Category Archives: State media

GAPP to clean up periodicals; Anti-Piracy Office shuts down a magazine

Posted on 2007-05-09 by Joel Martinsen

China New Observer (中国新观察) shut down by GAPP and the anti-pornography and anti-piracy office. Censorship, or punishment for scam running?

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Xi’an pirate TV station shut down

Posted on 2007-05-04 by Joel Martinsen

A village-run TV station in Xi’an’s Shuangqiaotou village (双桥头村) is shut down by the authorities.

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Slogans with Chinese characteristics

Posted on 2007-04-30 by banyue

Slogan or poem? In China, you will see slogans every day and everywhere. Not only is this a tradition with a long history, it is a trend that has remained popular, particularly in the red and crazy 1950s – 1970s. … Continue reading →

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NPC Standing Committee vice-chairman Fu Tieshan dies

Posted on 2007-04-21 by Joel Martinsen

Fu Tieshan (傅铁山), bishop of Beijing, dies. Xinhua lists all his other titles.

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State media shenanigans and responsible blogging

Posted on 2007-04-02 by Joel Martinsen

Musings on how a translation blog should treat its responsibility toward traditional media. Inspired by news about the famous annual party (评论部年会) thrown by the CCTV News and Commentary Department (中央电视台新闻评论部).

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The case against a film rating system

Posted on 2007-03-31 by Joel Martinsen

An Outlook Weekly (瞭望新闻周刊) op-ed argues in favor of delaying a film rating system for the Chinese movie industry.

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The nail house, the Zhengzhou dragon, and the hidden cameras

Posted on 2007-03-29 by Joel Martinsen

The Chongqing Nail House (钉子户), blogspot unblocked, a massive dragon in Zhengzhou (郑州祖龙), and cadres spotted by hidden camera in Zigui County (Hubei).

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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’?

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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).

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Making corrections, handling statistics

Posted on 2007-02-14 by Joel Martinsen

An old issue of the People’s Daily leads Teng Yun (滕云) to muse about the proper way to deal with facts in the newspaper business.

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