Category Archives: Media regulation

GAPP newspaper pirates blogger

Posted on 2007-05-14 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Wang Xiaofeng erupts at China Press and Publishing Journal stealing one of his essays.

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GAPP to clean up periodicals; Anti-Piracy Office shuts down a magazine

Posted on 2007-05-09 by Joel Martinsen

China New Observer (中国新观察) shut down by GAPP and the anti-pornography and anti-piracy office. Censorship, or punishment for scam running?

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The mystery of the China Digital Newspaper Lab

Posted on 2007-05-04 by Joel Martinsen

The China Digital Newspaper Laboratory (中国数字报业实验室) – a mystery organization under GAPP’s Media Information Institute (媒体情报所). Worse than the National Committee for Oral Health (全国牙防组)?

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Xi’an pirate TV station shut down

Posted on 2007-05-04 by Joel Martinsen

A village-run TV station in Xi’an’s Shuangqiaotou village (双桥头村) is shut down by the authorities.

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Reuters – still legal after 50 years

Posted on 2007-04-29 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua backs down on foreign wire service rules? Or just an empty gesture of friendliness?

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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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Talent shows applaud the new professional exams; everyone else scoffs

Posted on 2007-04-23 by Joel Martinsen

Talent competitions react favorably to the new Ministry of Culture proposal to certify cultural workers; no one else does.

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Coming soon: a license to sing

Posted on 2007-04-19 by Joel Martinsen

The Ministry of Culture suggests that certifying cultural workers will calm down the rage for talent shows.

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Xinhua, CCTV, and the Virginia Tech shootings

Posted on 2007-04-18 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Roundup of media analyses of the way the press reported the Virginia tech shootings.

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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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