Category Archives: Media

The riot was much more serious than the one in Tibet last year: reporting from Xinjiang

Bruce, Lui Ping Kuen, is Hong Kong Cable TV’s China correspondent and was on the scene at the early July ethnic clash in Xinjiang. Danwei asks him about the reaction of Hong Kong media as well as other views.

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Michael Anti: enjoy Twitter in China while it lasts

Anti talks about Far and Wide Journal, the Global Times and Chinese Twitterland humor.

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Hu Yong interview: the digital age, Orwell’s “Newspeak” and Chinese media

For Danwei Hu Yong agreed to answer questions about being a veteran China journalist who has been engaged in State media, and as a founder of Sanlian Lifeweek. As well as the current state and hopes of journalism in China, Hu Yong talked about his thoughts on the future of the Internet in China, and how it will shape a healthier society.

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Follow-up: The car firecracker story and soft advertising

A blogger takes issue with a story about a fireworks death that ran in the online media’s Auto Channel.

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China’s first blogger: Isaac Mao

In this interview, Isaac Mao (毛向辉), China’s first blogger and a self proclaimed “free philosopher of sharism,” talks about how many major news stories in China first break online with local netizens using blogs and other social media tools to find, share, and uncover the truth about issues the mainstream / traditional media aren’t allowed to cover. Mao goes on to speak optimistically about China’s social progress and evolution, assuring that the country is moving toward a modern society very much worth looking forward to.

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Universities and the media: Friends or enemies?

College students are difficult to interview, The Beijing News reporter Yang Wanguo discovers.

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Kaiser Kuo on visiting journalists and forbidden cliches

This humorous piece was written by the always witty Kaiser Kuo and first published in a recent edition of The Beijinger and on Ogilvy China’s Digital Watch blog). It is published below with permission of the author. Forbidden Clichés: A … Continue reading

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China Media Timeline, an excerpt

What follows is a two-year excerpt from Danwei’s timeline of media and visual culture in China since 1978.

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Olympics advice from ex-CNN journalist

Former Beijing Bureau chief Rebecca MacKinnon offers advice to foreign journalists coming to the Olympics.

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Arts scams, journalism scams, business book scams

Links and summaries of recent stories by Gady Epstein in Forbes magazine.

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