Category Archives: Newspapers

Peasants, theaters, private property; eye strain

Posted on 2004-03-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

FRONT PAGE OF THE DAY Two papers get the prize today: The weekly Southern Weekend (nanfang zhoumo) for clear layout and feature stories on two very different aspects of China: the new National Theater in Beijing (large headline), and various … Continue reading →

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Need for speed: Need for real estate investment suckers

Posted on 2004-03-04 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Today’s fat copy of Beijing News (xinjing bao) is phatter than usual. The newspaper includes a glossy, full color, 20-page insert entirely dedicated to the Formula 1 season, which starts this coming weekend in Australia. Chinese media are starting to … Continue reading →

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Red letter day

Posted on 2004-03-04 by Jeremy Goldkorn

FRONT PAGE OF THE DAY The People’s Daily wins by virtue of its loyalty to tradition and sense of continuity. Headline: Political Consultative Committee Conference Opens  WORST FRONT PAGE OF THE DAY 21st Century Business Herald takes the prize … Continue reading →

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Why are the newspapers so bad lately?

Posted on 2004-03-03 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Well silly, it’s because of the ‘Two Meetings’ – the concurrent assembly of the People’s Representatives (something like the House of Commons in the UK) and the People’s Consultative Conference (something like the House of Lords). Only something like. When … Continue reading →

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Beijing’s newspapers today are uniformly awful

Posted on 2004-03-02 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Today’s papers are all awful, so there is no front page of the day. The worst front page of the day was decided on the basis of print quality, or rather the lack of it. Here is today’s Beijing Youth … Continue reading →

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Urban planning, red hat businessmen

Posted on 2004-03-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

FRONT PAGE OF THE DAY The weekly Economic Observer (jingji guancha bao) gets the prize today for its clean layout and for choice of lead story: CHANGES IN BEIJING’S URBAN PLANNING. WORST FRONT PAGE OF THE DAY China Business (zhongguo … Continue reading →

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Duty free joy, growing pains, and classic People’s Daily

Posted on 2004-02-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

FRONT PAGE OF THE DAY Beijing Morning Post (beijing chenbao) does it again. The headline is: FIRST SHIPMENT OF DUTY FREE HONG KONG GOODS HIT THE SHELVES The goods are duty free because of the CEPA agreement, which means selected … Continue reading →

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Cadres in Henan AIDS village, Beijing Daily Messenger only good for wrapping fish

Posted on 2004-02-26 by Jeremy Goldkorn

FRONT PAGE OF THE DAY Today’s winner is Southern Weekend (nanfang zhoumo), the weekly newspaper known for publishing investigative stories, usually followed by the sacking of various editors. The headline is “Eye witness: cadres live in AIDS village”. The article … Continue reading →

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CISCO: Serving the people, serving the Party

Posted on 2004-02-26 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This is an ad for Cisco that appeared in yesterday’s People’s Daily. Slick full color ads like this are rare in the staid Party organ. WARM-HEARTED CITIZEN WANG XIAOHU E-government really makes Wang feel happy. Today, he submitted two proposals … Continue reading →

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Only one golf course approved in China

Posted on 2004-02-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

FRONT PAGE OF THE DAY Today’s winner is the tabloid Xinbao — English name recently changed to Beijing Daily Messenger. The big headline is: Huang Dingyu fired by Central Academy of Drama yesterday evening. The Central Academy’s Professor Huang has … Continue reading →

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