Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Understanding Chinese news media through Foxconn

Checking facts? The Foxconn – China Business News affair is over, but interesting information about it continues to be revealed. To summarize the story: In June this year, China Business News (第一财经日报) published a story alledging sweat shop conditions at … Continue reading →

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“Made in China” ban dropped

Ai Jing (艾敬) has a new compilation out that includes Made in China, a song previously banned on the mainland.

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China Businesscast: China PR Expert Vanessa Seow

Vanessa Seow works in technology PR at the Beijing HQ of the multinational PR agency Weber Shandwick. She gives insight into what makes the Chinese PR industry different from PR anywhere else in the world. Listen Suscribe to China Businesscast … Continue reading →

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Science fiction bikinis

A swimsuit mag published by the Science Fiction World folks, and a new online SF zine, Fly to Fantasy (幻翔).

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Tanks in the seat of power

Coup in Thailand; German dude dresses as a terracotta warrior.

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Misleading hutong names

A list of street names in Beijing that have changed significantly from their original meanings.

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Xinhua’s new rules; foreigners’ old complaints

Xinhua freezes out Reuters for cash; comments from historical and contemporary sources.

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Lessons from the Pope, Toiletgate and Chinabounder

Chinabounder The Internet mobs hunting for the philandering Chinabounder blogger seem to have cooled their tempers. Some names of Shanghai-resident English teachers were bandied about the Internet as suspects, although no one seems to have confirmed whether those names did … Continue reading →

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Why Feng Xiaogang shot such a lame Banquet

Feng Xiaogang’s ‘The Banquet’ gets the spoof treatment, SARFT criticizes Lou Ye’s aesthetic sensibility after banning him for five years, The Opposite End of China talks about progress in Xinjiang, and Wang Xiarou writes about bathhouses.

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Leslie’s not dead — he’s become a mountain hermit

Song Zude claims that Leslie Cheung didn’t commit suicide on 1 April. Wen Jiabao boasts about China’s free flow of information.

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