Category Archives: Newspapers

The lighter side of the legislature

Posted on 2005-03-07 by Joel Martinsen

Some celebrity proposals from the 2005 CPPCC.

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Chinese Press in English

Posted on 2005-03-03 by Joel Martinsen

There’s a new site offering translations from Chinese newspapers. From the site description of Press Interpreter: Press Interpreter is the website of the World Press Translation Project (WPTP). WPTP is an Internet community of people of all levels of Arabic … Continue reading →

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Beijing in search of proposals for 2008 Olympic games ceremonies

Posted on 2005-03-02 by Tsingsong

Any news about the Beijing Olympics is popular, and the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) has learned to listen to voices from the Chinese and international public. After selecting the logo, mascot and slogan … Continue reading →

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BBC debate to be broadcast from Shanghai; BBC website unblocked, sort of

Posted on 2005-03-02 by Jeremy Goldkorn

From the China Daily: The British Broadcasting Company’s (BBC) flagship political debate programme, Question Time, will broadcast a special edition from Shanghai later this month… …The project has been given the go-ahead for March 10 by the Shanghai Municipal Foreign … Continue reading →

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Private investment to be involved government monopolized industry

Posted on 2005-02-25 by Tsingsong

The above headline is today’s big news. See more detail in China Daily here. Another star in the news is former United States president, Bill Clinton who visited AIDS patients in Beijing for the second time. Xinhua has details here. … Continue reading →

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China Youth Daily is not amused by cybersex technology

Posted on 2005-02-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Running Dog has got the goods.

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Snow hits lantern to end the Spring Festival

Posted on 2005-02-24 by Tsingsong

“Snow hits lanterns in Yuanxiao Festival” was the most popular headline for today’s newspapers. It snowed heavily in Beijing yesterday evening — the Lantern or Yuanxiao Festival. This was the seventh time it has snowed on this festival in the … Continue reading →

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Earthquake and Yuanxiao

Posted on 2005-02-23 by Tsingsong

Disasters can be always hot news no matter where they happen. Today, most newspapers in Beijing feature a photo about a powerful earthquake in central Iran. According to recent Xinhua report, The death toll of the earthquake has risen to … Continue reading →

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Inspecting Yuanxiao

Posted on 2005-02-22 by Tsingsong

Tomorrow will be Chinese Lantern Festival, so the topic about Yuanxiao just get hot. Yuanxiao is also called Tangyuan, it is a kind of sweet dumplings of glutinous rice. In north China, it is the main food for lantern festival. … Continue reading →

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Chinese auto company to rescue UK’s Rover?

Posted on 2005-02-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Times of London published a report today about Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown’s visit to China. This is the interesting bit: [T]oday’s headlines are dominated by the hope that the Chancellor may have helped to save the Rover … Continue reading →

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