Author Archives: Tsingsong

Public safety

Posted on 2005-01-13 by Tsingsong

It seems Beijing has learned a lesson from the accident in Miyun Country last Spring Festival when a bridge collapsed killing local revellers:, the city is is implementing strict safety measures this year in places where large numbers of people … Continue reading →

Posted in Newspapers | Comments Off on Public safety

Motorola Shanghai nostalgia

Posted on 2004-07-02 by Tsingsong

This is a new Motorola advertisement appearing on billboards and in glossy magazines. The copy means ‘MOTO nostalgia’ or ‘MOTO era’, highlighting the Shanghai 1930s feel of the image. Click to enlarge.

Posted in Advertising and Marketing | Comments Off on Motorola Shanghai nostalgia

Andy Lau on City Pictorial

Posted on 2004-07-01 by Tsingsong

City Pictorial’s June 25 breaks from the magazine’s regular cover policy of featuring a young model to bring you Hong Kong heart throb Andy Lau (Liu Dehua). There’s a comprehensive Andy Lau filmography here.

Posted in Magazines | Comments Off on Andy Lau on City Pictorial

Party Birthday party

Posted on 2004-07-01 by Tsingsong

Today is the Chinese Communist Party’s 83rd birthday, so the Front Page of the Day must go to the People’s Daily. It follows its tradition of using red headlines, above an enthusiastic editorial. Today is also the birthday of blogger … Continue reading →

Posted in Newspapers | Comments Off on Party Birthday party

I beg to differ

Posted on 2004-07-01 by Tsingsong

New Weekly’s June 15 cover story is called “I oppose!” (wo fandui!). The article talks about how a healthy society needs many different voices, and should preserve minority behaviors and expressions of different view points. Indeed.

Posted in Magazines | Comments Off on I beg to differ

Trimming bureaucracy

Posted on 2004-06-30 by Tsingsong

Today’s Front Page of the Day is from the Beijing Morning Post Beijing [government] stops requiring 137 permits I.e. bureaucracy is being reduced – Ticket prices calculated by mileage will be applied in subway – To become queen The finals … Continue reading →

Posted in Newspapers | Comments Off on Trimming bureaucracy

Ben Marcom Wednesday: Grannie Wang and the IT industry

Posted on 2004-06-29 by Tsingsong

There’s a Chinese saying ‘Grannie Wang boasts about her melons in order to sell them’ (王婆买瓜，自卖自夸). In other words, she blows her own trumpet, so you can’t really believe her when she says the melons are tasty. So what does Grannie Wang do? Well, she can hire a ‘tuor‘ ( 托儿) and a ‘muliao‘ (幕僚). A tuor is a kind of tout employed to say good things about a company or product to entice customers; muliao is an old Chinese word meaning an advisor to a high official or general.

Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising and Marketing | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Ben Marcom Wednesday: Grannie Wang and the IT industry

City Pictorial: President Bush is a kidult

Posted on 2004-06-29 by Tsingsong

City Pictorial is getting a little desperate for editorial ideas. The June 11 issue’s cover story is entitled ‘KIDULTS – refusing to grow up’. The article features various adults who have some supposedly childish or child-like habits: Sohu.com CEO Charles … Continue reading →

Posted in Magazines | Comments Off on City Pictorial: President Bush is a kidult

Don’t beat me uncle!

Posted on 2004-06-29 by Tsingsong

Front page of The Beijing News (新京报) for 29 June, 2004.

Continue reading →

Posted in Newspapers | Tagged | Comments Off on Don’t beat me uncle!

Classical China, Classical Koolaid

Posted on 2004-06-28 by Tsingsong

For the People’s Daily, this is a special year! It’s the 83rd anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, the PRC’s 55th anniversary, the 70th anniversary of the Long March, and the 100 anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s birth. … Continue reading →

Posted in Newspapers | Comments Off on Classical China, Classical Koolaid