Category Archives: Internet

Protecting virtual private property in China

Posted on 2004-01-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua reports that a group of lawyers from Sichuan have called on the government to legislate to protect virtual private property. This has come two weeks after a 24-year-old online game player named Li Hongchen, won the country’s first virtual … Continue reading →

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Is Menbox truly gay?

Posted on 2004-01-10 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Menbox features women.

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Tokyo envy

Posted on 2004-01-09 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The visual flotsam of Beijing that ends up on this site is generally either trashy, bad or ugly. Which is so not the case on Jean Snow’s site, from which this photo of a Year of the Monkey store display … Continue reading →

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Kid with modem vs. CNN

Posted on 2004-01-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Johannes Gutenberg This is a version of an article I wrote published in That’s Beijing‘s January issue: Kid with Modem vs. CNN There is a publishing revolution going on, and it’s not being funded by venture capitalists nor by the … Continue reading →

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CHINA’S TOP 10 SEX-RELATED NEWS STORIES

Posted on 2004-01-03 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Danwei is back from the holidays, but lagging way behind the China Daily in covering sexy stories in the Chinese media. There’s this: “SEX-CHANGE WOMAN GETS MARRIED The first Chinese woman to have a sex change operation tied the knot Tuesday … Continue reading →

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Xinhua piracy

Posted on 2003-12-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Here are the title and opening lines of a story from That’s Beijing‘s December edition: Aloha, Hainan: ´China´s Hawaii´ vies to rival Phuket and Bali By Jan Kot Rising out of the South China Sea between Guangdong and Vietnam, the … Continue reading →

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Mu Zi Mei condoms?

Posted on 2003-12-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Beijing Nabeitong Company has succeeded in registering ‘Mu Zi Mei’ as a brand name for condoms. The registration process will take another 16 to 19 months to be completed, so Mu Zi Mei (aka Li Li) still has a little … Continue reading →

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Saddam lookalike in Sichuan

Posted on 2003-12-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

‘Entertainment shows’ in Chinese provincial towns can range from the ridiculous to the obscene. Below is a Saddam imitator from Sichuan newspaper Huaxi Daily’s ten year anniversary celebration show. Other features of the show included a Hitler imitator, fashion show … Continue reading →

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The capitalist road is beautiful

Posted on 2003-12-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

China’s state-owned news agency Xinhua is starting to get the plot. 2003 has seen Xinhua decide that idle entertainments such as Mu Zi Mei and beauty competitions are A-OK. Xinhua gave extensive coverage to Miss China and Miss World, and … Continue reading →

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It ain’t Italian sausage

Posted on 2003-12-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Taiwan-based blogger A Better Tomorrow writes: “I love the scandalous graphics in the Apple Daily. I scanned one from today’s edition. It’s a pictoral representation of that German guy who willingly let himself be cannibalized. What they’re eating in the … Continue reading →

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