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Category Archives: Beijing
GAPP to clean up periodicals; Anti-Piracy Office shuts down a magazine
China New Observer (中国新观察) shut down by GAPP and the anti-pornography and anti-piracy office. Censorship, or punishment for scam running?
Posted in Beijing, Magazines, Media and Advertising, Media regulation, State media
Tagged anti-piracy campaign, China New Observer, China Press and Publishing Journal, GAPP
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Liu Qi on civic responsibility
Liu Qi (刘齐), a Beijing humorist, writes about the reticence of Chinese people to get involved in other people’s business.
Posted in Beijing, Humor, Trends and Buzz
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New York Times reveals identity of anus sign censor
The ‘most emailed’ story on the website of The New York Times is currently No Spitting on the Road to Olympic Glory, Beijing Says. The article refers to a billboard in Beijing that many native English speakers found rather charming, … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Beijing, Trends and Buzz
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Sexy Beijing – Sexy San Ba
March 8, or ‘san ba’ in Chinese is International Women’s Day, a holiday that is traditionally celebrated with much official support in China. But ‘san ba’ is also a rather insulting way to refer to a woman. In this episode … Continue reading
Beijing Macintosh User Group
‘Sod the iPhone‘ — the last post on Danwei about Apple computers — fluffed up some feathers in the sensitive Mac user demographic and also elicited sympathy for your correspondent’s Mac travails from other sufferers in the self-inflicted Jobs ghetto. … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Trends and Buzz
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Parsing the Babel cuts
Two different news reports on the cuts to the mainland Chinese version of Babel.
Posted in Beijing, Film, Media and Advertising, Media regulation, Newspapers
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Beijing will allow provincials into the capital for the Olympics
According to Sina.com (in Chinese), the vice-secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee says outsiders will not be prevented from coming to Beijing during the Olympics : Yesterday afternoon, the vice-secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, responsible for Olympic security … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Beijing, Media and Advertising
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Big numbers for a book signing
Yu Dan (于丹) signs 15,060 copies of Things I Learned from Zhuangzi (于丹《庄子》心得); Wang Xiaobo’s complete works have typos that no one will take responsibility for.
Posted in Advertising and Marketing, Beijing, Books, Media and Advertising, Media business, Media regulation, Newspapers
Tagged Fang Zhouzi, GAPP, piracy, XYS, Yu Dan
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The return of bike registration greeted with derision
China’s regulatory authorities announce plans to register all bike purchasers. People laugh dismissively.
Posted in Beijing, Media and Advertising, Newspapers, Transport
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Blogger Wang Xiaofeng sticks it to the man
We discussed Beijing culture – or the lack of of it – swearing, idiots on the Internet, Northeastern Chinese jokes about sex, blogging, and the meretricious behavior of Sina.com.
Posted in Beijing, Blogs, Books, Danwei TV, Internet, Media and Advertising, Recently on Danwei, Trends and Buzz
Tagged Hard Hat Show, Wang Xiaofeng
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