Category Archives: Magazines

30 periodicals banned

Xinhua reports: China has banned 30 periodicals in the country, accusing them of counterfeiting or illegally using the registration number of other periodicals, reported Wednesday’s Guangming Daily. Hmm. The article goes on to say: In recent years, these illegal periodicals … Continue reading

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Media dealflow: let the games begin

There’s a lot of money sloshing around the Chinese media industry right now. Even the beancounters are getting excited. The South China Morning Post (July 7, print edition) reports: China is driving Asia’s emergence as the global entertainment and media … Continue reading

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Menbox teaches you how to shave body hair

Su Youpeng (苏友朋) on Menbox.

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Andy Lau on City Pictorial

City Pictorial’s June 25 breaks from the magazine’s regular cover policy of featuring a young model to bring you Hong Kong heart throb Andy Lau (Liu Dehua). There’s a comprehensive Andy Lau filmography here.

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I beg to differ

New Weekly’s June 15 cover story is called “I oppose!” (wo fandui!). The article talks about how a healthy society needs many different voices, and should preserve minority behaviors and expressions of different view points. Indeed.

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City Pictorial: President Bush is a kidult

City Pictorial is getting a little desperate for editorial ideas. The June 11 issue’s cover story is entitled ‘KIDULTS – refusing to grow up’. The article features various adults who have some supposedly childish or child-like habits: Sohu.com CEO Charles … Continue reading

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Plastic babe Yang Yuan; flat chested beauty Sammi; Sex and the City will not die

The Beijing Youth Weekly is outdoing itself in its headlong rush to become Beijing’s uber-tabloid. Not only does each week’s issue come in two parts, one called ‘OK’ and one called ‘Hello’, but the content is hitting the trash-pulp button … Continue reading

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The spring dreams of China’s young writers

Mengyan (萌芽) magazine introduces some young writers, as reported in Sanlian Life Week.

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Fatal wealth

Sanlian Life Week reports on crimes against the rich.

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That’s a China mess

Interfax reports on a dispute allegedly brewing between the company that produces That’s magazines (of which Mark Kitto is the CEO) and the entity that provides the city guide series with legal publication numbers: A potential dispute is on the … Continue reading

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