Category Archives: Scholarship and education

Memories vs. historical fact: Guo Wei on Dong Cunrui

Posted on 2007-04-16 by Joel Martinsen

Guo Wei (郭维) says that the legend of Dong Cunrui (董存瑞) was just conjecture. Dong’s family sues for libel, and Dong’s former army buddy Zhi Shunyi (郅顺义) sues for slander.

Continue reading →

Posted in Film, IP and Law, Media and Advertising, Scholarship and education | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Memories vs. historical fact: Guo Wei on Dong Cunrui

A blatant display of media imperialism

Posted on 2007-04-09 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The below is excerpted from the blog of Charlie Beckett, the director of the public media forum at the London School of Economics:

Continue reading →

Posted in Scholarship and education | Tagged , , | Comments Off on A blatant display of media imperialism

A courtroom, or a legal classroom?

Posted on 2007-04-07 by Joel Martinsen

Liu Renwen (刘仁文) on including educational content in prosecutors’ opening statements.

Continue reading →

Posted in IP and Law, Newspapers, Scholarship and education | Comments Off on A courtroom, or a legal classroom?

Degrees, real life, and April Fools

Posted on 2007-03-31 by Joel Martinsen

Residents of Pinghe County, Fujian Province (福建省平和县) cannot marry or get a driver’s license without a middle-school diploma. In Beijing, professor Li Baoyuan (李宝元) complains that parents are bringing their children to grad school entrance exams.

Continue reading →

Posted in IP and Law, Media and Advertising, Newspapers, Scholarship and education, Sexuality | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Degrees, real life, and April Fools

Yu Qiuyu: why book reading is a waste

Posted on 2007-03-27 by Joel Martinsen

Yu Qiuyu (余秋雨) comments on National Reading Day (国家阅读日) and raises a ruckus.

Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Books, Media and Advertising, Scholarship and education | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Yu Qiuyu: why book reading is a waste

Yu Quanyu: the man behind the rhetoric

Posted on 2007-03-23 by Joel Martinsen

Yu Quanyu (喻权域) interviewed in Southern People Weekly (南方人物周刊) about his anti-sedition proposal. Also, comments from Ran Yunfei (冉云飞).

Continue reading →

Posted in IP and Law, Magazines, Media regulation, Scholarship and education | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Yu Quanyu: the man behind the rhetoric

Prostitutes and language mavens

Posted on 2007-03-22 by Joel Martinsen

陪客 is a contested term in a Chinese reference book.

Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Intellectual Property, IP and Law, Magazines, Media and Advertising, Scholarship and education, Sexuality | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Prostitutes and language mavens

Treason as farce: Yuan Weishi on Yu Quanyu’s seditious speech proposal

Posted on 2007-03-18 by Joel Martinsen

Yuan Weishi (袁伟时) talks about the anti-seditious language proposal (惩治汉奸言论法) put forth by Yu Quanyu (喻权域). What makes a ‘hanjian’?

Continue reading →

Posted in IP and Law, Magazines, Media and Advertising, Media regulation, Scholarship and education, State media | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Treason as farce: Yuan Weishi on Yu Quanyu’s seditious speech proposal

Return of the Three Represents

Posted on 2007-03-17 by Joel Martinsen

Qiu Shi (求是 Seeking Truth) publishes articles on the Three Represents (三个代表) by Li Changchun (李长春) and Zeng Qinghong (曾庆红).

Continue reading →

Posted in Media and Advertising, Scholarship and education, State media | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Return of the Three Represents

Is science sacrificed in the pursuit of TV ratings?

Posted on 2007-03-16 by Joel Martinsen

CCTV’s ‘Approaching Science’ (走近科学) is accused of being pseudo-scientific. Producer Zhang Guofei (张国飞) says that tricks are needed to hold viewers’ interest.

Continue reading →

Posted in Media and Advertising, Scholarship and education, TV | Comments Off on Is science sacrificed in the pursuit of TV ratings?