Category Archives: Internet and Media

What sort of harmony should we support?

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. On July 3rd, citizens of Shifang, Sichuan, protested against a Molybdenum-copper project in their area, … Continue reading →

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Awesome “yellow shirt guys” to the rescue

Today the front page of the Dongguan Times features headshots of five men, along with the headline: “You’re awesome!” The subheading explains that, in the midst of their busy lives, all these men had spontaneously come together for the occasion of saving … Continue reading →

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SARFT goes after online video, again

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 Model Workers 2012 – New additions to the final list

Since publishing Model Workers 2012 we have received a number of comments and emails suggesting that other blogs be included. We also realized that there a few sites that we omitted in error. As promised, we’re going to add to the Model … Continue reading →

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Danwei Model Workers 2012 – New additions to the final list

The Danwei Model Workers 2012 edition is now closed: Please see the complete list.

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Holding up half the sky, but taking all the rap

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. If this … Continue reading →

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The iPhone and upstart smartphone Xiaomi

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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Questions for an editor

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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Model Workers 2012

Today we present the Danwei Model Worker Awards 2012, a list of the best specialist websites, blogs and online sources of information about China. The first Danwei Model Worker list came out in 2005. You can find links to all … Continue reading →

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Bao Tong on McDonald’s coffee; transsexual retired official

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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