Category Archives: Media and Advertising

On not talking about Christmas

Posted on 2006-12-26 by Joel Martinsen

Zeng Pengyu writes about Chinese media not being able to mention Christmas in their reports.

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China Businesscast: Mobile Marketing

Posted on 2006-12-22 by Robert Ness

Continuing China Businesscast’s series on the mobile space in China, David Turchetti is founder and CEO of 21 Communications, a service provider that designs and carries out mobile marketing campaigns for consumer brands in China. Mobile marketing in China had … Continue reading →

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A curious correction

Posted on 2006-12-21 by Joel Martinsen

Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊) apologizes for saying that the Guizhou provincial propaganda department issued a directive barring interviews over a murder case.

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Who has it in for China?

Posted on 2006-12-20 by Joel Martinsen

Global People (环球人物) magazine looks at people who have said bad things about China in 2006.

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Prison Break Beijing

Posted on 2006-12-20 by banyue

She did it for love On the front page of today’s the Beijing News, you can see a close-up photo of a girl with a sad expression. Her name is Liu Qian (刘倩), the lover Yao Chuanrui (姚船锐) who was … Continue reading →

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Working for the public good

Posted on 2006-12-19 by banyue

A list of public activists, from Window of the South magazine.

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Chinese authors ranked by income, sort of

Posted on 2006-12-18 by Joel Martinsen

Chinese authors are ranked according to total sales multiplied by cover prices. Yu Qiuyu is on top with 14 million yuan in royalties.

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Sketch of a media blackout

Posted on 2006-12-18 by Joel Martinsen

A look at the blackout China’s internet cops have put out on info about Gao Qinrong (高勤荣).

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What ‘The Rise of Nations’ forgot

Posted on 2006-12-18 by banyue

Technology and greatness The cover story of last week’s San Lian Life Week looks at CCTV’s recent seriesthe Rise of Nations. The Rise of Nations is a 12-part documentary series describing the reasons that nine nations, France, Spain, Portugal, Britain, … Continue reading →

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Wang Xiaofeng is Time magazine Person of the Year

Posted on 2006-12-18 by Jeremy Goldkorn

One of your correspondent’s long time favorite Chinese bloggers, Wang Xiaofeng, has been named Time Person of the Year.

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