Category Archives: Internet

Manchurians rise again, on the Internet

Guo Songdao 郭嵩焘 (1818-1891), Qing government ambassador to England and France. The Asahi Shimbun’s English edition has published an interesting article about growing awareness of Manchurian ethnic identity in China. Manchus regain lost ethnic awareness through the Internet …Today, however, … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet | Comments Off on Manchurians rise again, on the Internet

Xiamen to kill off anonymous posting

Xiamen releases Measures to fight unhealthy and harmful information on the Internet (厦门市互联网有害信息和不良信息管理和处置办法). It includes a ban on anonymous posting.

Continue reading →

Posted in Internet, Media and Advertising, Media regulation | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Xiamen to kill off anonymous posting

Baidu in the music business?

A major reason for search engine Baidu’s popularity is its efficient MP3 search function, which allows Chinese music fans to easily find downloadable files of popular music. Of course most of this music is pirated, but Baidu’s responsibilities is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Business and Finance, Intellectual Property, Internet, IP and Law, Media and Advertising, Music | Comments Off on Baidu in the music business?

WordPress blog host unblocked

China’s Net Nanny seems to have unblocked the WordPress blog hosting service which has been inaccessible since February 2006. Weifang Radish is the only China-related blog hosted on WordPress that your correspondent knows of, but feel free to add others … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Internet, Media and Advertising, Media regulation, Net Nanny Follies | Comments Off on WordPress blog host unblocked

Harmony means everyone gets a passing grade

Article from China Youth Daily (中国青年报) about a teacher punished for failing plagiarized papers.

Continue reading →

Posted in Internet, Newspapers, Scholarship and education, Trends and Buzz | Comments Off on Harmony means everyone gets a passing grade

Political structure and the Shanxi kiln scandal

Zhu Dake (朱大可) writes about the Shanxi brick kiln slaves. A parody ‘internal report’ suggests that slavery should be a new form of economic development.

Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Internet, Magazines, Media and Advertising | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Political structure and the Shanxi kiln scandal

The media circus when a celebrity dies

Hou Yaowen (侯耀文) dies. He Dong (何东) writes about the media circus, comparing it to the death of Huang Ju (黄菊). Also, Sina apologizes for deleting the post.

Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Internet, Media regulation, Theater, Trends and Buzz | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on The media circus when a celebrity dies

Blogsome sort of blocked

The Net Nanny, not satisfied with the recent blocking of Typepad, is on the rampage again. This time her target is the relatively unknown blog host, Blogsome.com. Strangely enough, not all blogs on the site are blocked, but many are, … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet, Media and Advertising, Media regulation, Net Nanny Follies | Comments Off on Blogsome sort of blocked

Nanny’s little list

Ho hum, the Typepad blog hosting and software service was blocked in China sometime last week. This means that China Law Blog, Useless Tree, Kaiser Kuo and Tim Johnson’s China Rises are not accessible in Mainland China. Decentralization is key … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Internet, Media and business gossip, Media regulation, Net Nanny Follies | Comments Off on Nanny’s little list

The blogification of print media

Fang Jun (方军) at Mind Meters (思维的乐趣) writes about Chinese print media lifestyle columns being influenced by blogs.

Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Internet, Magazines, Media and Advertising, Newspapers | Tagged , , | Comments Off on The blogification of print media