with a shared theme: the confusion about keeping chastity.

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‘Universal values’ editor removed

Editor Chang Ping removed from his post.

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Don’t call 110 – it makes a bad impression

Southern Weekly (南方周末) prints a letter in which a business gets fined for reporting a burglary to 110.

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The story of a real prison break

Southern Weekly (南方周末) looks at the Xie Wanli (谢万礼) prison break case.

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Lost in Beijing finally gets killed

SARFT (广电总局) brings down the hammer on Lost in Beijing (苹果), one year after its offense.

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ZT Online and China’s media “system”

Shi Yuzhu (史玉柱) gets an article on ZT Online (征途) pulled from Southern Weekly (南方周末), possibly because of a relationship the two companies.

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Gamble your life away in ZT Online

Southern Weekly (南方周末) report on how ZT Online (征途) soaks money from its players.

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