Category Archives: Newspapers

Shanghai Star shenanigans

Foreign shenanigans at the Shanghai Star newspaper.

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Newspaper suspended for unethical earthquake reporting

New Travel Weekly (旅游新报), a Chongqing-based newspaper was suspended from publishing for using bikini-clad women on the front page on its May 19 issue.”

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China Daily: Hu Jia sentenced to 3.5 years in jail

Activist Hu Jia gets 3 and a half years of jail time.

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Beware the bloody papaya

The Beijing News (新京报) features a papaya (木瓜) on the cover of its special health section on birth control (人工流产).

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The Shanghai Star . . . We think we get the drift

A new look for the Shanghai Star.

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Taiwan statehood and the plight of local newspapers

Taizhou Evening News (台州晚报) calls Taiwan a country.

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Paper tigers, whispering sweet nothings into each other’s ears

An article originally published in 1999 by Geremie Barmé about newspapers in China and how they have changed since the Cultural Revolution.

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Beijing Morning Post tarts it up

Beijing Morning Post (北京晨报) comes in wrappers covered with garish photos and sensational headlines.

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A ghost story from the evening paper

Qilu Evening News (齐鲁晚报) has a story about a grave-robber.

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Beijing babes wrapped in newspapers

Liu Xingyan, 20, Beijing Babe The Beijing News (新京报) has always tried to be a serious newspaper, even though many of the editors who actually dared to be serious all got sacked at the end of 2005. Nonetheless, one feature … Continue reading →

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