Category Archives: Breaking News

No Disney TV in China, no Disney park for Shanghai

Posted on 2005-09-12 by Jeremy Goldkorn

From The International Herald Tribune: Disney ties China park to better TV access As Hong Kong Disneyland prepares to open on Monday, Disney will hold off building a similar theme park in mainland China until it has been assured that … Continue reading →

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Intro to podcasting

Posted on 2005-08-29 by Joel Martinsen

Liang Shubin, who blogs under the name of shubinde, is the head of Bokee’s multimedia center. He writes about podcasting in this week’s BQ. Translated below are excerpts from his article; the untranslated portions include basic podcasting information – iPods, … Continue reading →

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The meaning(lessness) of “Super Voice Girl”

Posted on 2005-08-29 by Joel Martinsen

Writing in Sunday’s Legal Mirror, Li Yu performs a postmortem on the ‘Supergirl’ (the “Mengniu Sour Yogurt Super Voice Girl” American-Idol-style TV show) phenomenon:

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Update: Stephen Chow sold for 14,542 yuan

Posted on 2005-08-23 by Joel Martinsen

Shi Banyu, the Mandarin voice of Stephen Chow, sells phone calls over eBay for 15,452 yuan.

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Pan Shiyi and Donald Trump to make Apprentice China

Posted on 2005-08-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Yahoo News: Trump Producing Chinese ‘Apprentice’ Excerpt: Communist mainland China will soon have its own version of “The Apprentice” — Donald Trump’s reality TV tribute to capitalism. Trump will be the executive producer of the Chinese show, which will be … Continue reading →

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Hu’s in Charge

Posted on 2005-08-21 by Dror Poleg

The Economist today publishes a profile of Hu Jintao. Excerpt: IN THE nearly three years since Hu Jintao assumed the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, his image has changed markedly. Mr Hu was once seen by many as a … Continue reading →

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New entrepreneur reality TV show

Posted on 2005-08-18 by Jeremy Goldkorn

China Daily: New TV show looks for tomorrow’s entrepreneurs Excerpt: More than 10,000 up and coming “entrepreneurs” from around the country registered for the “Wise Man Takes All” competition, China’s first reality television show promoting young business start-ups. Around 300 … Continue reading →

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China to launch moon bot

Posted on 2005-08-18 by Jeremy Goldkorn

CNN: China plans unmanned moon mission by 2007 Excerpt: China plans to launch its first unmanned lunar flight by 2007 in a three-phase mission that aims to bring back rock samples, state media said on Tuesday. In the second stage, … Continue reading →

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Tabloid Journalism in Taiwan

Posted on 2005-08-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

ESWN: Tabloid Journalism Trumps Politics in Taiwan A look at the rise and rise of the tabloid Apple Daily, and how it has taken on Taiwan’s serious newspapers. Excerpt: Recently at the EastSouthWestNorth blog, I wrote: “On a slow news … Continue reading →

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Chinese media on Chinese bloggers

Posted on 2005-08-15 by Joel Martinsen

Some early notes on Chinese bloggers from the Chinese press.

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