Category Archives: Newspapers

Olympics, Olympics, Olympics

Posted on 2004-08-16 by Eric Mu

Most Chinese newspapers are publishing daily special reports on the progress of Olympic games. The content includes winners of the day with the most attention devoted to Chinese athletes, predictions for the next day’s gold medals, commentary, and a medal … Continue reading →

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Typhoon Rananim and Beijing Olympic Games Construction

Posted on 2004-08-13 by Eric Mu

Most of Beijing’s newspapers used the same headline and photograph again today. As Beijing Morning Post shows (left), Typhoon Rananim and Beijing Olympic games construction are the dominant news stories of today. Typhoon Rananim, the 14th this year, killed at … Continue reading →

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Earthquake in Yunnan

Posted on 2004-08-12 by Eric Mu

An earthquake in Yunnan caught the media’s attention today. Both The Beijing News and Beijing Youth Daily published images of the earthquake on their front pages. Four people have been confirmed dead in this earthquake, according to local sources. A total … Continue reading →

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Exhibition of 100 Anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s Birth

Posted on 2004-08-11 by Eric Mu

Deng Xiaoping‘s image is all over most Beijing newspapers today. The classic front page is of course from People’s Daily . The image is of an exhibition about the 100th Anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s birth, which opened in the capital’s … Continue reading →

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Flags going up; Yao Ming carrying them

Posted on 2004-08-10 by Eric Mu

The Chinese Olympic team is once again the focus of today’s Beijing media. After devoted a lot of ink to their departure for Athens yesterday, most Beijng newspapers reported on the flag-raising ceremony in the Olympic village today. It seems … Continue reading →

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Go to Athens

Posted on 2004-08-09 by Eric Mu

The Chinese Olympic delegation leaving for Athens was the hottest news in today’s Beijing media. Most newspapers has the departure of the Olympic athletes as the headline, together with images of the athletes. The Beijing News published a photo with … Continue reading →

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San Francisco newspaper wars

Posted on 2004-08-04 by Jeremy Goldkorn

SFGate.com, the website of the San Francisco Chronicle, has an article today about Chinese language newspapers in the Bay Area. The whole article is here. It includes a review of the different newspapers, summarized below: Ming Pao Circulation: 25,000 History: … Continue reading →

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Sex education in kindergarten; rebellious parents

Posted on 2004-08-03 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The China Daily reports: To protect young people and society at large from HIV/AIDS and teenage pregnancy, sex education classes in Guangzhou, a city in south China, will be given to children as early as kindergarten… …Some students interviewed said they … Continue reading →

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Southern loving: the rise and fall of an independent media entity

Posted on 2004-08-03 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Washington Post article on Cheng Yizhong, Yu Huafeng, and the beleagured Southern Metropolis Daily (南方都市报) newspaper.

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Heavy rains; new one yuan note

Posted on 2004-07-30 by Eric Mu

The heaviest rain in Beijing this year brought chaos to the city’s traffic once again, especially in the southern parts of the city. According to The Beijing News, water rose as high as 1.5 meters in some streets, causing a … Continue reading →

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