Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Shanda sells gamers a way around the anti-addiction system

Posted on 2007-04-29 by Joel Martinsen

Shanda (盛大) sells its gamers a way around the anti-addiction limitations.

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Michael Scofield to come to China

Posted on 2007-04-28 by Joel Martinsen

Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) may come to China for the premiere of the Chinese version of Prison Break (越狱).

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Ministry of Culture explains the culture certification system

Posted on 2007-04-27 by Joel Martinsen

Liu Changquan (刘长权) of the Ministry of Culture talks to Southern Weekly (南方周末).

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MySpace China launches, Wendi officially on board

Posted on 2007-04-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

MySpace China launched today, and The Wall Street Journal has published a piece by Jason Dean that reveals some details about the company: • “In a departure from the way other big foreign Internet companies have entered China, MySpace China … Continue reading →

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Aussie newspaper kills story about Rupert Murdoch’s wife

Posted on 2007-04-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Wendi Deng: ”She, a woman who has already worked miracles, might she be the future Queen of Media?’ We won’t find out anytime soon, thanks to a decision by Good Weekend to quash a profile of Rupert Murdoch’s wife. This article, originally published on Crikey, is republished here with permission of the author.

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Wang Xiaofeng’s Naked Chatting

Posted on 2007-04-23 by banyue

Wang Xiaofeng (王小峰) hosted a face to face meeting to his fans yesterday in a bookstore in Dongcheng District, Beijing.

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NPC Standing Committee vice-chairman Fu Tieshan dies

Posted on 2007-04-21 by Joel Martinsen

Fu Tieshan (傅铁山), bishop of Beijing, dies. Xinhua lists all his other titles.

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Chinese media reacts to Virginia Tech shootings

Posted on 2007-04-17 by Joel Martinsen

Reactions on the Chinese internet about the Virginia Tech shootings of 16 April, 2007.

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Memories vs. historical fact: Guo Wei on Dong Cunrui

Posted on 2007-04-16 by Joel Martinsen

Guo Wei (郭维) says that the legend of Dong Cunrui (董存瑞) was just conjecture. Dong’s family sues for libel, and Dong’s former army buddy Zhi Shunyi (郅顺义) sues for slander.

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Video sharing sites going down the Youtube?

Posted on 2007-04-14 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A recent article by Reuters journalist Sophie Taylor looks at China’s video-sharing websites and concludes that their prospects are not good: Investors leaving China’s video-sharing sites …Investors, spurred on by the Google-YouTube deal, have made big bets on China, the … Continue reading →

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