Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Cops ask for volunteers to inform on drug dealers

Mainland Infernal Affairs? According to today’s Beijing News, the capital’s police will hire about ten thousands of volunteers to prohibit drugs from now until June 26 2007, the ‘International Day Against Drugs’. Only people over the age of 18 can … Continue reading →

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Vogue in the winter

More pretties inside Vogue (服饰与美容) has become the most influential Chinese fashion magazine despite its newness on the market — it only launched in late summer last year. In the cover feature of the December 2006 issue, super model Gisele … Continue reading →

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Gay cruising in Dongdan

A few days ago, Danwei remarked on a Beijing News article about Dongdan Park — the capital’s best-known gay pick-up spot — that did not actually mention this well known aspect of the park. Not everyone is so coy. Here … Continue reading →

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GAPP official: no public listings for newspapers

Mure Dickie of the Financial Times interviewed Long Xinmin, a “minister at the press and publishing administration” who confirms that GAPP is against newspaper groups raising capital from the market. Nothing to do with the news you understand, it’s all … Continue reading →

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BenQ goes for the shock ad

BenQ has an ad that uses the World Trade Center ruins.

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These films are not yet rated

Ng See-Yuen (Wu Siyuan, 吴思远) argues that Chinese movies are bland because there’s no rating system in place: they have to be acceptable for everyone, from children to the elderly, and they can’t criticize contemporary society. That’s why there are so many costume dramas.

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Apathy — Glimpses Inside the Chinese Media
by Ann Condi

What do people think when they are shown a tool to help them access off-limits sections of the Internet?

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by Ann Condi

Zhao Lin on FHM China

Zhao Lin is the cover girl of last month’s FHM (男人装). Zhao got famous for her role in the popular soup opera Farewell, Vancouver (别了,温哥华). She has also been an announcer on CCTV2. She was known for being modest and … Continue reading →

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Dancing around a sensitive issue in The Beijing News

The Beijing News does a feature on Dongdan Park that heavily hints at the park’s reputation as a place for cruising without mentioning sexuality a single time.

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How to become famous in China

Some celebrities at the end of 2006.

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