Author Archives: Jeremy Goldkorn

Danwei Model Workers 2014

Posted on 2014-10-28 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Danwei has been publishing the Model Worker awards – our list of the best websites, blogs, Twitter feeds and podcasts on China since 2005 (there are links to the earlier awards at the bottom of this post). This year, we’ve … Continue reading →

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Police bust PR companies for illegal deletion of news and social media postings

Posted on 2013-12-07 by Jeremy Goldkorn

On December 5, the People’s Daily published a report about a police investigation into companies that offer services to delete news items and social media postings from the Internet. The article does not, of course, mention that the biggest deleter of information … Continue reading →

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Pleasant Goat too violent?

Posted on 2013-10-14 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A Tom and Jerry style animated cartoon featuring a heroic goat who constantly saves his fellow goats from a wolf who has gastronomic designs over the members of Goatville, Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf (喜羊羊与灰太狼) seems an unlikely target for the … Continue reading →

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Portrait of a Chinese P2P lender

Posted on 2013-08-09 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Peer to Peer (P2P) lending websites allow users to lend and borrow money directly to and from each other. China’s first P2P lending website, PPDai.com, launched in 2007. As of 2013, there are scores of websites that operate as online brokers … Continue reading →

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Taking the shine off Apple’s China prospects?

Posted on 2013-03-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Apple in the crosshairs, and the shadow of Google’s misadventures in China On March 15 — World Consumer Rights Day — China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast its annual investigative program that seeks to expose companies that harm or mistreat Chinese … Continue reading →

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Legal Daily report on mass incidents in China in 2012

Posted on 2013-01-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Legal Daily 法治日报 has published a summary of their ’2012 Mass Incident Research Report’ 2012年群体性事件研究报告, quantifying and analyzing ‘mass incidents’ in China – riots, civil unrest, and protests. The data sources and methodology behind the report are not made explicit … Continue reading →

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‘The difference between the way Jews and Chinese do business’

Posted on 2012-09-13 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Chinese fascination with Jewish people, and the common belief here that Jews are intelligent and good at business, has resulted in a mini industry of books that attempt to teach Chinese people the secrets of Jewish culture, see for … Continue reading →

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The China Story Yearbook 2012 in print

Posted on 2012-09-10 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Today Danwei is happy to announce the launch of the first print on demand edition of The China Story Yearbook 2012: You can order a copy from Lulu.com here (the book’s contents are free, you pay USD11.35 for printing, plus shipping). You can … Continue reading →

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Sex in China: Q&A with author Richard Burger

Posted on 2012-08-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Richard Burger is the blogger behind Peking Duck, a record of his thoughts on China since 2003, when he first wrote about being in Beijing during SARS. Burger is also the author of Behind the Red Door: Sex in China, published by … Continue reading →

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China box office takings first half 2012: Titanic 3D dominates

Posted on 2012-07-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Below are the box office takings in China for the first half of 2012 as reported by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT). The top grossing film was Titanic 3D which brought in 934 million yuan), while … Continue reading →

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