Author Archives: Joel Martinsen

School violence: does it belong in the news?

Some newspapers report on the stabbings at a kindergarten in Taixing, Jiangsu Province, but most report obliquely on new measures intended to improve school campus safety.

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Stabbings at kindergarten in Taizhou

31 people stabbed this morning at the Taixing Central Kindergarten in Taixing, Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province.

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Visualizing a school stabbing

A stabbing in Leizhou, Guangdong Province, gets recreated as a cartoon illustration on the cover of today’s Jianghuai Morning News.

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Injured on the job? Uninsured? Use a coworker’s insurance policy!

An uninsured man received treatment under a different name.

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Dispatches from the drought zone

Shi Hanbing blogs about economics and the Yunnan drought.

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Hospital holds newborn hostage when parents can’t pay their bill

The Dongguan Maternal & Child Healthcare Hospital has held a newborn hostage for three months because his parents can’t pay their 39,299.75 RMB maternity bill.

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Daxing District to become a collection of gated communities

The Beijing Morning Post reports on a trial program that requires entry permits for sixteen villages in Beijing’s Daxing District.

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A blog that translates “whatever is interesting”

At Veggie Discourse, PH translates from a wide range of Chinese sources.

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Spot the real news

The top red headline in the Shanghai Morning Post turns out to be an ad. Real news is nearly unrecognizable on the front page.

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White space carries unintended meaning in a print advert

Intel runs an ad with lots of whitespace. The immediate reaction among media-savvy readers: censorship!

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