Category Archives: Newspapers

Sensationalism at the Shanghai Daily

Danwei has recently been accused of sensationalistic headline writing. But we have a lot to learn from the Shanghai Daily, who displayed their tabloid prowess recently in a story about your correspondent’s home country: MURDER RATE STUMPS SOUTH AFRICA COPS … Continue reading →

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DIY music from Wang Lei

Wang Lei August 18, 2006 – Danwei Noon Report, a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China, from Chinese and English sources. Today’s report is rather short – your correspondent is typing this while sitting at a … Continue reading →

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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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Olympic exercises, far-sighted weather forecasts, and a thug judge

Headlines from today’s papers (2006.08.09) feature a weather forecast for the 2008 Olympic Games and a Tianjin judge who beat up a Beijing lawyer.

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Cultural Revolution reminders from Chinese bloggers

Today is August 8. For people superstitious about numbers, it’s a lucky day. But this day 40 years ago was the start of a disaster. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution formally started on this day. And lasted until October of 1976.

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Foreign newspapers to be printed in China?

This is from a press release from Canadian company called Newspaper Direct, apparently sent out on August 4: NewspaperDirect, Inc. the world leader in digital print-on-demand newspaper distribution, announced this week that it has signed an agreement with Beijing Founder … Continue reading →

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CCTV investing in Hong Kong TV, People’s Daily editors on acid

Also, foreigners in China and liquid coal fuel.

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Israeli attack on UN Observers and a role reversal in Chinese media

Bringing the UN observer home – image from Xinhua Chinese media reaction to Israel’s recent attack on a UN observation post has been surprisingly tame. This is especially clear when comparing the coverage of the incident in the China Daily … Continue reading →

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Battling street patrols and Li Yuchun

Keeping the streets clean August 2, 2006 – Danwei Noon Report, a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China, from Chinese and English sources • Sina has a story about two city patrol teams in Shenzhen meeting … Continue reading →

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Celebrating freedom, until the next clampdown

At the beginning of this year, the Freezing Point (冰点) supplement of the state-owned China Youth Daily (中国青年报) was suspended and Li Datong, its editor in chief was sacked. Coming shortly after an editorial shakeup at The Beijing News (新京报) … Continue reading →

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