Category Archives: Magazines

Chinese science fiction

Posted on 2004-03-23 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The cryptically named ‘zhwj‘ is an English language website about Chinese science fiction. So far, the site contains an introduction to Chinese science fiction, news about the Milky Way Awards (awarded to the year’s best science fiction short stories as … Continue reading →

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Losing The Face

Posted on 2004-03-23 by Jeremy Goldkorn

There has been a lot of big talk lately from various Chinese media companies, and foreign media companies with an interest in China. But none of them seem to be onto this opportunity: to buy a foreign title with a … Continue reading →

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China’s Time Warner? More Mainland media buzz

Posted on 2004-03-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

SEEC wants to be China’s Time Warner.

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Danwei.org makes USD1.2 million profit

Posted on 2004-03-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Do you believe that? Well try this: Dow Jones reports: HK MING PAO TO MAKE HK$4.8M PROFIT ON MAGAZINE DEAL Ming Pao Enterprise Corp. (0685.HK), a major Chinese-language publisher in Hong Kong, said it will make a profit of HK$4.8 … Continue reading →

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Forbes and fame

Posted on 2004-03-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Forbes rates the richest people in China.

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Don’t wanna work

Posted on 2004-02-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This is New Weekly’s February 15 issue. The large coverline reads: ‘Don’t want to work’. Underneath it are subtitles reading: “The Post Work era – Happy jobs list – The busiest and the laziest cities’. No mention of Keith Haring. … Continue reading →

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The Economist wants you to feel good about yourself, and then send money

Posted on 2004-02-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A clever piece of direct marketing for The Economist encourages you, or in this case me, to subscribe by appealling to vanity. It’s not perfect: “Jeremy Goldkorn, unleashed” is printed with a laser printer so it doesn’t look exactly like … Continue reading →

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Kidnapping in Beijing, Osama Bin Ladin in New York, Zhang Ziyi online

Posted on 2004-02-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Zhang Ziyi’s new website: Spotted by Beijing blogger, Tennessee Ruck, who is here. Zhang Ziyi is here. Tennessee Ruck has an eye for Chinese media, even beating danwei.org to the scan on this one: That’s the latest issue of China’s … Continue reading →

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Well hello there baby

Posted on 2004-02-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s China Southern Airlines new inflight magazine! The press release for Ni Hao magazine has this to say: “Featuring Pop Diva Coco Lee on its launch cover, NIHAO Magazine is a … Continue reading →

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Consume consume consume: the month in Chinese glossy magazines

Posted on 2004-02-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Danwei.org presents a tour of Chinese glossy magazines circa February 2004. The Morningside Group’s Rich & Famous has Zhou Xun on the cover. Also from Morningside is twentysomething women’s magazine Meimei, with Hu Jing and Li Quan on the cover. … Continue reading →

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