Category Archives: Magazines

Geeks, Google, and mainland milk

milk magazine (milk新潮流) comes to the mainland in a partnership with Titan Sports. Louis Koo (古天乐) is on the cover. Google is in the supplement

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Have you had your housing flu shots?

New Century Weekly (新世纪周刊) for 1 December, 2007. Housing flu (房流感), fengshui (风水), and the doctor-patient relationship.

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A practical analysis of popular Chinese magazines

Ma Boyong (马伯庸) rates magazines according to their mousepad functionality.

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The right to drink water

South Wind View (南风窗) for 1 December, 2007, features stories on water usage, political reform, and color revolutions.

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Buildings and their builders in Life Magazine

Life Magazine (生活周刊) for November 2007 presents interesting articles and photography around the theme ‘China Under Construction.”

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9,468 magazines in China

Here are some numbers about the magazine business from an article on Xinhua’s website: China reports growing number of magazine titles China published 9,468 magazine titles with the relevant publishing generating about 17 billion yuan (2.29 billion U.S. dollars) in … Continue reading

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Han Han: trend leader

Southern People Weekly (南方人物周刊) interviews Han Han (韩寒).

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Culture and corporate propaganda in Soho Xiaobao

Mid-2007 issues of Soho Xiaobao (SOHO小报), illustrating the complicated identity of in-house magazines run by real estate companies.

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Six decades of Eileen Chang films

New Century Weekly (新世纪周刊) compiles several articles about Eileen Chang 张爱玲 as cover story. The cover girl is Tang Wei 汤唯, who casts Wang Jiazhi 王佳芝, the leading character of the movie.

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Chiang Ching-Kuo’s three betrayals

The coverline of latest Vista (看天下) is about JIang Jingguo’s (蒋经国) three betrayals.

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