Author Archives: Eric Mu

A beauty pageant for plastic surgery babes

Posted on 2004-07-23 by Eric Mu

Yesterday’s Beijing Morning Post reported that the world’s first beauty pageant specially women who have had cosmetic surgery (artificial beauties) will take place in November this year. More than 20 women have already applied to participate, including some foreigners. The … Continue reading →

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Asian Cup: China crushes Indonesia 5 – 0

Posted on 2004-07-22 by Eric Mu

China’s crushing 5-0 victory over Indonesia at the Asian Football Cup last night was covered in most newspapers today. China has now moved to the top of Group A with 4 points. People in News Footballer Shao Jiayi who scored … Continue reading →

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People: Lolita Hu

Posted on 2004-07-22 by Eric Mu

Novelist, essayist, editor of Playboy, frequent traveller to India: Lolita Hu life does not match with what you imagine when you first hear her English name.

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Chinese Olympic delegation

Posted on 2004-07-21 by Eric Mu

China’s 2004 Athens Olympic delegation is the focus of today’s newspapers. The delegation consists of 407 athletes and 226 officials, who will participate in more than 200 events in 26 sports. This delegation is supposed to be the largest and … Continue reading →

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Today’s hot news: toilets

Posted on 2004-07-20 by Eric Mu

Many of today’s Beijing newpapers are covering public toilets: the Beijing government has announced a new policy specifying that toilets in hotels, restaurants and other such facilities should be open to the public, to ensure that you can find a … Continue reading →

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Ben Marcom Weekly: Westerners in Chinese advertising

Posted on 2004-07-20 by Eric Mu

Today’s Ben Marcom Weekly is a quick look at the amazingly common phenomenon of Western models in Chinese advertising. Generally speaking, Westerners appear in advertising for the following types of brands: multinational brands; hi-tech, IT, fashion, luxury goods and cosmetics; … Continue reading →

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Free condoms for nightclubs and construction sites, methadone for junkies

Posted on 2004-07-15 by Eric Mu

Most Beijing newspapers today reported about new government measures intendend to fight AIDS in the capital. According to Beijing Morning Post, the three main measures are: Distributing condoms in public facilities like universities, hotels, bars, karaoke venues and construction sites; … Continue reading →

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Three cheated lottery winners get their BMWs in the end

Posted on 2004-07-13 by Eric Mu

Most of today’s Beijing newspapers headlined with the same story: yesterday morning, the Xi’an Sports Lottery Ticket Centre did another run of the lottery draw that recently ended in acrimony after fake tickets screwed up the results. The second raffle … Continue reading →

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Tree huggers

Posted on 2004-07-12 by Eric Mu

The daily newspaper review will take a slightly different format starting today: we will pick one news story that stands out because of importance, amount of coverage in different newspapers or sheer absurdity. Today’s story of the day is in … Continue reading →

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Daily headlines: Robbery in Changchun

Posted on 2004-07-08 by Eric Mu

Three Beijing newspapers used similar photos on their front pages about an incident in Changchun: A 23-year-old bandit kidnapped a middle aged woman who was driving a car to pick up her kid from kindergarden. People on the street stopped … Continue reading →

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