Category Archives: Media and Advertising

The first death of the CR

UPDATE (2007/5/10): The text of this entry trips the keyword filters of mainland Chinese ISPs. We have provided a PDF version of the original entry and comments, or you can view an image of the post. The video may be … Continue reading →

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The Economic Observer: Sino-French joint venture stealing Yellow River water?

This is from a recent Time magazine article: A thirst for growth … France is the land of public service par excellence, where a whiff of sacrilege still adheres to the very notion of privatizing basic infrastructure. Trains, hospitals, universities … Continue reading →

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Self China magazine launch

Self (悦己) follows Vogue into mainland China.

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A new look for The Economic Observer

The website of The Economic Observer (经济观察报) gets an updated. Yu Hua interview featured.

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State media shenanigans and responsible blogging

Musings on how a translation blog should treat its responsibility toward traditional media. Inspired by news about the famous annual party (评论部年会) thrown by the CCTV News and Commentary Department (中央电视台新闻评论部).

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Degrees, real life, and April Fools

Residents of Pinghe County, Fujian Province (福建省平和县) cannot marry or get a driver’s license without a middle-school diploma. In Beijing, professor Li Baoyuan (李宝元) complains that parents are bringing their children to grad school entrance exams.

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The case against a film rating system

An Outlook Weekly (瞭望新闻周刊) op-ed argues in favor of delaying a film rating system for the Chinese movie industry.

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Open source translation websites

Chinese Content wiki and Yeeyan (译言).

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The nail house, the Zhengzhou dragon, and the hidden cameras

The Chongqing Nail House (钉子户), blogspot unblocked, a massive dragon in Zhengzhou (郑州祖龙), and cadres spotted by hidden camera in Zigui County (Hubei).

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Behind the scenes at Southern Weekly

A new book, ‘Backstage’ (后台), shines light on what goes into a news story at Southern Weekly (南方周末 aka Southern Weekend).

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