Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Peer pressure and censorship

Bingfeng Cafe is an English blog written by a Chinese guy who works in media in Shanghai. He had this to say about the Massage Milk hoax: one interesting aspect of the whole “massage milk hoax” incident is who swallowed … Continue reading →

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Daily Telegraph China blog

Richard Spencer, the Beijing correspondent of Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper has a blog: Richard Spencer. Unfortunately, the URL is viciously anti-mnemonic so bookmark it if you like it. The blog was found via the Danwei referral log. In his post, … Continue reading →

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CCTV vs. classic movies

A rundown of several pastiches of Chinese movies appearing online as 大史记 – “The Year That Was”. Some from CCTV, others not. With links to video.

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Newsweek and Time: a tale of two China cover stories

Indeed While Western commentators, including yours truly, love to get excited about censorship and freedom of expression in China, the future happiness of a fifth of the world’s population is likely to depend on a much more basic right: the … Continue reading →

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China Digital Times blocked

China Digital Times, the China news aggregator attached to the University of California, Berkeley, is blocked in China. So the Nanny does have her eye on English language websites after all. Non-violent resistance, an English blog by someone who says … Continue reading →

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Massage Milk’s disappearance: an April Fool’s joke?

In an interview last night, Massage Milk told Danwei that his blog’s disappearance was an early April Fool’s joke (see earlier Danwei story for the background). Hmm. Milk Pig, another blog reported to have been disappereared, is also back in … Continue reading →

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Blocking blogs: The cowardice of China’s Net Nanny

Milk Pig, Massage Milk, and ProState In Flames temporarily close.

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Underage Super Girls hawking baijiu

Liuyanghe alcohol has five Super Girl runners-up pushing their product, shortly after China instituted a ban on sales to minors.

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Massage Milk on the Chinese version of Rolling Stone

Wang Xiaofeng comments on the new Chinese version of Rolling Stone magazine.

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ESWN + Danwei + phone call = New York Times story

Snark about the mainstream media and blog sourcing.

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