Category Archives: Internet

Xinhua handles the breast and booty contradictions

Posted on 2004-07-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This image is from Xinhua News Agency’s new advertising campaign: Just kidding. It’s actually a photograph from Xinhua’s extensive collection of images from the European Football Cup. If you don’t like sports, you may be more interested in Xinhua’s gallery … Continue reading →

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Media dealflow: let the games begin

Posted on 2004-07-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

There’s a lot of money sloshing around the Chinese media industry right now. Even the beancounters are getting excited. The South China Morning Post (July 7, print edition) reports: China is driving Asia’s emergence as the global entertainment and media … Continue reading →

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China Daily: the cut and paste website

Posted on 2004-07-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The state-owned China Daily just cannot resist using articles from other publications without paying the writers or asking for permission. Well, at least they have started reproducing the bylines. The latest cut and paste incident is the unauthorized loan of … Continue reading →

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People’s Daily joins Farenheit 9/11 speculation

Posted on 2004-07-02 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The website of the Party mouthpiece People’s Daily reports: Fahrenheit 9/11 to become first imported documentary in China Michael Moore’s provocative anti-Bush documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” is likely to become the first imported documentary in China. Sources indicate there’s a strong … Continue reading →

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Muzi Mei resurfaces

Posted on 2004-06-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Muzi Mei returns?

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Wikipedia unblocked

Posted on 2004-06-26 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The free online encyclopedia Wikipedia is accessible from China again. A luta continua! Discovered via Tianjin-based blogger Brainysmurf.

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The exact location of the Penis Rock of Guangdong

Posted on 2004-06-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Reader Spelunker comments on a previous Danwei article about the penis and vagina rocks in Guangdong: I have probed deeper into this natural phenomena and uncovered a web site that does in fact reveal the exact locations of the phallic … Continue reading →

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94-year-old initiates beauty pageant

Posted on 2004-06-23 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua has the goods: Miss Tourism Queen contest opens in Hangzhou Charlie See, 94-year-old initiator of Miss Tourism Queen International Beauty Pageant, take a group photo with competitors of the contest near the West Lake of Hangzhou, capital of east … Continue reading →

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Porno for pandas

Posted on 2004-06-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua reports that Hua Mei, the first panda bear born abroad to be brought back to China, is pregnant after watching panda porn videos, especially designed to get her in the mood: Chinese veterinarians, concerned that she had little knowledge … Continue reading →

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Murdoch’s advertising Star

Posted on 2004-06-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua reports: Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s Star TV Group is expecting to set up a fully-owned subsidiary company in Shanghai within a month, the first of its kind for an overseas media conglomerate, reported CRIENGLISH.com … The deal is inked largely … Continue reading →

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