Category Archives: Internet

Cultural Revolution reminders from Chinese bloggers

Today is August 8. For people superstitious about numbers, it’s a lucky day. But this day 40 years ago was the start of a disaster. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution formally started on this day. And lasted until October of 1976.

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Great careers in prison for editors

New clothes for special police units • The China Daily reports enthusiastically that Li Yuanjiang, the former editor of the Guangzhou Daily is now editing a prison newspaper in the jail where he is currently serving a 12 year term … Continue reading →

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Trying to give Chinglish a good name

Chinglish.com: you’d think it would be a website that mocks Chinese English in the way that Engrish.com highlights weird Japanese usage. But no. This is what Chinglish.com says it will do (at same unspecified date in the future): What is … Continue reading →

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Youtube advertising: American Chamber of Commerce video

Youtube advertising is taking off. The American Chamber of Commerce in China has published an introductory video on Youtube:

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Some photos from Woeser

Some translations and photographs from the recently closed blogs of Woeser (唯色).

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Battling street patrols and Li Yuchun

Keeping the streets clean August 2, 2006 – Danwei Noon Report, a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China, from Chinese and English sources • Sina has a story about two city patrol teams in Shenzhen meeting … Continue reading →

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Celebrating freedom, until the next clampdown

At the beginning of this year, the Freezing Point (冰点) supplement of the state-owned China Youth Daily (中国青年报) was suspended and Li Datong, its editor in chief was sacked. Coming shortly after an editorial shakeup at The Beijing News (新京报) … Continue reading →

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Danwei Noon: Breast enlargement ads, dogs and steel

No longer seen on TV: breast enlargement equipment August 1, 2006 – Danwei Noon, a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China • The Beijing News reports that Chinese TV infomercials for breast enlargment treatments and other … Continue reading →

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Dialogue between Han Chinese and Tibetan bloggers

Starting out from a post on Peking Duck — Does the Dalai Lama work from the CIA? — Shanghainese blogger Bingfeng got into an exchange with an exiled Tibetan named Tenzin. Bingfeng posted the exchange on his blog: My conversations … Continue reading →

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Springtime for China blog consultants

VW ads and BBS responses to them, from Word of Mouth blog Business Week has given a big boost to people who want to capitalize on their knowledge of China’s blog and BBS scene, with an article titled Blogging Down … Continue reading →

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