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Category Archives: Books
History books get the axe; another Zhang Yihe title falls
18 January 2007: China’s press authorities ban eight titles, most having to do with history, ‘Past Stories of Actors’ (伶人往事) by Zhang Yihe (章诒和) is among them.
Posted in Advertising and Marketing, Books, Media and Advertising, Media regulation, Newspapers, State media
Tagged book bans, censorship, GAPP, Lianhe Zaobao, SCMP, Zeng Pengyu, Zhang Yihe
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DeWoskin on mistresses
Don’t invite your mistress if she’s coming to dinner Rachel DeWoskin (pictured), author of Foreign Babes of Beijing, wrote an article for The Times of London about mistresses or er nai in China. It’s a few months old already but … Continue reading
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Wang Shuo spars with a reporter
Zhang Yiyi (张一一) accuses Wang Shuo (王朔) of long-term drug use, leading a Mirror reporter to spar with Wang over SMS.
Posted in Books, Media and business gossip, Mobile phone and wireless, Newspapers, Recently on Danwei, Trends and Buzz
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On the fringes of storytelling
Essayist Ye Qingcheng (叶倾城) writes about her flirtation with storytelling. Liang Jun (梁军), a student of Liu Lanfang (刘兰芳), wants to do a storytelling version of Jin Ping Mei (金瓶梅).
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Wang Shuo’s next novel to be subscription blog?
Excerpt from Global Voices report on Wang Shuo’s latest movements.
Posted in Books, Internet, Media and Advertising, Media business
Tagged Global Voices, Wang Shuo, Wang Xiaofeng
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Dealing with cultural garbage
GAPP vice-director Liu Binjie (柳斌杰) calls for a fight against cultural trash. Netizens ask what that is – should we resist ‘Outlaws of the Marsh’ (水浒传)?
Posted in Books, Media regulation, Scholarship and education, State media, Trends and Buzz
Tagged Beijing Daily Messenger, cultural garbage, culture wars, GAPP, Liu Binjie, Outlaws of the Marsh, People's Daily, Yangcheng Evening News
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Top-selling poetry in 2006
Kafka Books lists the top-selling Chinese poetry-related books for 2006.
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Chinese authors ranked by income, sort of
Chinese authors are ranked according to total sales multiplied by cover prices. Yu Qiuyu is on top with 14 million yuan in royalties.
Posted in Books, Business, Business and Finance, Internet, Media and Advertising, Media business, Newspapers
Tagged Guo Jingming, Jiang Rong, royalties, Yu Qiuyu, Zheng Yuanjie
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Danwei Christmas book list
This is a list of recommended China books published in English this year. They are all available on Amazon.com; delivery to China is reliable, sometimes taking as little as a week. China Candid — The People on the People’s Republic … Continue reading
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Conspiracy of the Red Mansions
Liu Xinwu and Zhou Ruchang push a 108-chapter Story of a Stone, undefiled by the Qing agent Gao E.
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