Category Archives: Internet

Dead air at China National Radio

Posted on 2006-11-26 by Joel Martinsen

A transmission break at China National Radio and anecdotes about the culture of armed guards at the station’s headquarters.

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Al Jazeera: Global change in the media environment

Posted on 2006-11-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This is from an AFP report about the launch of Al Jazeera’s English language news channel: Dave Marash, the news channel’s Washington-based anchor … told AFP … “E[]verybody in American journalism is at worst curious and at best really interested, … Continue reading →

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Updated China video website list

Posted on 2006-11-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A list of free online video portals in China – Chinese Youtube clones, many of them shameless ripoffs.

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China’s ethnic minorities: Net resources

Posted on 2006-11-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Salar ethnic group Spanish language blog Chinochano has written a post about China’s 56 official ethnic minorities, and included scans from a set of stamps that features all 56 of them. The post also links to two interesting resources: … Continue reading →

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Internet video search: enjoy now before Nanny cottons on

Posted on 2006-11-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Screenshot of Blinkx wall for ‘Beijing Shanghai’. Blinkx is an Internet video search engine that the Nanny will not like. Go there, pick a taboo subject and search. The site also offers a ‘TV wall function’. Below is a wall … Continue reading →

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Internet video in China: who are the players?

Posted on 2006-11-20 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This list is now being updated here: Updated China video website list. Danwei is trying to put together a list of all the video sharing websites in China, which have not decreased in number since Google bought Youtube for 1.6 … Continue reading →

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Xinhua: Actress shows sex tapes to media

Posted on 2006-11-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

So, I put my sex tapes online and held a press conference, it doesn’t mean I’m seeking publicity Xinhua reports: Actress reveals sex tapes Actress Zhang Yu [张钰] showed the media Tuesday more than 20 videotapes of her having sex … Continue reading →

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Blogs in print so you don’t have to go online

Posted on 2006-11-18 by Joel Martinsen

A magazine called ‘Blog’ (博客) prints blog content for offline readers.

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The Nanny changes her mind: Wikipedia blocked again

Posted on 2006-11-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Gollum is useful for reaching Wikipedia when it is blocked on Mainland China.

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Why did China unblock Wikipedia?

Posted on 2006-11-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Why did the Chinese government change its mind about Wikipedia and stop blocking it? Wikipedia expert Andrew Lih has written an interesting post answering that question. Excerpt: I believe it was because of the argument Jimmy Wales and fellow Chinese … Continue reading →

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