Category Archives: Media and Advertising

How to handle a bomb threat

A youth attempts to extort 500,000 yuan from the emergency hotline, and Beijing urban management security beat fruitsellers.

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Sensitive issues from Wang Xiaofeng.

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Supreme People’s Court issues rules restricting media access

Xinhua had a report yesterday on the Supreme People’s Court’s new regulation on contacts media reports. A ‘spokesman system’ has been established in all Chinese higher courts and the Supreme People’s Court, ostensibly to enhance the transparency of judicial work. … Continue reading →

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Hunan TV’s new publicity stunt

Hunan TV has naked girls with eggs, Beijing gets a safety makeover, Olympic rowing looks to reality TV for a coxswain, Ogilvy acquires Black Arc real estate advertising, and Hu Jintao gets a weepy caricature.

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Rui’an protests documented online

Danwei Noon Report is a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China from Chinese and English sources. High school blues Videos of Rui’an protests Short videos of clashes between protesters and armed police in Rui’an are circulating … Continue reading →

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Three Gorges movie wins Golden Lion

Still Life (三峡好人) by Jia Zhangke (贾樟柯), and Xinhua’s buisness wire service regulations.

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Southern Metropolis Weekly weighs in on the Chinabounder affair

Cover of the Southern Metropolis Weekly edition of 8 September 2006.

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Who’s responsible for media cover-ups?

An article from the China Times on cover-ups and local governments.

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Actress accuses CCTV director on blog

Danwei Noon Report is a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China from Chinese and English sources. Xiao Qiong’s not happy Yet another blog scandal Shanghai blogger Bingfeng reports on yet another blog scandal in which an … Continue reading →

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Meng Guangmei and Toiletgate: The latest Chinese Internet swarm

Meng Guangmei dissing on China’s toilets The latest incident to outrage China’s Internet users is being dubbed ‘Toiletgate’ (厕所门) by some Chinese fourm posters. A Taiwanese model named Meng Guangmei (孟广美) who came to the Mainland ten years ago and … Continue reading →

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