Category Archives: Newspapers

What would Guanyin do?

W.W.G.D.: What would Guanyin do? asks an op-ed in the Mirror.

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Not worth the paper it’s printed on

The Beijing Evening News (北京晚报) of 26 April, 2007, has 208 pages and is worth more to news vendors as scrap than its cover price.

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Ministry of Culture explains the culture certification system

Liu Changquan (刘长权) of the Ministry of Culture talks to Southern Weekly (南方周末).

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Aussie newspaper kills story about Rupert Murdoch’s wife

Wendi Deng: ”She, a woman who has already worked miracles, might she be the future Queen of Media?’ We won’t find out anytime soon, thanks to a decision by Good Weekend to quash a profile of Rupert Murdoch’s wife. This article, originally published on Crikey, is republished here with permission of the author.

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Talent shows applaud the new professional exams; everyone else scoffs

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

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NPC Standing Committee vice-chairman Fu Tieshan dies

Fu Tieshan (傅铁山), bishop of Beijing, dies. Xinhua lists all his other titles.

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Entertainment terrorism given free rein in print

Southern Weekly (南方周末, aka Southern Weekend) has a feature on Yang Lijuan (杨丽娟) and her mother. The authorities have banned other media coverage, but newspapers have been left alone.

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Online forums report about a bank shooting in Shenyang

The net reports on a guard shooting a bank customer in Sujiatun, Shenyang (沈阳市苏家屯).

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Junk phone calls from The Epoch Times

Comrade N is an occasional contributor to Danwei. She works at the offices of a major Western media organization. She wrote this last week: This morning at 10:00, the telephone in our office rang. i picked it up, and a … Continue reading →

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A courtroom, or a legal classroom?

Liu Renwen (刘仁文) on including educational content in prosecutors’ opening statements.

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