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Author Archives: Joel Martinsen
So Rock Jesus for 2009
So Rock! magazine for December 2008. A snarky article on Chinese Democracy and a profile of folk-rock legend Zhao Lao Da. Also, music from The Thor (雷神).
Posted in Magazines, Music
Tagged Chinese Democracy, So Rock, The Thor, Zhao Lao Da, 雷神
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First newspapers of 2009
An assortment of front pages of Chinese newspapers for January 1, 2009.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged Chinese Business View, Hu Jintao, New Express, People's Daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, Strait Herald
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Interpreting the wisdom of Hu Jintao
What the heck does 不折腾 mean? State Council Information Office Minister Wang Chen attempts to explain, but his interpreter gets stuck.
Posted in Translation
Tagged Hu Jintao, press conference, translation, Wang Chen
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New magazines and newspapers at the end of 2008
An introduction to The Time Weekly (时代周报), CASS Review (中国社会科学院报), Beijing Cultural Review (文化纵横), and U+ Weekly (优家画报).
Posted in Magazines, Newspapers
Tagged Beijing Cultural Review, CASS Review, Modern Media, The Time Weekly, UPlus Weekly
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Joke advertising
Zhang Facai’s mockups of ads and business cards.
Posted in Blogs
Tagged advertising, blogs, business cards, design, Zhang Facai
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Living with an obscure name
A woman named 马CHENG has an obscure character in her name. Her passport and rental contract are able to work with it, but predictably, the PSB has problems.
Posted in Video
Tagged characters, names, obscure characters, typography, video
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You are as happy as the government says you are
Nanjing Morning Post reports on a survey of residents who were given the ‘correct answers’ beforehand by government officials.
Posted in Survey
Tagged Deng Ziqing, fraud, Nanjing, Nanjing Morning Post, surveys
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The parts that make up a home
A real estate ad builds the character 家 using strokes from other words.
Posted in Advertising and Marketing, Real Estate
Tagged advertising, characters, real estate ads
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Where Xinhua stores its sensitive words
An old Xinhua article fragment from 2006 contains some very sensitive words.
Posted in State media
Tagged sensitive words, Xinhua
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