Category Archives: Media and Advertising

From Hollywood to Haute Couture
by Michael Rank

Michael Rank reviews a number of knock-off trademark applications: Chanel, George Clooney, Lenny Kravitz, YSL, Warren Beatty, and Lancome.

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by Michael Rank

Picking apart the 2007 Gala

Spring Festival 2007 Gala videos and controversy.

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The Apprentice to appear in Beijing

Pan Shiyi stands in for Donald Trump in the upcoming Chinese version of The Apprentice.

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Sweet secrets: a Reader’s Digest of Sex

Sexy psychology magazine.

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China Specials: Colbert Report and The Times

Stephen Colbert, one of the hosts of spoof American news program The Daily Show has been doing a series of segments about China. The first one defines China as a “frenemy” of the United States. It’s funny despite the fortune … Continue reading →

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Making corrections, handling statistics

An old issue of the People’s Daily leads Teng Yun (滕云) to muse about the proper way to deal with facts in the newspaper business.

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Blogger Wang Xiaofeng sticks it to the man

We discussed Beijing culture – or the lack of of it – swearing, idiots on the Internet, Northeastern Chinese jokes about sex, blogging, and the meretricious behavior of Sina.com.

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Gold books on the black market

Gold books (黄金书) can’t be sold openly, but there is a thriving black-market trade in the popular Spring Festival gift items.

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Books behind bars – He Dong on restricted literature

Commentator He Dong (何东) writes about experiences with banned books during the Cultural Revolution.

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What makes a master?

A new book by Ji Xianlin (季羡林), Li Ao (李敖) on the mainland’s lack of cultural elite, a six-point definition of a great master in academia, and a review of a new Southern Metropolis Daily book that talks to elderly literary folk, The Last of the Cultural Nobility (最后的文化贵族).

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