Tag Archives: Spring Festival Gala

Property purchase regulations updated; first down payment rises

The latest regulations are out to control housing prices: A second property purchase requires first installments be 60% of the total price, and third property purchases has been forbidden altogether.

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Spring Festival Gala scandal! Two versions of Lu Chen’s magic act

CCTV-9 ran dress rehearsal footage for a number of Gala acts, including Louis Chen’s table-penetrating magic demonstration. Also, Han Han PK Louis over professionalism.

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A tasteful Spring Festival commercial

Another TV ad from Hengyuangxiang, this one with more variety compared to 2008’s Gala ad.

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Spring Festival crosstalk and the reform era

Crosstalk and comic sketches at the Spring Festival Gala are pretty lack-luster. Pan Caifu explains that it’s because they’re expected to be uplifting, not satiric.

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Time to recalibrate the cynicism meter

Li Yong (李咏) introduces S.H.E as ‘foreigners’ at the Spring Festival Gala.

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Danwei Picks: Parties for tv audiences and netizens

Milk wars in Shanghai; the Pickle King of Islamistan; the China Netizen Party; the Spring Festival Gala; editor Yu Huafeng released from prison.

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Improving the Spring Festival Gala

Responses to the dress rehearsals for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, from the Propaganda Department and SARFT.

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Spring Festival keywords

Some musings on what Spring Festival really means.

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