Category Archives: Magazines

Director Jia Zhangke tells all

Jia Zhangke (贾樟柯) reveals that Wang Bin (王斌), writer for Zhang Yimou (张艺谋) films, had his first film Pickpocket (小武) banned. From Soho Xiaobao (SOHO小报).

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Mountains, seas, and official reading material

Wen Jiabao (温家宝) visits Northeast Normal University (东北师范大学); photo has the Classic of Mountains and Seas (山海经) blurred out.

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Foreigners surveyed about Chinese cinema

A survey from Movie World magazine (电影世界) about foreign viewers’ opinions on Chinese cinema.

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Ghost magazines that weren’t banned

Illegal ghost story magazines (猛鬼故事、鬼话聊斋) available at news stands in Beijing have risque ads in the back.

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Equality for foreign periodicals, but there’s a GAPP

Liu Binjie, the man from G.A.P.P. As mentioned earlier on Danwei, the International Federation for Periodical Press (FIPP) just concluded its 36th World Magazine Conference in Beijing. At the conference, GAPP official Liu Binjie promised foreign periodicals that China will … Continue reading

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Death comes for ghost story magazines

Death Note (死亡笔记) and seven other illegal magazines get confiscated by Beijing’s Industry and Commerce bureau.

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The wisdom of rabbits

Bunnies act out Baltasar Gracian’s The Way of Worldly Wisdom in Southern People Weekly.

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GAPP to clean up periodicals; Anti-Piracy Office shuts down a magazine

China New Observer (中国新观察) shut down by GAPP and the anti-pornography and anti-piracy office. Censorship, or punishment for scam running?

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Aussie newspaper kills story about Rupert Murdoch’s wife

Wendi Deng: ”She, a woman who has already worked miracles, might she be the future Queen of Media?’ We won’t find out anytime soon, thanks to a decision by Good Weekend to quash a profile of Rupert Murdoch’s wife. This article, originally published on Crikey, is republished here with permission of the author.

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Images of women in Chinese magazines

March and April 2007 covers from FHM (男人装), Pinwei (品位), Cosmopolitan (时尚), Sports Illustrated (体育画报), Photographers’ Companion (摄影之友).

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