Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Ad stickers, games, and the cops

A story from the Zhengzhou Evening News about kids putting ad stickers under cops’ feet on a bet.

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A civilized Internet and scientific, educational blogs

Chinese bloggers post dry, academic material to make a show of conforming with recent calls for “self-discipline” by online service and content providers.

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Beijing Media profits down: real estate and tennis to blame

Hong Kong-listed Beijing Media Corporation Ltd. issued a profit warning for its 2005 results Tuesday, citing a slowdown in advertising income…

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The Chinese media market is “absolutely open”

GAPP sets the record straight From a Reuters story on the Washington Post, China defends latest controls on media freedom: The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television reissued notices restricting local broadcasters’ use of foreign news footage and the … Continue reading →

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Xinhua: China has elections for alleyway presidents!

Hand-drawn democracy propaganda in Beijing’s hutongs China’s cities have recently been holding elections. Not for the city or even district governments, but for the people who sit on the neighborhood committees (居委会) of urban areas. What does your local neighborhood … Continue reading →

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Reporters – as seen on TV!

Translation of a Sanlian column by Meng Jing about how reporters are portrayed on Chinese TV – rich, superficial, and carefree.

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Rolling Stone: raped but still alive

Rolling Stonewalled Hao Fang (郝舫), the editor of China Rolling Stone, has put a scan of the cover of the second issue of the magazine on his blog. He titled the post Smells Like Rolling Stone Spirit, and subtitled it: … Continue reading →

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QQ fan Photoshops or QQ advertising?

The image reproduced here is from an interesting page on the Tianya forum that contains a bunch of Chinese and Western movie posters that have been Photoshopped — ‘PS’ in Chinese Net slang — to look like advertisements for QQ, … Continue reading →

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New York Times definitely not blocked in Beijing

The New York Times website is working perfectly, as tested from four different Internet connections in the capital this evening. Perhaps it is a Passover gift to the Jews of Beijing. Hach Sameach! However, it seems that the problem was … Continue reading →

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China loosens TV regulations; Reuters calls it censorship

Checked with two sources? Earlier today, Danwei reported on a new set of regulations issued by SARFT that give more flexibility to producers of TV dramas. So it was rather surprising to see Reuters publish an article titled China censors … Continue reading →

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