Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Technorati and Edelman PR
to co-develop Asian language blog search tools

Richard Edelman: drinking the same Kool-Aid as Danwei Edelman is a huge, international, independent public relations firm. They say they are the largest in the world. The CEO and president Richard Edelman is a big believer in the power of … Continue reading →

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to co-develop Asian language blog search tools

Free trade and new art

Chengdu artist Wang Guiqian’s self-portrait Two must-read items this Friday: Item 1 is an article by P.J. O’ Rourke, titled: Trading with the Enemy? China wants to sell to us. We should be happy, found via Asiapudit. Here is an … Continue reading →

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Collect the classics of modern Chinese literature, for cheap!

Baihua Press issues photo-reproductions of classic literary works. Links to cover images of modern novels.

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Ayigate: what have I done?

Danwei in The Beijing News Last week, I wrote a post about a page on a Shanghai tennis club’s website that stated rules for ayi‘s or domestic workers to use the club’s bus. I compared the rules to the segregation … Continue reading →

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Nielsen to monitor rural Chinese TV habits

P&G and Coke want to know: What are they watching? – image from Hubble Bubble Mure Dickie of the Financial Times is the journalist to watch for stories about media business in China. He always seems to be quickest to … Continue reading →

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Sinner Daily gaining on Skinhua?

It’s been a while since we have reported on Skinhua (aka Sinhua), the lads’ magazine arm of state-owned news agency Xinhua. It now seems that the China Daily is trying to play catch up. Thanks to Shaan for keeping us … Continue reading →

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Mission Impossible III delayed until pirates can release high quality DVDs

From Jonathan Landreth of the Hollywood Reporter: Car chases, gunfights delay “M:I-3” China bow Chinese censors have demanded that car chases and gun battles in Shanghai be cut from “Mission: Impossible III” before it can screen locally, industry executives and … Continue reading →

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Print and Internet media woes

China’s Internet portals are not allowed to gather their own news, so since the start of the dot com boom, they have republished news stories from state-owned news agency Xinhua, and from China’s thousands of newspapers. The newspapers have been … Continue reading →

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Herzog and de Meuron’s excellent adventure in China

The New York Times has published a lengthy feature story about new architecture in China, focusing on the trials and tribulations of Swiss architectural firm Herzog and de Meuron that designed the ‘Bird’s Nest’,

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Summer Palace rejected over aesthetic differences

Summer Palace (颐和园) by Lou Ye (娄烨) gets rejected by the censors over fuzzy images and poor sound quality.

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