Author Archives: Joel Martinsen

Singapore promotes Mandarin

In a campaign to increase Mandarin usage in Singapore, westerners kids are shown speaking fluent Chinese, and the public is given tough quiz questions in ‘The Chinese Challenge.’

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A news weekly that believes in China

China Weekly, a new magazine from the China Youth League, launches.

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A manual for reporting on disasters

Tony Zixin Lee has a collection of interviews of journalists who reported on the 512 Sichuan Earthquake.

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John Rabe in Nanjing’s city of life and death

Blogger reviews of City of Life and Death and John Rabe.

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Ai Weiwei stays in the news

Ai Weiwei turns up at China Geeks, in the Global Times, and in two news magazines.

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Today’s new youth

Chinese magazine features for the 90th anniversary of the May 4 movement.

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A call from a gaming buddy

Milk Pig writes about a phone scam.

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Toilets and trashy motel rooms in a new arts magazine

O’ZINE, whose series on a fleabag motel room captivated netizens last week, has lots more to offer.

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SARFT reminds you to avoid celebrity scandals

Another SARFT ban order: no hyping up celebrity scandals

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Red guards and brand fundamentalism

In the April iLook, Hung Huang writes about the intersection of fundamentalism and shanzhai culture. Yang Erche Namu is featured in parodies of other magazine covers.

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