Category Archives: Blogs

A Flickr fix

Posted on 2007-06-16 by maya

Nanny may not willingly take her meds, but nothing’s stopping the kids from slipping her a mickey. Regarding Nanny’s recent filtering of Flickr.com, Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and general manager of Flickr.com, offered some advice on a recent CNET News.com blog … Continue reading →

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Wang Shuo’s public complaint against TV censors

Posted on 2007-06-15 by Joel Martinsen

Wang Shuo (王朔) accuses the film censors at national TV stations of requiring bribes for approval of shows.

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Bloggers trade insults over a polite pronoun

Posted on 2007-06-14 by Joel Martinsen

During the Red Mansions reality show, a contestant is scolded for using 您. He Dong (何东) defends, and is attacked by Lu Chuan (陆川).

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Lost Laowai group writing project

Posted on 2007-06-13 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Lost Laowai blog has started a group writing project called If I Knew Then What I Know Now, and is inviting submissions from foreigners who have lived in China for long enough to realize how naive they were when … Continue reading →

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Wendi Deng profile author on Antiwave

Posted on 2007-06-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The lads at Chinese podcast website Antiwave have interviewed Eric Ellis, author of the profile of Rupert Murdoch’s wife, Deng Wendi. As reported on Danwei, the publication of the profile — originally commissioned by Good Weekend — was later canceled … Continue reading →

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Torture the Net Nanny voodo doll

Posted on 2007-06-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This person has blocked many websites that we love. Click on the photo to stick a pin into him (or her?) Keso, the king of China’s tech bloggers has written a post cursing China’s Net Nanny — Great FireWall as … Continue reading →

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The Sensitive Word advertisement

Posted on 2007-06-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

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 →

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Han Han on the death of Huang Ju

Posted on 2007-06-05 by Joel Martinsen

Han Han writes about Huang Ju (黄菊), whose name is filtered from Sina’s blogs. Also, flags at half-mast.

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Taihu lake pollution: Net frenzy and government response

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

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 →

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Xiamen demonstration today – live reporting on blogs and video sites

Posted on 2007-06-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

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 →

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