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Category Archives: Books
Danwei TV: Hutong Chronicles – Mike Meyer
Southwest of Qianmen and Tiananmen Square in Beijing is a maze of narrow alleyways stretching from the theater and market street of Dazhalan all the way west to Liulichang, Beijing’s antique and traditional Chinese art supplies street. In the Qing … Continue reading
The benefits of piracy
by Kaiser Kuo
Piracy as a window on the western world.
Posted in Books, Film, Intellectual Property, IP and Law, Music, TV
Tagged IPR, Kaiser Kuo, music, piracy, sawgash
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by Kaiser Kuo
by Kaiser Kuo
Aping the Da Vinci Code
Leonardo’s Chair, by John DeSimone, is published in a Chinese edition titled ‘The Da Vinci Chair’ (达·芬奇的椅子) that copies the design of ‘The Da Vinci Code’.
Posted in Books, Intellectual Property, Media and Advertising
Tagged books, knockoffs, The Da Vinci Code
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Some photos from Woeser
Some translations and photographs from the recently closed blogs of Woeser (唯色).
Posted in Books, Internet, Media regulation, Photography
Tagged Cultural Revolution, Lhasa, Tibet, Wang Lixiong, Woeser
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Chinese Lessons: 25 years in China
Review of John Pomfret’s China memoir.
Posted in Books, China Books, Media and Advertising, Newspapers
Tagged book reviews, books, China Digital Times, John Pomfret, reviews
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Controversy over Chinese textbook revisions
Translation of a forum rant against a new Chinese history textbook. some responses to that rant, and a Phoenix Weekly article on China’s new historicism in the form of a new Shanghai history textbook.
Posted in Books, China and foreign relations, Media regulation, Scholarship and education, Trends and Buzz
Tagged history, Phoenix Weekly, revisionism, Shanghai, textbooks, Zhou Chunsheng
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Clueless academic takes on popular fantasy novels
Culture Wars: author Xiao Ding (萧鼎) takes on stuffed shirt Tao Dongfeng (陶东风) over fantasy literature.
Posted in Books, Intellectual Property, Internet, Trends and Buzz
Tagged @classic, China Reading Journal, China Reading Weekly, culture wars, fantasy, online literature, Tao Dongfeng, Xiao Ding
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Plagiarism, apologies, and circulation numbers
A decision against Guo Jingming (郭敬明) and in favor of Zhuang Yu (庄羽) in a plagiarism case.
Posted in Books, Intellectual Property, IP and Law, Media business
Tagged Guo Jingming, plagiarism, print numbers, royalties, Zhuang Yu
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China’s first AIDS novel
Yan Lianke’s Dream of Ding Village.
Posted in Books, Media and Advertising, Trends and Buzz
Tagged AIDS, books, Naked Gaze, Yan Lianke
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