Category Archives: Newspapers

An English e-book from a Chinese newspaper

An e-book from The Economic Observer newspaper.

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New magazines and newspapers at the end of 2008

An introduction to The Time Weekly (时代周报), CASS Review (中国社会科学院报), Beijing Cultural Review (文化纵横), and U+ Weekly (优家画报).

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Cankao Xiaoxi hoaxed by spoof migrant banker story

Reference News messes up its acronyms and reprints an article from the wrong German source.

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CCTV underpants and hemorrhoids in the Shanghai press

Vulgar nicknames for Rem Koolhaas’ CCTV building make it into the Shanghai press.

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Price hikes for Beijing newspapers

Beijing Evening News and the Mirror now cost 1 yuan.

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Southern Daily: 9 out of 10 new mothers don’t have enough breast milk

In China there is a somewhat long-standing misunderstanding, which is that after childbirth women are too tired to breast feed straight away.

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Lip-synching? Let’s pretend it didn’t happen

The western media loves Lin Miaoke!

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Peninsula Metropolis newspaper claims 55th largest global circulation

Today’s Peninsula Metropolis Daily ran a big headline celebrating the newspaper’s recent ascent to “the 55th strongest newspaper of the world”.

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The price of keeping a pet dog

Keeping a legal pet dog can be an expensive proposition in Guangzhou; a license to own a dog costs 10,000 yuan and each year a dog owner must pay an additional 6,000 yuan for a medical “check”.

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A new home for old newspapers

Old Chinese newspapers made into baskets and shipped to the US.

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