Category Archives: Media regulation

A medical scam’s willing participants

From Oriental Outlook, a personal account by a doctor of patients shilling for bad medicine. Also, a Legal Report episode on how commercials are faked.

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Spoofing fights back

Danwei Noon Report is a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China from Chinese and English sources. Can’t stop the steamed buns – image from LifeMage Fighting for the right to spoof Chinese Internet users continue to … Continue reading →

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Harmonious society vs. popular television

SARFT to limit affairs in TV dramas, and also goes after costume comedies.

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Nearly three million cars in Beijing

News roundup. Xu Jinglei’s blog, new license plates in Beijing, blogs on bullog, and the intercalary month.

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Karaoke fees and interest rates

Danwei Noon Report is a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China from Chinese and English sources. Would you like some parasites with your escargot? Interest rate hikeXinhua’s top story on their Chinese website is an opinion … Continue reading →

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Online video tainted by spoofs

Translation from Qiu Ao, and bits from the Legal Mirror about the SARFT regulations on personal internet video.

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Training professional gamblers at PKU

News about Peking University’s Lottery MPA program.

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Illegal power

SARFT looks at online video, Xinhua reports on power company regulation.

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The General Administration of Anxiety about Radio, Film and TV

‘Sanlian Life Week’ contributing editor Wang Xiaofeng’s short blog essay about the new rules issued by the State Administration of Radio, TV and Film (SARFT) that seek to control online video.

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Net activism against hunting endangered animals and Dell

SOD Milk, not what you think August 14, 2006 – Danwei Noon Report, a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China, from Chinese and English sources. • From the Non-violent Resistance blog: Internet Opinion Shapes Alternative “Political … Continue reading →

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