Category Archives: Newspapers

Daily Roundup: Karaoke copyright and popular historian

Also, a water transport project and Fang Wenshan.

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Chinese Lessons: 25 years in China

Review of John Pomfret’s China memoir.

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Daily roundup: Condolences, property taxes and ATMs

Image from The Beijing News Today almost all Chinese media featured a report from Xinhua, containing condemnations from China on the Israeli bombardment of the UN post in Lebanon, and messages of condolences from Hu Jintao to the Chinese UN … Continue reading →

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Daily roundup: Typhoons, taxis and MBA mistress management

Illegal guns in Beijing Today sees the return of an old Danwei feature: summaries of news from Chinese newspapers and websites. Today’s Beijing News (新京报) leads with a story titled ‘Beijing: proposal to reduce or eliminate management fees for taxi … Continue reading →

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Chinese papers note Bush’s Russian reconciliation

Bush and Putin, very cosy Unfortunately for the Bush administration, Bush’s rhetorical softening toward his Russian hosts at the G8 summit has not gone unnoticed in China. For the past few years, both Russia and China have derided U.S. rhetorical … Continue reading →

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China Daily becomes an image source for Fleshbot

Fleshbot enjoys Chinese state-owned media Fleshbot is the porn-watching blog of the New York based Gawker Media mini-empire, one of the most succesful blog media companies, run out of New York by former Financial Times journalist Nick Denton. So, who … Continue reading →

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Vaginal speculums and string panties

European Style The country’s state-owned media organs continue to entertain their hapless readers, usually for the wrong reasons. Such as this one: The China Daily website’s homepage features keyword advertisements by Ali Baba, the online marketplace where Chinese companies offer … Continue reading →

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More World Cup fallout: fixed games and anti-piracy

France fixed its World Cup match with Brazil for 25 million Euros, and the World Cup has depressed the market for pirated movies in Beijing, China.

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America through Chinese eyes – a columnist living abroad reports on ugly Americans

Translation of an article in New Century Weekly (新世纪周刊) by Sun Yafei (孙亚菲) titled ‘Americans’ World Outlook’ (美国人的世界观). A few other international columnists are mentioned.

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Ads on the Qinghai-Tibet railroad

Translations from the Chinese press on (a) the loss predictions for the Qinghai-Tibet railroad (青藏铁路), and (b) the banning of commercial ads on the trains.

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