Category Archives: Magazines

Saddam Hussein: punk, cowboy, vulnerable old man

READ magazine (shu cheng) is a well-established literary glossy seeking to occupy the New Yorker postition on the Chinese magazine rack. This is the cover of the January 2004 issue. READ is produced by Shanghai Sanlian Bookstores and Shucheng Magazine … Continue reading

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Anita Mui on Sanlian Life Weekly

Anita Mui, who died December 30, is on the cover of the January 12 issue of Sanlian Life Week.

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January HIS

The January HIS magazine has Tom Cruise on the cover. The cover lines are: Mobile phone chaos Presidential cars Men control reproduction [about sexual health] HIS magazine 10 men of 2003 revealed New luxury sports – 1 luxury brand spokesman … Continue reading

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Is Menbox truly gay?

Menbox features women.

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Zhao Wei on Rich & Famous

Actress Zhao Wei is on the cover of Rich & Famous magazine’s January issue. Zhao Wei became a household name in China for her role as Princess Pearl in the Qing Dynasty soap opera ‘huang zhu ge ge’ or ‘Return … Continue reading

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Cosmo and hotpants

Cosmo does its bit to ensure that the spring of 2004 will be sartorially eye-popping in cities across the People’s Republic. Check out the cover of the January issue: The covergirl is Croatian model Korina Longin. The coverlines are: 6 … Continue reading

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Menbox: China’s first real gay magazine

Introducing Menbox.

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New concepts of modern marketing

Modern Retail Magazine (xiandaihua shangchang) invites you to subscribe and learn about ‘new concepts of modern marketing’. Innovative new concepts like this: Whatever that is, it going to have the subscribers lining up. Oh yeah.

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Liu Xiaoqing: billionaire actress and businesswoman

Liu Xiaoqing, the actress-turned tycoon whose tax evasion case returns to court this Friday, is starting to excite the tabloids again. Here she is, in a swimsuit, looking pretty good for a fifty-something business woman. Local English-language rag City Weekend … Continue reading

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Adventurous CEOs

This is the December issue of HIS (shishang caifu or Trends Fortune in Chinese). ‘Farewell My Concubine’ director Chen Kaige is on the cover. The main feature story is about CEOs with adventurous hobbies like mountain climbing and paragliding. We … Continue reading

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