Category Archives: Media regulation

Transformers and Wikipedia

Posted on 2007-08-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Chinese government works to keep out foreign flies. Examples from the film industry and the Internet.

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Supply to dry up for print on demand

Posted on 2007-08-20 by Joel Martinsen

POD websites in China (印客网) get regulated by GAPP.

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Talent show pulled off the air by SARFT

Posted on 2007-08-16 by Joel Martinsen

第一次心动 is cancelled by China’s TV regulators.

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The cardboard bunman’s in jail – so what?

Posted on 2007-08-14 by Joel Martinsen

Zi Beijia is sentenced. Wang Zhiguo, Kang Jin, and a journalist it’s inconvenient to name here respond.

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The peril of discussing official business in enclosed spaces

Posted on 2007-08-08 by Joel Martinsen

A news website reports that Xu Xinxiang (徐新贤) died naked in a car. Then they issue a correction completely denying the report.

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Rumor: Cardboard baozi journalist beaten up to extract confession

Posted on 2007-08-07 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This is an Internet rumor and so should be taken with a large grain of salt, but this Chinese blog is saying that the confession by the cardboard baozi journalist only happened after the journalist had been beaten to a … Continue reading →

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You say tomato, I say greater access huh?

Posted on 2007-08-03 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Three headlines and opening sentences from three newspapers: The China Daily: Foreign media enjoy greater access The Wall Street Journal: Foreign Media in China Say Freedoms Still Lack The Guardian: China not living up to media freedom pledge – report … Continue reading →

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How media regulators learned to stop worrying about food safety and love the baozi

Posted on 2007-08-02 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Journalist and blogger Wang Xiaofeng 王小峰 has written a brief response to the Beijing media restructuring.

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Shakeup at Beijing Daily Messenger

Posted on 2007-08-01 by Joel Martinsen

Beijing Daily Messenger (北京娱乐信报) is no longer a metropolitan daily newspaper. People speculate as to why.

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How to run a standalone blog, legally

Posted on 2007-07-24 by Joel Martinsen

William Long responds to Zousuper.

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