Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Mining vs. real estate ads

Beijing real estate ads urging investors not to break the law.

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Connecting World

The China Daily has redesigned its website, and it’s looking pretty slick. Except for one thing: UPDATE: The error was corrected on March 30. Danwei was not paid a consulting fee.

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Feng 37

A blog of poetry and missing persons: Feng 37. Related: Hu Jia seems to be out.

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Rolling Stone Hits Wall?

Translated from today’s Massage Milk: Rolling Stone to Roll On Out? Free verse-style linebreaks are in the original: Just one issue after starting, Rolling Stone‘s been told to stop. Word is that the decision came from the Shanghai News Publications … Continue reading →

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Truth in advertising comes to the personals section

Excerpts from Beijing Times’ personal ads, and Xi’an regulations on truth in matchmaking advertising.

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Approved and rejected TV shows

Translation and analysis of an SARFT chart categorizing approved and rejected Chinese TV shows by subject matter and place of origin.

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Chen Guanzhong online

Writer, publisher and film producer John Chan Koon Chung (陳冠中) has started a blog.

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Does anybody actually read Chinese glossy magazines?

Free crap from glossy magazines.

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That’s China

After seven years building up a magazine empire in China, I had it stolen by the state.

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Confiscated newspapers and market leaders

Legit magazines get pulled from newsstands in Beijing. Also, a look at the top-selling titles.

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