Category Archives: Business and the Economy

A cartoon girl to civilize Hangzhou, and parts of Beijing

Posted on 2012-07-15 by Christopher Cherry

Chaoyang district occupies a big chunk of the properous east side of Beijing city containing the new CCTV building and the “Central Business District” or CBD, the heart of which is a multi-lane spaghetti junction connecting Jianguomenwai Boulevard and the … Continue reading →

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SARFT goes after online video, again

Posted on 2012-07-10 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A spokesman for the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) announced yesterday that some original drama series and films on video websites like Youku.com and Tudou.com don’t meet government censorship standards and contain unacceptable dirty language, violence and … Continue reading →

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Danwei Week: Xi Jinping’s family fortunes and demonstrations in Shifang

Posted on 2012-07-06 by Rebecca Bailey

This is the Danwei Week, a summary of the most important China stories from the last seven days. We’ll choose a maximum of five topics per week, and try to link to the best coverage of them in English. If this … Continue reading →

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Beijing becoming a “global hub of high-tech innovation”

Posted on 2012-07-06 by Allison Carol Goldman

Today, a headline highlighted by a bold red box on the front page of the Beijing Daily reads, “Our city is gradually becoming a global hub of technology innovation.” The article says that in the past five years, Beijing has successfully met … Continue reading →

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Tell the Shaanxi government, we’re very angry

Posted on 2012-06-29 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Today’s first posting is the tale of an angry citizen calling Shaanxi provincial government offices … Continue reading →

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The iPhone and upstart smartphone Xiaomi

Posted on 2012-06-25 by Eric Mu

Apple’s presentation of new mobile operating system iOS 6 last week sent Chinese Apple fans into a frenzy. On Sina Weibo, 1.8 million and counting messages were posted commenting on iOS 6. Many people were excited by the new features … Continue reading →

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Shenzhou 9 is in space, why aren’t public intellectuals happy?

Posted on 2012-06-25 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Shenzhou 9 is in heaven, why aren’t public intellectuals happy? By He Renyong, June 17 … Continue reading →

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Questions for an editor

Posted on 2012-06-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This is Danwei Week, a summary of the most important China stories from the last seven days. We’ll choose a maximum of five topics per week, and try to link to the best coverage of them in English. Let us know … Continue reading →

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Bao Tong on McDonald’s coffee; transsexual retired official

Posted on 2012-06-15 by Rebecca Bailey

The Danwei Week is a new weekly experiment: we’ll introduce five and only five English articles, blog postings or other newly published materials that we consider the essential reading about China from the last week. Here are this week’s readings: … Continue reading →

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Fake invoice firm gets busted in Zhejiang province

Posted on 2012-06-12 by Allison Carol Goldman

Today the Nanhu Evening News features the headline: “The largest underground tax-evasion scheme in the history of Jiaxing gets busted.” The story details how a firm was recently caught specializing in producing fake tax invoices (fapiao 发票) to aid in tax evasion and … Continue reading →

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