Author Archives: Joel Martinsen

A birthday bash for the People’s Republic

A collage of front-page covers for the 60th Anniversary of the PRC.

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Envisioning the National Day parade

An artist’s rendering of the 60th Anniversary parade.

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Armed police and an Expo mascot in Henan

Haibao will star in a Kung-fu feature!

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Looking forward to 60th Anniversary fireworks

And replacing the Chairman’s portrait on Tiananmen.

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CCTV cancels a talk show and shifts its focus toward entertainment

CCTV cancels Tell It Like It Is (实话实说). Hecaitou comments on ratings and journalistic independence.

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Making history in Changzhou

The coolest motor-home in history.

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A crowd-sourced translation of The Lost Symbol: is this copyright infringement?

Translation website Yeeyan has organized a netizen effort to translate Dan Brown’s new novel. But does their project violate his intellectual property rights?

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Beijing gets a fly-by

Fighter jet fly-by of Beijing and a white paper on Xinjiang.

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Liu Xiang’s comeback, brought to you by Amway

Liu Xiang’s return to running makes the front pages. An Amway ad for Nutrilite featuring the hurdler accompanies him.

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Woman From Shanghai and the marketing of Chinese literature in translation

The cover to the English translation of Yang Xianhui’s collection of stories from a rightist camp shows an attractive, traditional woman in a qipao. Berlin Fang looks at what books about China are published in the US and how they are marketed.

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