Category Archives: Newspapers

Fraud, Washinton Post interview, anti-domestic violence hospital, bra spats that harm both sides

Posted on 2003-11-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from the Chinese press NOVEMBER 24 NEWSPAPERS The Economic Observer 经济观察报 Tonghai Gaoke fraud files released 通海高科欺诈发行路线图完全解密 What it means: All the dodgy details of a case of corruption and fraud by a company called Tanghai Gaoke involved in … Continue reading →

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GDP fact and fiction, illegal markets, loyal cops, bombs

Posted on 2003-11-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from the Chinese press NOVEMBER 21 NEWSPAPERS The Beijing News 新京报 GDP increase rate won’t be a one time decision again GDP 增长率不再“一锤定音” What it means: Everyone knows the annual GDP figures are compiled with a high degree of … Continue reading →

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Bra spat, sewage, SARS prevention

Posted on 2003-11-20 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from the Chinese press NOVEMBER 20 – NEWSPAPERS The Beijing News 新京报 Beijing will combine and organize 120 and 999 emergency numbers 北京有意整合120 与 999 What it means: There is a plan for the city to develop ambulance and … Continue reading →

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Elections, diamonds and more fuss about traffic jams

Posted on 2003-11-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

NOVEMBER 19 – NEWSPAPERS Beijing Morning Post 晨报 Strike hard against entertainment crime 严打娱乐场所顶风作案 What it means: Dodgy karaoke hostesses are going to have a rough month. The Beijing News 新京报 12 voters nominate themselves as People’s Congress representatives 12 … Continue reading →

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Movies, roads, popular mayors, gangs, prostitute scandals etc.

Posted on 2003-11-18 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from the Chinese press NOVEMBER 18 Beijing Morning Post 晨报 ‘Better than 5 star’ Ziguang movie theater opens today ”超五星“紫光影城今亮相 Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报 Panjiayuan road opening date announced yesterday 潘家园昨定疏通时限 Beijing Star Daily 信报 631 crime organizations destroyed … Continue reading →

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Central heating, traffic jams and women’s volleyball

Posted on 2003-11-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Headlines from the Chinese press from today and yesterday November 17 Beijing Morning Post 晨报 Traffic jams: traffic rule violators are the chief culprit 交通拥堵 车人违章是祸首 Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报 [Companies and state-owned entities] that refuse to provide central heating … Continue reading →

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The Financial Times on Sun Dawu

Posted on 2003-11-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Rural entrepreneur Sun Dawu’s release makes it to the Financial Times in an article headed ‘There’s hope for China, says freed entrepreneur’. The article is quite optimistic: “For Mr Sun and the academics and legal experts who rallied to his … Continue reading →

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Mu Zi Mei mediafest

Posted on 2003-11-14 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Editors are loving Mu Zi Mei, whose kiss and tell exploits were previously described on danwei. Here she is again in the Beijing Morning Post. One of the articles on the page asks the question ‘Is it legal?’ “Having a … Continue reading →

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New York Chinese Newspaper Wars

Posted on 2003-11-14 by Jeremy Goldkorn

New York Times article about the competition between Chinese language newspapers in New York City.

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Southern Weekend on Sun Dawu

Posted on 2003-11-13 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Southern Weekend (nanfang zhoumo) is a weekly paper that occasionally gets into trouble for its reporting on the dodgy doings of corrupt officials. Despite a recent purge of its most aggressive editors, the paper retains a whiff of contraversy … Continue reading →

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