Category Archives: Newspapers

Fucking gangster newspapers, Jimmy Lai and other China media follies

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China Daily editorial: US Election could mark better ties

The China Daily, the newspaper that always maintains plausible deniability about the content of its editorial pages, has this to say about Bush’s second term: After a long and bitter race to the White House, the American people have chosen … Continue reading →

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China’s newspaper circulation rising

Forbes reports: China and India are the growth centers for the newspaper industry in Asia, which now accounts for 25 percent of global revenues behind the United States and Western Europe, an industry association said Thursday. Few countries worldwide reported … Continue reading →

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Bill Clinton’s fake Life, New York Times’ fake Beijing

A New York Times editorial published on Sunday muses about the fake Chinese editions of Bill Clinton’s life that are available all over China. The editorial informs us confidently that “shoppers in Beijing routinely go to an area called Knockoff … Continue reading →

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Nuclear reactors, earthquakes, Japanese war shrine issues

Beijing headlines: China may import nuclear reactors from US China may import third generation AP-1000 nuclear reactors from the United States to develop new nuclear power plants for growing energy demand. 79 Japanese congressmen pay pilgrimage to the Yasukuni Shrine … Continue reading →

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Dongfang Zaobao’s exclusive interview, plagiarized from Interfax

You’re a journalist working at the Dongfang Zaobao newspaper in Shanghai. You get up one morning with a hangover and go to a press conference about ‘China’s engineering achievements’. It’s pretty boring stuff, and your head is pounding, so you … Continue reading →

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A clamor of voices on Chinese football

Since the beginning of October, China’s newspapers, TV stations, magazines and the Internet have been buzzing with reports and discussions about Chinese football. The hubbub involves different interest groups like football clubs, fans and the China Football Association (CFA). The … Continue reading →

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The People’s Daily: State-owned enterprises suck

The People’s Daily ran an article on China’s 500 biggest companies, comparing them with the world’s top 500. Attempting to analyze the reasons that China’s top companies are still lagging behind, the article explains that most of China’s largest companies … Continue reading →

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Deaths in the news today

Two new items about deaths were the most common leading headlines of today’s Beijing newspapers: Two Chinese shot dead in robbery in South Africa Two Chinese men working in South Africa were shot dead in an armed robbery on Sunday … Continue reading →

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Zhengzhou man tried to name his son ‘@’

The Beijing Morning Post reports that a certain Mr Wang from Zhengzhou tried to register his son’s name as ‘@’. The man said that ‘@’ was a new thing, and also that he believed no one else had such a … Continue reading →

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