Category Archives: Media regulation

History books get the axe; another Zhang Yihe title falls

Posted on 2007-01-19 by Joel Martinsen

18 January 2007: China’s press authorities ban eight titles, most having to do with history, ‘Past Stories of Actors’ (伶人往事) by Zhang Yihe (章诒和) is among them.

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An end to costume epics?

Posted on 2007-01-19 by Joel Martinsen

SARFT moves to discourage historical blockbusters in China in 2007.

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It’s not a real-name system; we just want your real name.

Posted on 2007-01-18 by Joel Martinsen

GAPP plays word games with “real-name system” (实名制) for online gaming.

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Ice and politics in Curse of the Golden Flower

Posted on 2007-01-14 by Joel Martinsen

Blogger Lao Huang (老晃) obliquely ties Zhang Yimou’s new Curse of the Golden Flower to the Fourth of June. Taiwan media picks it up. Panic ensues.

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Rolling Stone rolls back onto cover

Posted on 2007-01-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Subs float to the top The January issue of Rolling Stone features Beijing punk rock / hard core band Subs on the cover. The feature story about them recounts the story of their formation and describes some of their recent … Continue reading →

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Dealing with cultural garbage

Posted on 2007-01-09 by Joel Martinsen

GAPP vice-director Liu Binjie (柳斌杰) calls for a fight against cultural trash. Netizens ask what that is – should we resist ‘Outlaws of the Marsh’ (水浒传)?

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No new slogans for the new year

Posted on 2007-01-07 by Joel Martinsen

GAPP chief apologizes for not issuing new slogans this year. Commentator Sun Yuemu reacts.

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Fourteen regulators wrangle over blogs

Posted on 2007-01-05 by Joel Martinsen

Chinese Internet regulations come from at least fourteen different government departments.

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Pseudoscience in four glorious colors

Posted on 2007-01-04 by Joel Martinsen

Philosopher Li Ming (黎鸣) threatened to commit suicide if his Laozi-based proof of the Four Color Theorem was wrong. Turns out it is. Also, Liu Zihua’s Eight Trigrams Cosmology (八卦宇宙学理) as an example of the relationship of traditional Chinese culture to modern science.

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No book deal for Qiu Xinghua

Posted on 2007-01-03 by Joel Martinsen

Qiu Xinghua (邱兴华), the temple murderer, can’t publish his postumous autobiography, and his wife had no right to see him before his execution.

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