Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Breast feeding plummets; baby formula ads blamed

China’s Consumer Association recently issued a report on the market for infant formula in 30 Chinese cities. It found only a low percentage of moms who were exclusively feeding their newborns breast milk in the first 6 months. Nearly a … Continue reading

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China Businesscast: Models for Online Video Sharing–Part 1

Victor Koo, CEO of Youku.com, discusses advertising models for online video sharing sites in China.

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Winners on the new Chinese Internet

China Web 2.0 Review is a blog that tracks Web 2.0 companies in China. It is written by Tangos and Luyi, two Chinese guys who follow the Chinese Internet closely.

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Haruki Murakami in Chinese

Lin Shaohua (林少华) talks about how his translations of the works of Haruki Murakami (村上春树) are received in China.

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Boss Hou, infomercial host extraordinaire

Boss Hou (侯总) interviewed in The Beijing News.

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Xiamen to kill off anonymous posting

Xiamen releases Measures to fight unhealthy and harmful information on the Internet (厦门市互联网有害信息和不良信息管理和处置办法). It includes a ban on anonymous posting.

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Baidu in the music business?

A major reason for search engine Baidu’s popularity is its efficient MP3 search function, which allows Chinese music fans to easily find downloadable files of popular music. Of course most of this music is pirated, but Baidu’s responsibilities is not … Continue reading

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Sanmao goes overseas

Zhang Rongrong (张融融) writes about her father Zhang Leping (张乐平) and his creation Sanmao (三毛).

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WordPress blog host unblocked

China’s Net Nanny seems to have unblocked the WordPress blog hosting service which has been inaccessible since February 2006. Weifang Radish is the only China-related blog hosted on WordPress that your correspondent knows of, but feel free to add others … Continue reading

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Political structure and the Shanxi kiln scandal

Zhu Dake (朱大可) writes about the Shanxi brick kiln slaves. A parody ‘internal report’ suggests that slavery should be a new form of economic development.

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