Author Archives: banyue

Salary survey: marketing industries in China

Posted on 2006-12-07 by banyue

Show me the money Aquent is a recruitment and staffing firm that specializes in the marketing, communications and advertising industries. They have released the results of a salary survey that was carried out in 15 countries in Europe and the … Continue reading →

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Cops ask for volunteers to inform on drug dealers

Posted on 2006-12-06 by banyue

Mainland Infernal Affairs? According to today’s Beijing News, the capital’s police will hire about ten thousands of volunteers to prohibit drugs from now until June 26 2007, the ‘International Day Against Drugs’. Only people over the age of 18 can … Continue reading →

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Vogue in the winter

Posted on 2006-12-06 by banyue

More pretties inside Vogue (服饰与美容) has become the most influential Chinese fashion magazine despite its newness on the market — it only launched in late summer last year. In the cover feature of the December 2006 issue, super model Gisele … Continue reading →

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The future year itch?

Posted on 2006-12-04 by banyue

Scratch that itch Focus (新知客) is a popular science magazine about science, society and human beings. The name and much of the content are licensed from the European magazine of the same name. The cover story of the current issue … Continue reading →

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Zhao Lin on FHM China

Posted on 2006-12-01 by banyue

Zhao Lin is the cover girl of last month’s FHM (男人装). Zhao got famous for her role in the popular soup opera Farewell, Vancouver (别了，温哥华). She has also been an announcer on CCTV2. She was known for being modest and … Continue reading →

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How to become famous in China

Posted on 2006-11-30 by banyue

Some celebrities at the end of 2006.

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Born in 1976

Posted on 2006-11-29 by banyue

Southern People Weekly looks at young people born in the 1970s.

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Phoenix Weekly on North Korean defectors: more than 300,000

Posted on 2006-11-28 by banyue

Barbed wire can’t stop life The cover story of the current issue of Phoenix Weekly is about refugees who left North Korea to China or a third country. These people are called “defectors” by South Korea and “illegal enterers”by China. … Continue reading →

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Sex, money and the environment

Posted on 2006-11-24 by banyue

Today’s news: sex, fraud and endangered animals A roundup of today’s print media Sex Management The cover story of the last issue of New Weekly surveys the state of sex in China. The feature includes information about sex-related problems, and … Continue reading →

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Huang Jianxiang says goodbye to CCTV

Posted on 2006-11-16 by banyue

Goodbye CCTV Today Jiang Heping director of CCTV’s sports department confirmed that football commentator Huang Jiangxiang has resigned from CCTV. Jiang said that this was Huang’s personal decision and nothing to do with Huang’s passionately pro-Italian commentating during the 2006 … Continue reading →

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