Category Archives: Magazines

Why lads magazines are going to fail in China

Maxim has problems, state media publishes girly pics.

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Healthy circulation is good for you

On May 26th, the magazine Collector (收藏家) became the first Chinese publication to openly disclose its circulation numbers and to file an official request for circulation auditing at the recently established National Center of Investigation of New Publication Circulation Data … Continue reading

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Rich and Famous is dead

Morningside Media’s Rich and Famous magazine (明星时代) had wobbled along for about two years until 2003, when it serendipitously managed to hire some of China’s best print media talents. For some reason, all these people left shortly after they had … Continue reading

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Actress Bai Ling poses for Playboy, wants threesome with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

US-resident actress Bai Ling who played opposite Richard Gere in Red Corner was recently removed from the cast of the latest Star Wars episode, because she agreed to appear in the June issue of Playboy as Playmate of the Month. … Continue reading

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60 newspapers banned, but by whom?

Xinhua’s English website reports: An official in charge of the country’s press and publication said recently that China banned 60 illegal newspapers and periodicals in order to protect intellectual property rights and bring about an orderly market for publications. This … Continue reading

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FEER blog

The reincarnated Far Eastern Economic Review now has a blog, named after one of the magazine’s old columns: Travellers’ Tales.

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Friday evening links

The Financial Times: China bank chiefs hit at Communist party role “Two senior Chinese bank executives have made a provocative public call for the role of the ruling Communist party in financial institutions to be curbed.” Much of the article’s … Continue reading

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Mark Steyn’s money is on China

Mark Steyn is a very funny conservative essayist. If you don’t support the war in Iraq and gun-owning rights, or you favor gay marriage, his writings will send your blood pressure soaring, but he’ll keep you entertained as you get … Continue reading

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Self-censorship: the 2,000 pound rhinoceros on the dining table

In sum, the Chinese government’s censorial authority in recent times has resembled not so much a man-eating tiger or fire-snorting dragon as a giant anaconda coiled in an overhead chandelier. Normally the great snake doesn’t move. It doesn’t have to. It feels no need to be clear about its prohibitions. Its constant silent message is “You yourself decide.”

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State-sponsored media in Macao, Caijing in New York Times

Hu Shuli profiled in the New York Times.

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