Category Archives: Media regulation

Self-esteem for domestic cinema

Posted on 2007-03-08 by Joel Martinsen

Mirror reports that SARFT frowns on spoofs that attack the film industry.

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Cartoon violence raises hackles

Posted on 2007-03-08 by Joel Martinsen

Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit (虹猫蓝兔七侠传) gets pulled from CCTV. Censorship?

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Livejournal blocked in China?

Posted on 2007-03-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Blog and online diary platform Livejournal seems to be blocked in Beijing, and also in Shenzhen, according to Mary Ann O’Donnel, author of Shenzhen Field Notes. Can readers elsewhere in the country confirm? Please leave a comment or send email … Continue reading →

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Big numbers for a book signing

Posted on 2007-03-05 by Joel Martinsen

Yu Dan (于丹) signs 15,060 copies of Things I Learned from Zhuangzi (于丹《庄子》心得); Wang Xiaobo’s complete works have typos that no one will take responsibility for.

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Sweet secrets: a Reader’s Digest of Sex

Posted on 2007-02-19 by banyue

Sexy psychology magazine.

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Gold books on the black market

Posted on 2007-02-13 by Joel Martinsen

Gold books (黄金书) can’t be sold openly, but there is a thriving black-market trade in the popular Spring Festival gift items.

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Books behind bars – He Dong on restricted literature

Posted on 2007-02-12 by Joel Martinsen

Commentator He Dong (何东) writes about experiences with banned books during the Cultural Revolution.

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Costume dramas sing the main theme

Posted on 2007-02-07 by Joel Martinsen

The Economic Observer (经济观察报) on Ming Dynasty 1566 (大明王朝1566), Hai Rui, the main theme, and censorship of historical dramas like Toward a Republic (走向共和).

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GAPP: books criticized, but not banned

Posted on 2007-02-01 by Joel Martinsen

GAPP says it didn’t ban any books; Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强), lawyer for Zhang Yihe (章诒和), responds.

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Podcast Pioneers — Antiwave 反波

Posted on 2007-01-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This episode of Danwei TV’s Hard Hat Show is an interview with Flypig and Ping Ke, the two Chinese bloggers who make the excellent Antiwave podcast. We talk about Antiwave’s birth and history and touch on several subjects, including media … Continue reading →

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