Category Archives: Newspapers

Beijing Youth Daily to IPO?

Posted on 2004-07-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Financial Times and the South China Morning Post both report on Beijing Youth Daily’s plans to float on the Hong Kong stock exchange to raise HKD500 million to one billion. The meat of the stories is reproduced below. Neither … Continue reading →

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Today’s hot news: toilets

Posted on 2004-07-20 by Eric Mu

Many of today’s Beijing newpapers are covering public toilets: the Beijing government has announced a new policy specifying that toilets in hotels, restaurants and other such facilities should be open to the public, to ensure that you can find a … Continue reading →

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Free condoms for nightclubs and construction sites, methadone for junkies

Posted on 2004-07-15 by Eric Mu

Most Beijing newspapers today reported about new government measures intendend to fight AIDS in the capital. According to Beijing Morning Post, the three main measures are: Distributing condoms in public facilities like universities, hotels, bars, karaoke venues and construction sites; … Continue reading →

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30 periodicals banned

Posted on 2004-07-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua reports: China has banned 30 periodicals in the country, accusing them of counterfeiting or illegally using the registration number of other periodicals, reported Wednesday’s Guangming Daily. Hmm. The article goes on to say: In recent years, these illegal periodicals … Continue reading →

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Three cheated lottery winners get their BMWs in the end

Posted on 2004-07-13 by Eric Mu

Most of today’s Beijing newspapers headlined with the same story: yesterday morning, the Xi’an Sports Lottery Ticket Centre did another run of the lottery draw that recently ended in acrimony after fake tickets screwed up the results. The second raffle … Continue reading →

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Tree huggers

Posted on 2004-07-12 by Eric Mu

The daily newspaper review will take a slightly different format starting today: we will pick one news story that stands out because of importance, amount of coverage in different newspapers or sheer absurdity. Today’s story of the day is in … Continue reading →

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Daily headlines: Robbery in Changchun

Posted on 2004-07-08 by Eric Mu

Three Beijing newspapers used similar photos on their front pages about an incident in Changchun: A 23-year-old bandit kidnapped a middle aged woman who was driving a car to pick up her kid from kindergarden. People on the street stopped … Continue reading →

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Media dealflow: let the games begin

Posted on 2004-07-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

There’s a lot of money sloshing around the Chinese media industry right now. Even the beancounters are getting excited. The South China Morning Post (July 7, print edition) reports: China is driving Asia’s emergence as the global entertainment and media … Continue reading →

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Daily headlines: subway lines and sludge

Posted on 2004-07-07 by Eric Mu

The Front Page of the Day is from the Beijing Morning Post. Line drawn in subway for first time New rules in Beijing’s subway stations to prevent passengers from pushing and squeezing. – Old photo albums expose Japanese invaders’ crimes … Continue reading →

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Sino-German cartoons

Posted on 2004-07-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Pacific Epoch summarizes an article from the Beijing Youth Daily: German Publishing Giants Enter China’s Cartoon Market Germany’s Mesago Holding and CNV Publishing House have reached an agreement with China Animation Film Association and Beijing Exhibition Center to cooperate in … Continue reading →

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