Category Archives: Newspapers

Foreign newspapers allowed to print in China?

Posted on 2004-11-28 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Financial Times has a report on a China media development that may affect their own business: Foreign newspapers are to be allowed to print in China, in what is a small but potentially significant opening of the country’s market … Continue reading →

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Black box found

Posted on 2004-11-25 by Eric Mu

Most newspapers in Beijing put a similar image on their front page today: The photo on the Beijing Youth Daily (left) shows a rescue worker holding the second flight data recorder or “black box”, of the crashed CRJ-200 jet which … Continue reading →

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Hu meets Castro

Posted on 2004-11-24 by Eric Mu

Today’s Beijing newspapers are focused on the following topic: – President Hu Jintao’s state visit to Cuba – Updated reports of airliner crash in Baotuo – Beijing first disabled-access bus starts operating – Concern about Peking and Tsinghua Universities distributing … Continue reading →

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A giant condom walks the streets of Sanlitun

Posted on 2004-11-23 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The photo on the left is from today’s Beijing News. It is captioned thusly: Sanlitun Bar Street establishes AIDS prevention galleryBoth sides of street to erect AIDS prevention advert light boxes After receiving free condoms on Sanlitun Bar Street, a … Continue reading →

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Airline crash kills 54 in Baotou

Posted on 2004-11-22 by Eric Mu

The pictured front page is from Beijing Daily Messenger and shows police searching the wreckage of the plane in a lake near Baotuo yesterday. The top headline is “Fаlungong interferes with BTV signal”.

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Caijing-affiliated magazines banned and other ball-breaking news

Posted on 2004-11-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

60 publications bannedChina’s Press and Publications Administration has released a document banning 60 newspapers and magazines. Some have been banned because they were using international publishing licences rather than Chinese ones, others have been accused of using fake publishing licences. … Continue reading →

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P&G: 2005 CCTV Advertising King

Posted on 2004-11-19 by Eric Mu

The first multi-national TV commercial king on CCTV has emerged: P&G has the highest ad placement budget on CCTV of any company in China, and has committed to spend 385.15 million RMB on primetime spots on the state-owned broadcaster. The … Continue reading →

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Chinese soccer: good bye to 2006 World Cup

Posted on 2004-11-18 by Eric Mu

Depressing news for Chinese soccer fans: the national side was knocked out of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. This story is the lead of headline of most Beijing newspapers today. From Xinhua: China thrashed Hong Kong of China 7-0 in … Continue reading →

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Today’s headlines

Posted on 2004-11-17 by Eric Mu

China Daily Foreign players to help in mining reform The Beijing News 新京报 京城9大行业下月迎外资 9 industries open to foreign investment in Beijing next month Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报 京城系列投毒诈骗案告破 Poison conman arrested A man who threatened to place poison in … Continue reading →

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China Business News launched

Posted on 2004-11-16 by Eric Mu

Two years in the making, China Business News (diyi caijing ribao) published its debut issue yesterday. Jointly owned by Shanghai Media and Entertainment Group (which goes by the alarming acronym SMEG), Guangzhou Daily Group and Beijing Youth Daily Group, the … Continue reading →

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