Category Archives: Magazines

Farewell to literary magazines

Eslite Reader (诚品好读) and Translation (译文) magazines bid farewell.

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The journey of the Olympic flame, by FHM

FHM magazine’s fourth anniversary edition has an Olympic themed photo spread.

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Boom times for Chinese film, but what comes next?

Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊) and Sanlian Life Week (三联生活周刊) examine China’s film industry.

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Rewriting the news for Yazhou Zhoukan

Tsui Sio-ming (崔少明) writes about his days working as a ‘glorified copy editor’ at Yazhou Zhoukan (亚洲周刊)

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Reader’s Digest for Chinese readers

Reader’s Digest (读者文摘) comes to China as Puzhi (普知). With cooperation from 上海新闻出版发展公司. CN31-1987/Z

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Seventy years after the Great Purge

Phoenix Weekly (凤凰周刊) has a cover feature on the 70th anniversary of Stalin’s Great Purge, and a report on Burma’s Shan State (掸邦) and Yawd Serk (约色).

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Death of a Shanghai expat rag?

A short post about the state of expatriate-oriented magazines in Beijing and Shanghai.

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Looking back on a sadomasochistic year

A year-end roundup from Southern Metropolis Weekly (南都周刊) emphasizes the two-faced (双面) nature of 2007. Chang Ping (长平) comments.

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Colorful mooks for Chinese teens

Guo Jingming (郭敬明), Cai Jun (蔡骏), GirlneYa (郭妮), Ming Xiaoxi (明晓溪), Luoluo (落落), and Sharon (饶雪漫) publish YA magazines.

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Who pulls the strings behind world unrest?

Globe magazine (环球) looks at fake think tanks (伪智库) and their roles in international regime change.

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