Category Archives: Magazines

Sweet secrets: a Reader’s Digest of Sex

Posted on 2007-02-19 by banyue

Sexy psychology magazine.

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The mobile phone man

Posted on 2007-02-08 by banyue

The very definition of the modern man According to statistics from China’s telecoms regulator MII (Ministry of Information Industry), there are over 426 million mobile phone users in China, the biggest user group in the whole world. The cover story … Continue reading →

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Make sure the guests are prepared

Posted on 2007-01-31 by Joel Martinsen

A guest house offers condoms and is suspcious when the guests won’t take them. By Jiang Ping (蒋平) in Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊).

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Is modern Chinese in need of a revival?

Posted on 2007-01-25 by Joel Martinsen

Tang Yi (唐逸), an etymologist and world religions researcher with CASS, argues that the Chinese language needs a ‘New Chinese Movement’ (新汉语运动). He’s written a book: ‘A Chinese Language Cultural Reader’ (汉语文化读本)

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Top language errors for 2006

Posted on 2007-01-24 by Joel Martinsen

‘Yaowen Jiaozi’ magazine (咬文嚼字) picks the top errors in Chinese language usage for the year 2006. Also, the complete works of Wang Xiaobo (王小波) published by Yunnan People’s Publishing House is rife with typographical errors.

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Frustrated petitioning

Posted on 2007-01-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Time magazine China blog has an interesting entry by Susan Jakes about people who come to the magazine’s Beijing bureau seeking justice for wrongs they have suffered, usually at the hands of local provincial officials: The Time Magazine Office … Continue reading →

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Wang Shuo thought bomb

Posted on 2007-01-23 by banyue

Wang Shuo: ready to reload? Wang Shuo (王朔) is a popular Chinese novelist. He is known as something of a rebel, perhaps the closest thing China has to a counter-cultural icon. His works include novels, TV shows and movies. Most … Continue reading →

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Rolling Stone rolls back onto cover

Posted on 2007-01-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Subs float to the top The January issue of Rolling Stone features Beijing punk rock / hard core band Subs on the cover. The feature story about them recounts the story of their formation and describes some of their recent … Continue reading →

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Snake’s Eve

Posted on 2007-01-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

‘Snake’s Eve’ is the large coverline on the January issue of FHM China (男人装): it refers to a photo spread of three models cavorting with apples and snakes. You can see the whole spread of photos on this forum post … Continue reading →

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Wang Xiaofeng: How I became Time Person of the Year

Posted on 2007-01-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Raymond Zhou has translated Wang Xiaofeng’s tale ‘How I became Time’s Person of the Year’.

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