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Category Archives: Blogs
Private argot in the public sphere
YWeekend (青年周末) comments on slang in subtitles. Wu Fei (吴非) writes about gang language and cultural revolution slang.
Posted in Blogs, Scholarship and education, Trends and Buzz
Tagged @classic, Cultural Revolution, gangsters, slang, Wu Fei, YWeekend
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Video sharing sites going down the Youtube?
A recent article by Reuters journalist Sophie Taylor looks at China’s video-sharing websites and concludes that their prospects are not good: Investors leaving China’s video-sharing sites …Investors, spurred on by the Google-YouTube deal, have made big bets on China, the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Internet, Media and Advertising, Media and business gossip, Media business, Media regulation, Mobile phone and wireless, Podcasts, Trends and Buzz, Video
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Ex-cons writing about prison life
Four Walls (四面墙) by Zhang Chunlei (张春雷 aka 哥们儿), Female Psychologist (女心理师) by Bi Shumin (毕淑敏), and two prison blogs.
Posted in Blogs, Books, TV
Tagged @classic, Bi Shumin, blogs, books, online books, Prison Break, prisons, Southern Weekly, Zhang Chunlei
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Administrative fees or protection money?
Chengguan (城管) and other government agents take “service fees” from vendors and then turn a blind eye to the regulations.
Posted in Blogs, Business, IP and Law, Newspapers
Tagged Bai Juyi, chengguan, property rights, Ten Years Chopping Timber
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State media shenanigans and responsible blogging
Musings on how a translation blog should treat its responsibility toward traditional media. Inspired by news about the famous annual party (评论部年会) thrown by the CCTV News and Commentary Department (中央电视台新闻评论部).
Posted in Blogs, Foreign media on China, Media and Advertising, Media regulation, Newspapers, State media, TV
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Postal modernism in the cinema
Commentary on The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (姨妈的后现代生活).
Posted in Blogs, Film
Tagged Hu Xudong, postmodernism
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Yu Qiuyu: why book reading is a waste
Yu Qiuyu (余秋雨) comments on National Reading Day (国家阅读日) and raises a ruckus.
Posted in Blogs, Books, Media and Advertising, Scholarship and education
Tagged @classic, books, reading, Yu Qiuyu
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Euthanasia blog
Sina yesterday published an article about a woman named Li Yan who writes a blog called A call for a euthanasia law (in Chinese). According to her blog, Li developed what she “super cancer” an infant. Now 28, she has … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, IP and Law
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Gay chat show on Phoenix Online
Translations of reports on a new Phoenix TV show on homosexual themes.
Posted in Blogs, Guest Contributor, Media and Advertising, Sexuality, TV
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Beijing Newspeak
Beijing Newspeak is a new blog about China written by a foreign journalist working as a sub-editor for state-owned news agency Xinhua. He seems a little more willing to spill the dirt than Positive Solutions, another foreign blogger who works … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Internet, Media and Advertising
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