Category Archives: Foreign media on China

Look east Ms Bunting

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Danwei TV on CNN.com

A story about Danwei TV’s Sexy Beijing is currently one of the top stories on CNN.com. For other press coverage about Danwei, see our press page.

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The Times to Murdoch-bashers: We’re doing fine

Below is the text of a letter from Robert Thomson, editor of The Times of London, to Jim Ottaway, whose family founded Ottaway Newspapers, now owned by Dow Jones. This letter is in connection with various complaints about Rupert Murdoch’s … Continue reading →

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Wall Street Journal China bureau to Murdoch: stay away!

Rupert Murdoch’s recent $5 billion bid to buy Dow Jones is causing some discomfort at the China bureau of that company’s subsidiary The Wall Street Journal

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Wall Street Journal wins Pulizter Prize for China reporting

The Wall Street Journal won two Pulitzer Prizes, including the award for international reporting, “for its sharply edged reports on the adverse impact of China’s booming capitalism on conditions ranging from inequality to pollution.” The award goes to the “Wall … Continue reading →

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Mia Farrow’s “Genocide Olympics”

Mia Farrow dispenses goodwill The New York Times is crediting UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow with Beijing’s recent reversal in its stance on Darfur. Previously opposed to U.N. sanctions against the Sudan — and generally refusing to involve itself in … Continue reading →

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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).

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Is China a military threat to the U.S.?

The website of the U.S. think tank The Council on Foreign Relations has published an online debate: Does China Pose a Military Threat? Richard Halloran is one of two participants. He sketches out four scenarios to answer the question “Whither … Continue reading →

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China sex cliches, inflated circulation numbers and The New York Times

In the late 1990s, two Shanghainese women named Mian Mian and Wei Hui wrote novels that described promiscuous lifestyles. The publication of these books was followed by various articles in the Western media about the sexual revolution going on in … Continue reading →

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Exploitation and The Blood of Yingzhou District

Xinhua journalist Xiong Lei (熊蕾) eviscerates the academy-award-winning AIDS orphan documentary The Blood of Yingzhou District (颍州的孩子). Cinematographer Qu Jiangtao (曲江涛) responds.

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