Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Infomercial: A Rolls Royce on your wrist

Posted on 2007-06-19 by banyue

Boss Hou 侯总 of Rosdenton (劳斯丹顿). He advertises on late-night infomercials.

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How much freedom of speech do Chinese netizens have?

Posted on 2007-06-19 by Joel Martinsen

Xiong Peiyun (熊培云) on La République des Esprits (思想国) writes about Netease and comment pruning in the Shanxi brick kiln slave case.

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Chinese Internet responses to slave children case

Posted on 2007-06-18 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The case of the children enslaved at a Shanxi brick factory has been widely reported in the Western and Chinese media, and is all over the Internet in both Chinese and English languages (a good summary by Chen Peijin of … Continue reading →

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Further developments in the case of the polite pronoun

Posted on 2007-06-18 by Joel Martinsen

More comments on 您 from Ding Qizhen (丁启阵) and Qian Shiming (钱世明).

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Official media on popular opinion in the Xiamen PX affair

Posted on 2007-06-18 by Joel Martinsen

China Newsweek (中国新闻周刊) weighs in on the use of SMS and online media in the Xiamen PX case.

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Taiyuan cultural authorities confused by Pangu’s Olympics song

Posted on 2007-06-16 by Joel Martinsen

Punk group Pangu (盘古 or Punk God) has a song ‘Fuck the Olympics’ (奥你妈的运) that gets banned by mainland authorities, sort of.

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Local news programming makes inroads against CCTV

Posted on 2007-06-15 by Joel Martinsen

The Magnolia Forum report on TV news (白玉兰论坛中国电视新闻节目市场报告2007—2008) says local news is gaining on CCTV.

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Wang Shuo’s public complaint against TV censors

Posted on 2007-06-15 by Joel Martinsen

Wang Shuo (王朔) accuses the film censors at national TV stations of requiring bribes for approval of shows.

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Wikipedia unblocked

Posted on 2007-06-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The English version of Wikipedia is accessible in China. The Chinese version at zh.wikipedia.org is still blocked. Ash in Qingdao and Feng 37 in Guangzhou have confirmed that the ‘unblock’ is nationwide. Below is a brief history of the ongoing … Continue reading →

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The waltz arrives in Beijing schools

Posted on 2007-06-13 by Joel Martinsen

China’s Department of Education backs away from compulsory dancing for exercise in the face of parental opposition.

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