Category Archives: BBS

Infomercial: A Rolls Royce on your wrist

Boss Hou 侯总 of Rosdenton (劳斯丹顿). He advertises on late-night infomercials.

Continue reading

Posted in Advertising and Marketing, BBS, Internet, Media and Advertising, TV | Comments Off on Infomercial: A Rolls Royce on your wrist

How much freedom of speech do Chinese netizens have?

Xiong Peiyun (熊培云) on La République des Esprits (思想国) writes about Netease and comment pruning in the Shanxi brick kiln slave case.

Continue reading

Posted in BBS, Blogs, Internet, Media and Advertising, Media regulation | Tagged , , | Comments Off on How much freedom of speech do Chinese netizens have?

Chinese Internet responses to slave children case

The case of the children enslaved at a Shanxi brick factory has been widely reported in the Western and Chinese media, and is all over the Internet in both Chinese and English languages (a good summary by Chen Peijin of … Continue reading

Posted in BBS, Blogs, Foreign media on China, Internet, Media and Advertising, Media regulation, Trends and Buzz | Comments Off on Chinese Internet responses to slave children case

The Sensitive Word advertisement

8X8=? ESWN posted a short piece about an advertisement published in the Chengdu Evening News (成都晚报) commemorating the ‘strong mothers’ of the Tiananmen tomato. Wang Xiaofeng wrote a note about it entitled History, translated below: On this day of (Sensitive … Continue reading

Posted in BBS, Blogs, Internet, Media and Advertising, Media regulation | Tagged , , | Comments Off on The Sensitive Word advertisement

Taihu lake pollution: Net frenzy and government response

Florescent algae and dead fish On May 30, someone using the Net name Thin Cute Girl (Xiao Xiniang – 筱细娘) posted a series of photos of the waters of Taihu Lake (more properly Tai Lake – 太湖) at Wuxi in … Continue reading

Posted in BBS, Blogs, Breaking News, Internet, Media and Advertising, Trends and Buzz | Comments Off on Taihu lake pollution: Net frenzy and government response

Xiamen demonstration today – live reporting on blogs and video sites

PX demonstrations in Xiamen today Haicang PX is the name of a chemical factory plant currently being built in Xiamen in Fujian Province. Approved by the central government, Haicang PX is being developed with an investment of 10 billion yuan. … Continue reading

Posted in BBS, Blogs, Breaking News, Internet, Media and Advertising, Media regulation, Mobile phone and wireless, Newspapers, Video | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Xiamen demonstration today – live reporting on blogs and video sites

Cooler living

China Dialogue, the bilingual website that aims to encourage discussion about the environment in China and abroad, has a new project called Cooler Living. It’s an internet forum specifically aimed at younger readers. As with all the other content on … Continue reading

Posted in BBS, Environmental problems, Media and Advertising | Comments Off on Cooler living

Reactions to blogger self-discipline pledge

Danwei recently reported that the Internet Society of China is soliciting public opinions about its draft “Blog Service Self-discipline Public Pledge,” which it wants blog service providers (BSP) within China’s borders to sign on to, voluntarily. Here are a few … Continue reading

Posted in BBS, Blogs, Internet, Media and Advertising, Media and business gossip, Media business, Media regulation | Comments Off on Reactions to blogger self-discipline pledge

Net scandal: student hits teacher video

Screen shot from a mobile phone video From Roland Soong: At 4pm on May 25, a video was posted on the Internet. In this video, there were more than 20 students in a classroom for a geography lesson. The students … Continue reading

Posted in BBS, Blogs, Breaking News, Film, Internet, Media regulation, Mobile phone and wireless, Trends and Buzz, Video | Comments Off on Net scandal: student hits teacher video

Red Mansions developments: director Hu puts her foot down

Hu Mei (胡玫) threatens to quit directing Dream of the Red Mansions (红楼梦) if she is forced to use the winners of a talent competition.

Continue reading

Posted in BBS, Beijing, Blogs, Media and Advertising, TV | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Red Mansions developments: director Hu puts her foot down