Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Dialogue between Han Chinese and Tibetan bloggers

Starting out from a post on Peking Duck — Does the Dalai Lama work from the CIA? — Shanghainese blogger Bingfeng got into an exchange with an exiled Tibetan named Tenzin. Bingfeng posted the exchange on his blog: My conversations … Continue reading →

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Is Steve Ballmer the Deng Xiaoping of Microsoft?

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called on the phantom of Mao Zedong while trying to convince the Wall Street Journal that the Redmond giant will flourish without Bill Gates at the helm: “There have been many companies who lost their greatness … Continue reading →

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Springtime for China blog consultants

VW ads and BBS responses to them, from Word of Mouth blog Business Week has given a big boost to people who want to capitalize on their knowledge of China’s blog and BBS scene, with an article titled Blogging Down … Continue reading →

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Rabies, condoms and bunkers: July 31 China media roundup

Image from Xinhua’s top Chinese story today: Answering hot questions about the Harmonious Society A daily roundup of mainstream media and blog coverage of China, from Chinese and foreign sources: • Netease reports that man named Li Chenyong from Changle … Continue reading →

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Daily Roundup: Karaoke copyright and popular historian

Also, a water transport project and Fang Wenshan.

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Chinese Lessons: 25 years in China

Review of John Pomfret’s China memoir.

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Daily roundup: Condolences, property taxes and ATMs

Image from The Beijing News Today almost all Chinese media featured a report from Xinhua, containing condemnations from China on the Israeli bombardment of the UN post in Lebanon, and messages of condolences from Hu Jintao to the Chinese UN … Continue reading →

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Daily roundup: Typhoons, taxis and MBA mistress management

Illegal guns in Beijing Today sees the return of an old Danwei feature: summaries of news from Chinese newspapers and websites. Today’s Beijing News (新京报) leads with a story titled ‘Beijing: proposal to reduce or eliminate management fees for taxi … Continue reading →

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Beijing’s toilet travails and a foreskin poem

The framed advertisement to the left has appeared above urinals in public toilets around Beijing. It promotes the services of the Dongda Hospital for Anus and Intestinal Diseases and contains a poem. The poem is about misshapen foreskins.

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Two new e-magazines

New offerings from China Daily and Modern Media.

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