Category Archives: Internet

Chinese Bloomsday

Posted on 2004-06-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Today is the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday – the fictional day in James Joyce’s Ulysses where Irish Jew Leopold Bloom wanders around Dublin. Rejoyce Dublin 2004 has a Chinese page on their website celebrating the centenary, which you can find … Continue reading →

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Transsexual star endorses menstrual pads

Posted on 2004-06-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Korean transexual Harisu is in the news again. This is from the English version of the Korean site Chosun Ilbo: “Foxy Lady” Harisu will be the first transgender individual to appear in an advertisement for menstrual pads. From the middle … Continue reading →

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Northeastern social news

Posted on 2004-06-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

NEN or Northeastern News Network (dongbei xinwen wang) has some er, interesting images on the ‘Society News’ section of their website. Pictured left are two of a long series. According to the website’s ‘about’ page, NEN is the official website … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia blocked in China?

Posted on 2004-06-10 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The free encyclopedia Wikipedia seems to be blocked in China. Could this be a consequence of a recent story on Yahoo news? Excerpt from the Yahoo story: An informal group of Chinese volunteers is working to build an online encyclopedia … Continue reading →

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Britney’s breasts banned in China?

Posted on 2004-06-03 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Britney Spears is scheduled to perform in Beijing and Shanghai early next year. She has been put on notice by the old farts at the Culture Department that she must dress decently and must not flash too much flesh. The … Continue reading →

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Miss International Model

Posted on 2004-05-31 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Yet another beauty pageant takes place in China: ‘Miss International Model’ ended in Hangzhou on May 28, with the crown going to Aqiyla Gomez of Trinidad and Tobago. Miss China International Model, Ma Li, (pictured) was a runner-up and also … Continue reading →

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Sino-Japanese joint military games

Posted on 2004-05-31 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Sohu.com reports on Sino-Japanese joint military games intended to strengthen crisis management and anti-terror operations. The Sohu article is here. As you can imagine, Sohu’s comment board about this story is not full of friendly sentiments. The first two are: … Continue reading →

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Thank you bradf.com

Posted on 2004-05-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A big thank you to Brad of bradf.com who helped migrate Danwei from Typepad (still blocked in China) to our new virtual headquarters. Virtual hugs and kisses to the following people who offered server space and moral and technical support. … Continue reading →

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What do Danwei readers want?

Posted on 2004-05-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Welcome back to the work unit. This is a soft launch: the site is still being tinkered with and may be unreliable until next week. In the meantime, here is a list of the most common search terms on Danwei … Continue reading →

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Bloggers Against the Machina

Posted on 2004-03-29 by Jeremy Goldkorn

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