Category Archives: Newspapers

Confuciuan confusion

Danwei Noon Report is a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China from Chinese and English sources. This report was compiled by Joel Martinsen, Bill Zhang and Jeremy Goldkorn. Will the real Confucius please stand up Confucius … Continue reading →

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Understanding Chinese news media through Foxconn

Checking facts? The Foxconn – China Business News affair is over, but interesting information about it continues to be revealed. To summarize the story: In June this year, China Business News (第一财经日报) published a story alledging sweat shop conditions at … Continue reading →

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Misleading hutong names

A list of street names in Beijing that have changed significantly from their original meanings.

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You can’t be Lei Feng all the time

Park officials in Jiaozuo, Hebei, prevent a cosmetology class from offering free haircuts, saying that Lei Feng is only a model when part of government-organized volunteer activities.

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How to handle a bomb threat

A youth attempts to extort 500,000 yuan from the emergency hotline, and Beijing urban management security beat fruitsellers.

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Hunan TV’s new publicity stunt

Hunan TV has naked girls with eggs, Beijing gets a safety makeover, Olympic rowing looks to reality TV for a coxswain, Ogilvy acquires Black Arc real estate advertising, and Hu Jintao gets a weepy caricature.

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Who’s responsible for media cover-ups?

An article from the China Times on cover-ups and local governments.

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China in Zambia

Danwei Noon Report is a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China from Chinese and English sources. Time for the military to obey the rules of the road? China intervenes in Zambian election The Financial Times reports: … Continue reading →

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Assessing the media’s victory over FoxConn

Journalist Zhang Rui pours cold water on the Chinese media’s victory celebration over FoxConn’s 30-million-yuan suit.

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Printing the Internet

网事周刊, a new weekly from Southern Workers News that takes its content from the Internet.

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