Category Archives: Internet

Sensationalism at the Shanghai Daily

Danwei has recently been accused of sensationalistic headline writing. But we have a lot to learn from the Shanghai Daily, who displayed their tabloid prowess recently in a story about your correspondent’s home country: MURDER RATE STUMPS SOUTH AFRICA COPS … Continue reading →

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Sex and Shanghai a hoax?

Is Sex and Shanghai performance art by an international syndicate?

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Xinhua reports: Foxconn reduces claim against journalists to one yuan

Danwei Noon Report is a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China from Chinese and English sources. Wang You and Weng Bao Xinhua’s: Foxconn reduces claim against journalists to one yuan Xinhua’s Chinese website’s headline story today … Continue reading →

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Expensive, tasty space food

Chinese science fiction critic Wu Yan writes on his blog about his impressions of China’s space food.

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Nearly three million cars in Beijing

News roundup. Xu Jinglei’s blog, new license plates in Beijing, blogs on bullog, and the intercalary month.

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Walmart communism and North Korean nanotech

Bokee shares profits with bloggers, license plates to be regulated in Beijing.

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Chinese journalism played by the Super Girls

Latest scandals to hit the Super Girls competition (August 2006), and a translation of a piece by Yang Yu decrying journalists’ lack of objectivity when they participated in the judging.

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Cartoon slang, rock jargon, and Garfield’s netspeak

Rock slang from Yan Jun, anime slang from Japan, and netspeak in the new Garfield movie.

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A theorem, a crank, and a duel to the death

Philosopher Li Ming (黎鸣) and anti-fraud activist Fang Zhouzi (方舟子) square off in a duel to the death over the four color problem (四色难题).

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Online video tainted by spoofs

Translation from Qiu Ao, and bits from the Legal Mirror about the SARFT regulations on personal internet video.

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