Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Freezing Point and the expansion of public debate in China

Posted on 2006-02-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Three articles worth reading if you are following the debate about the closure of news magazine Freezing Point, and the debate about censorship in China that the closure has started: LA Times: In China, Free Speech Shows Its Teeth ESWN: … Continue reading →

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Destination Pearl River Delta

Posted on 2006-02-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A quick plug: There’s a new magazine out in Hong Kong called Destination PRD. It’s a travel guide to the cities of the Pearl River Delta, the economic powerhouse on the Mainland adjacent to Hong Kong. The magazine is quarterly … Continue reading →

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Sarcastic Chinese reactions to “No Chinese has been arrested for Internet writings” statement

Posted on 2006-02-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Wang Xiaofeng laughs at the State Council claim that no one has been arrested for Internet speech.

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China Daily plagiarizes from The Onion?

Posted on 2006-02-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Hi there netizen: nothing to fear from me unless you are a terrorist or pornographer! Has the China Daily once again mistakenly copied an article from satirical American humor website The Onion? The below is extracted from an article on … Continue reading →

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China media: A sting in the tail of the Year of the Rooster

Posted on 2006-01-29 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Beijing News editor gets sacked, Freezing Point gets shutdown. But the Internet is still here!

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This is a disgrace, but the disgrace is not Google’s

Posted on 2006-01-26 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Ignorance about China, xenophobia and sour grapes about Google’s success: this is the cocktail that fuels the “boycott Google” crowd. If you want a sip of the poisonous cocktail, go to the comments section of this post on the US … Continue reading →

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Google China: Some content is not displayed

Posted on 2006-01-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Google has started offering its search services to Chinese Internet users on a server in China, at the address Google.cn. As part of the server move, Google was forced to agree to filter search results.

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Filming underground Christians

Posted on 2006-01-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

As a half-Jewish atheist who grew up in apartheid South Africa, where Christianity was used to justify the most appalling acts and laws, your correspondent is not a big fan of the religion of Jesus, or any other religion. Some … Continue reading →

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On Monday in Beijing:
World’s first public showing of 1418 Chinese map

Posted on 2006-01-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

World’s first map of the world? The Bookworm restaurant and bookstore in Beijing is holding a press conference on Monday, January 16. This is what it’s about: A Chinese lawyer, Liu Gang, bought an integrated map of the world in … Continue reading →

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World’s first public showing of 1418 Chinese map

Keep Cool: Americans and Chinese Internet censorship

Posted on 2006-01-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Keep Cool: Xiao Shuai’s not going to get the girl In Zhang Yimou’s superb film Keep Cool (有话好好说), Jiang Wen plays Xiao Shuai, a bookseller in Beijing who chases a girl named An Hong. She’s not interested in him and … Continue reading →

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