Category Archives: Newspapers

Too much information

Posted on 2004-01-12 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Old-school Chinese media junky: He’s reading the Liberation Daily from a public newspaper display board, with a radio clamped on to his left ear. Thanks to Joanna Li for the pic, which she found on a Mainland BBS site.

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Death takes no holidays. It worked terribly hard last year.

Posted on 2004-01-10 by Jeremy Goldkorn

That’s the first line of a China Daily mass obituary for people who died in 2003. The fallen include the following: – Xie Tian, Film director and actor who died aged 89. – Ying Ruocheng, actor and former vice-minister of … Continue reading →

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Anti-corruption measures, BMW accident, the thorny problem of the morals of academics

Posted on 2004-01-09 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from Chinese press JANUARY 9 NEWSPAPERS (taken from print editions, so no links) Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报 Ten anti-corruption measures 十大反腐败措施遏制腐败 The article mentions 30,000 cases of corruption and bribery that were uncovered last year, and new measures designed … Continue reading →

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Spring Festival exodus starts, Beijing spares its civet cats, wheat field grabs etc.

Posted on 2004-01-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from Chinese press JANUARY 8 NEWSPAPERS Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报 First day of Spring Festival exodus: 300,000 people leave Beijing 春运首日30万人出京城 The annual pre-Spring Festival great trek begins, but this article reports that there has been no obvious increase … Continue reading →

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People’s Daily writes award-winning Haiku

Posted on 2004-01-07 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from the Chinese press JANUARY 7 NEWSPAPERS People’s Daily 人民日报 ICBC: The ‘innovation spring’ flows out from the ‘tree of development’ 工行：“创新泉”浇出“发展树” ICBC is the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, one of the ‘Big Four’ state-owned banks. Not … Continue reading →

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Killing the cat to frighten the virus etc.

Posted on 2004-01-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from the Chinese press JANUARY 6 NEWSPAPERS The Beijing News 新京报 Guangdong patient confirmed to have SARS 广东疑似病例确诊SARS The news was announced by WHO. Civet cats are suspected to carry the virus, but the article reports that extermination of … Continue reading →

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Two steps back and one step forward

Posted on 2004-01-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Here’s the step forward: Yesterday’s China Daily headline: “New three-tier information plan eases news flow”. Huh? The article contains a lot of waffle from Minister Zhao Qizheng of the State Council Information Office, but also a few interesting titbits: “[Zhao] … Continue reading →

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CHINA’S TOP 10 SEX-RELATED NEWS STORIES

Posted on 2004-01-03 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Danwei is back from the holidays, but lagging way behind the China Daily in covering sexy stories in the Chinese media. There’s this: “SEX-CHANGE WOMAN GETS MARRIED The first Chinese woman to have a sex change operation tied the knot Tuesday … Continue reading →

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Constant renewal, fireworks explode, it’s all beneficial mon

Posted on 2003-12-31 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from the Chinese press DECEMBER 31 NEWSPAPERS Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报 9 laws beneficial to the people in force from tomorrow 九大利民法规明起实施 The new laws govern apartment management fees, working injury insurance for temporary workers, unpleasant TV commercials that … Continue reading →

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No toll on Fifth Ring Road and an excellent cadre

Posted on 2003-12-30 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from the Chinese press DECEMBER 30 NEWSPAPERS Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报 No charge for driving on 5th Ring Road from the day after tomorrow 五环路后天起免费走 From January 1, 2004, the 5th RingRoad will no longer charge a toll. The … Continue reading →

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