Category Archives: Internet

Peking Duck on Chinese consumers

Richard of Peking Duck has an interesting article on Living in China about marketing in the PRC. My favorite bit: ‘The new middle-class Chinese consumers do not want products that are simple or easy to use. Part of the status … Continue reading →

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Transsexual Blogfest

Jin Xing, China’s first celebrity transsexual.

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Qingdao sex change unrelated to missing penis

It’s been a tabloid kind of day. First Sohu reports on on a successful sex change operation performed in Qingdao on Chongqing native Lili. The story is here, complete with a photo of Lili putting on make up in her … Continue reading →

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Mu Zi Mei banned?

I haven’t seen the documents but the word on the China media grapevine is that coverage of Mu Zi Mei has been banned by the Press and Publications Bureau, the authority responsible for er, regulating print media. The Internet is … Continue reading →

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Do androids dream of electric bimbos?

A mini media storm has been brewing about a young lady named Lulu Hao (or Hao Lulu). She announced to the world in July that she would undergo full body cosmetic surgery to beautify every part of her body. The … Continue reading →

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Mu Zi Mei got the can

She got fired! That’s according to Annabel Li, who is in the loop on the Guangzhou scene. Mu Zi Mei’s day job was as a sex columnist for City Pictorial, pictured below. Her column did not appear in the November … Continue reading →

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No doggy style

This just in: Chinese sex blogger du jour Mu Zi Mei just posted to an anonymous bulletin board. Blogchina republished the piece here. More Mu Zi Mei frenzy is available at a special Yahoo channel located here. Below is a … Continue reading →

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Mangazine and More Mu Zi Mei

Chris Barden writes: Nanfang Newspaper Group is behind this one as well: Mangazine. It’s an, ahem, er, “man’s magazine.” Get it? The name cracks me up because, for some reason, it instantly reminds me of the “manzier” – a bra … Continue reading →

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Fetish mommy

Look, all I’m doing is research into a particular market segment of glossy magazines. The particular market segment I have been researching is parenting and baby magazines. That’s the cover of the November issue of Mommy Baby (mama baobao), published … Continue reading →

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Mu Zi Mei mediafest

Editors are loving Mu Zi Mei, whose kiss and tell exploits were previously described on danwei. Here she is again in the Beijing Morning Post. One of the articles on the page asks the question ‘Is it legal?’ “Having a … Continue reading →

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