Category Archives: Internet

Gallery of airbrushed photos

A gallery of airbrushed images from 20th century Soviet and Chinese history.

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On not talking about Christmas

Zeng Pengyu writes about Chinese media not being able to mention Christmas in their reports.

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Republishing: protected by Chinese law?

Ever since the launch of Beijing News in November 2003, TOM.com has been quietly re-publishing their news reports.

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Confucians vs. Christmas

Ten PhD’s from major Chinese universities author a document calling for rejection of Christmas and return to native Chinese belief.

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Google computers hurt the feelings of the Chinese people

Google translation tool loses its mind translating English to Chinese.

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Curse of the Golden Flower not violating copyright!

Cao Yu provided the story on which Zhang Yimou’s new film, ‘Curse of the Golden Armor’ is based. Does he get credit? No. Does his family care? No. Everything is entirely legit. Also, a video of a post-modern ‘Thunderstorm’.

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Chinese authors ranked by income, sort of

Chinese authors are ranked according to total sales multiplied by cover prices. Yu Qiuyu is on top with 14 million yuan in royalties.

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Sketch of a media blackout

A look at the blackout China’s internet cops have put out on info about Gao Qinrong (高勤荣).

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Wang Xiaofeng is Time magazine Person of the Year

One of your correspondent’s long time favorite Chinese bloggers, Wang Xiaofeng, has been named Time Person of the Year.

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eBay China to form joint venture with TOM?

Chinese IT blogstar Keso has published an email (in English) from one of his readers that includes what are apparently draft press releases that have not yet been released. The basic content of the email is that eBay and TOM … Continue reading →

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