Category Archives: Magazines

If you’re interested in the state of investigative journalism in China, the one to watch is Caijing magazine, edited by Hu Shuli, the bravest woman in Chinese publishing. The magazine is expanding its English language content on its website. The … Continue reading →

Straight outta Zhengzhou: Mode Underwear magazine (shishang neiyi). This magazine has its postioning worked out just fine and seems to be driven by circulation rather than corporate advertising. I wonder why. Here is the cover of the November issue. Here … Continue reading →

Bilingual Times is an English teaching magazine with solid distribution and a mix of different articles and English lessons. One of the best features is a guide to vocabulary used in various American TV series. This is the September issue’s … Continue reading →

“Government statistics suggest that there are more than 600,000 foreigners currently residing in major Chinese cities” according to the cover story of China Business International (November 2003). Other stats in the article: Number of Japanese working in Shanghai: between 30,000 … Continue reading →

That’s the coverline of Modern Weekly’s November 8 issue, pictured below.

Madame Figaro’s November issue has Japanese model Ai Tominage on the cover. Madame Figaro calls her ‘Louis Vuitton’s new pet’. The most interesting thing inside the magazine is a fashion spread shot at the Beijing Wild Animal park, featuring real … Continue reading →

The November issue of HIS magazine or “Fashionable Fortune’ (shishang caifu) in Chinese is out. HIS is owned by CITIC Culture, the new and well-funded media arm of CITIC, which was one of China’s earliest state-owned financial organizations allowed to … Continue reading →