Category Archives: Newspapers

Beijing Media Top Stories: UNSC, fireworks and border …

Posted on 2005-06-03 by Tsingsong

1. China opposes forced voting on United Nations Security Council expansion 2. Firecrackers will be allowed within the Fifth Ring Road of Beijing during Spring Festival 3. China and Russia solve all border disputes after signing an additional agreement over … Continue reading →

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Poll Disconnect

Posted on 2005-06-03 by Joel Martinsen

The debate continues over rescinding Beijing’s fireworks ban. The latest suggestion is for the city government to completely lift the ban and let individual communities sort things out. Danwei previously noted an online survey showing a 50% response against lifting … Continue reading →

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Tall poppy syndrome in China: Sun Mingming is not a blockhead

Posted on 2005-06-03 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Australians often say that their society suffers from ‘tall poppy syndrome’; in other words, success is treated as something that should be cut down to size rather than admired or emulated. ‘Sun Mingming is not a blockhead’, an article in … Continue reading →

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Beijing Media Top Stories: panda, Deep Throat and Nobel laureates

Posted on 2005-06-02 by Tsingsong

1. Collecting suggestions of names from the public for the giant pandas that will be given to Taiwan 2. Watergate’s Deep Throat revealed 3. Heavy rain causes floods in Hunan 4. Nobel Laureates Forum closes 5. Jieyun Temple in Beijing … Continue reading →

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Half-hearted brainwashing

Posted on 2005-06-02 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The South China Morning Post published a story about Chinese journalists being forced to undergo ‘training’ and take an examination to qualify for a ‘reporter’s license’: Beijing has launched a nationwide ideological indoctrination campaign for journalists to tighten its grip … Continue reading →

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Selective reporting

Posted on 2005-06-01 by Running Dog

As Danwei reported earlier, the Chinese state press, including Southern Metropolis Daily, got very excited by the findings of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), which said that 28 of the world’s 100 best selling newspapers were Chinese. However, for … Continue reading →

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Beijing Media Top Stories: hail storm

Posted on 2005-06-01 by Tsingsong

1. Hail storm hits Beijing Walnut-sized hailstones pelted the southern and eastern parts of Beijing for about 10 minutes at around 2:30pm yesterday. It was the heaviest hail storm for recent 20 years in Beijing. The scene of the hailstones … Continue reading →

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More Junk From the Internet

Posted on 2005-06-01 by Joel Martinsen

Newspapers continue to grapple with the true meaning and implications of information found in online polls and forums. Two examples this week: 1. “Half of Beijing residents oppose ending the ban on fireworks” – Some papers wisely substituted “netizens” for … Continue reading →

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Bring us back our lurid headlines

Posted on 2005-05-31 by Running Dog

Many of China’s newspapers have been disappointingly coy in recent months, and thus, it is with great pleasure that we present the front page of today’s Southern Metropolis Daily, the formerly controversial Guangzhou-based rag. According to the cover story, a … Continue reading →

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China is world’s largest newspaper market

Posted on 2005-05-31 by Jeremy Goldkorn

From a report on world newspaper circulation and advertising by the Paris-based World Association of Newspapers: Three-quarters of the world’s 100 best selling dailies are now published in Asia. China has overtaken Japan as the country with the highest number … Continue reading →

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