Category Archives: Newspapers

Republishing: protected by Chinese law?

Posted on 2006-12-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Ever since the launch of Beijing News in November 2003, TOM.com has been quietly re-publishing their news reports.

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Confucians vs. Christmas

Posted on 2006-12-23 by Joel Martinsen

Ten PhD’s from major Chinese universities author a document calling for rejection of Christmas and return to native Chinese belief.

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Prison Break Beijing

Posted on 2006-12-20 by banyue

She did it for love On the front page of today’s the Beijing News, you can see a close-up photo of a girl with a sad expression. Her name is Liu Qian (刘倩), the lover Yao Chuanrui (姚船锐) who was … Continue reading →

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Chinese authors ranked by income, sort of

Posted on 2006-12-18 by Joel Martinsen

Chinese authors are ranked according to total sales multiplied by cover prices. Yu Qiuyu is on top with 14 million yuan in royalties.

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When corruption investigations were all the rage

Posted on 2006-12-18 by Joel Martinsen

An essay inspired by the Gao Qinrong (高勤荣) case looks back at the anti-corruption campaigns of the early 1950s. Also, details about the Huang Yifeng Affair (黄逸峰事件) and a review of party regulations encouraging a critical press….in 1950.

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Musings about money

Posted on 2006-12-15 by Joel Martinsen

A free exhibition requires ID to buy a ticket, but a scalper’ll give you one for 10 kuai. No one wants to run free schools. Shanghai gives 2.5 yuan a month to parents of only children.

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Tibet travel piece revamped for Chinese eyes
by Bruce Humes

Posted on 2006-12-13 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Bruce Humes dissects a Reference News (参考消息) edit-job on a New York Times article about travel in Tibet.

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Characters in the public interest

Posted on 2006-12-13 by Joel Martinsen

A PSA spot in The Beijing News listing 100 common writing errors.

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Things you don’t need to know about Chinese culture

Posted on 2006-12-10 by Joel Martinsen

Does everyone need to know who Yang Zhenning is? Southern Weekly commentator Song Zhijian thinks not.

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Transsexuals in the Chinese media again

Posted on 2006-12-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Guangxi girl The woman pictured here is the formerly male Liu Xuanyi from Guangxi. She is wearing a dress and top made from condoms. As the China Daily puts it, the purpose of the condom clothing was to “arouse AIDS … Continue reading →

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