Tag Archives: YWeekend

Lu Jinbo: Marketing the Wang Shuo brand

Larry Lu Jinbo (路金波) talks about how he markets books by Wang Shuo (王朔), Han Han (韩寒), and Annie Baobei (安妮宝贝).

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Private argot in the public sphere

YWeekend (青年周末) comments on slang in subtitles. Wu Fei (吴非) writes about gang language and cultural revolution slang.

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Fast-paced lives of film subtitlers

YWeekend (北京青年周末) has a story about online subtitle groups that translate American TV into Chinese.

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Who killed the movie rating system?

It was Huang Jianzhong (黄健中), director of Rice (大鸿米店), the film adaptation of the story by Su Tong (苏童).

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Youth Weekend launches, The Beijing News retools

A new newspaper launches in Beijing and another one gets a face-lift.

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