Category Archives: Internet

Tumors, lesbians, and assholes

Posted on 2005-01-30 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Some interesting stuff on the China / Latin America / Chaos in Iraq blog ESWN: 1. The Malignant Tumor in Chinese Book Publishing Comments and translation of a Ming Pao Monthly article about how market forces are liberalizing the Chinese … Continue reading →

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Xinhua: Goodbye Comrade Zhao, who made “serious mistakes”

Posted on 2005-01-29 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua has published an article about Zhao Ziyang’s cremation this morning. The same article was published verbatim on the People’s Daily website. Remains of Comrade Zhao Ziyang cremated in Beijing Comrade Zhao Ziyang, who passed away on Jan. 17 at … Continue reading →

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China questions the dollar and the death penalty

Posted on 2005-01-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Forbes and Xinhua both reported remarks made at the World Economic Forum yesterday by Fan Gang, director of the National Economic Research Institute at the China Reform Foundation. From Forbes: “The U.S. dollar is no longer – in our opinion … Continue reading →

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Running Dog takes a sniff at environmental protection

Posted on 2005-01-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Running Dog has a new piece up: Has the environmental watchdog finally grown some teeth? The Chinese government is, we are led to believe, starting to take environmental protection very seriously indeed, and none more so than the intrepid Pan … Continue reading →

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Bills due

Posted on 2005-01-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Here is a blog by an American guy who spends time in China and pays attention to financial news, especially about Chinese and China related hi tech stocks: Billsdue, on the new, no-longer-blocked-in-China Typepad. UPDATE: Here is another blog about … Continue reading →

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Do whatever the hell you want, as long as you don’t do it on paper or via broadcast

Posted on 2005-01-26 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Do whatever the hell you want, as long as you don’t do it on paper or via broadcast

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State-owned babe watch; Xinhua rips off FHM

Posted on 2005-01-26 by Jeremy Goldkorn

State-owned news agency Xinhua continues to focus on the really important stuff such as: Catwoman Halle Berry nominated worst actress Halle Berry has been nominated for a Razzie in the category of worst actress. Xinhua uses this insubstantial piece of … Continue reading →

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The Guardian hypes China’s online advertising market

Posted on 2005-01-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A few quotes from a Guardian article about online advertising in China: Hans Yu, managing director of Nielsen//NetRatings in China: “We’re finding that the [online] market is actually far bigger than people think when you start to include people who … Continue reading →

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State-owned babe watch: Paris Hilton

Posted on 2005-01-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

On state-owned news agencies website: Xinhua: Paris Hilton accused of stealing own sex video (with pictures). UPDATE: If you’re not interested in Paris Hilon’s cleavage, you might find this Xinhua report interesting: Liu Yunshan, head of the Publicity Department of … Continue reading →

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Xinhua: Culprit of Xinjiang bus blast identified. Hmm.

Posted on 2005-01-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua reports: The bus blast case that occurred at noon of Jan. 20 in Kuytun City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has been solved, the regional public security bureau told Xinhua on Monday morning… …The blast, which reportedly occurred … Continue reading →

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