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Category Archives: Trends and Buzz
Cartoon slang, rock jargon, and Garfield’s netspeak
Rock slang from Yan Jun, anime slang from Japan, and netspeak in the new Garfield movie.
Posted in Internet, Magazines, Trends and Buzz
Tagged Garfield, language, netspeak, Sanlian Life Week, slang, Yan Jun
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A theorem, a crank, and a duel to the death
Philosopher Li Ming (黎鸣) and anti-fraud activist Fang Zhouzi (方舟子) square off in a duel to the death over the four color problem (四色难题).
Posted in Internet, Scholarship and education, Trends and Buzz
Tagged Fang Zhouzi, four color theorem, Li Ming, pseudoscience, XYS
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Sex expert’s speech causes spike in double bed sales
Sexologist Li Yinhe August 21, 2006 – Danwei Noon Report, a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China, from Chinese and English sources. Dr Li Yinhe and double bed sales Bokee (Blogchina) has an article that examines … Continue reading
Posted in Danwei Noon Report, Media and Advertising, Sexuality, Trends and Buzz
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Free Reggae for the people
Beijing-based reggae and dub DJ Steve Barker has a British radio show called On the Wire. Archived episodes of this superb show are now online and available for free download, including reggae and dub 3 hour non-stop no-speech specials. Check … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Radio, Trends and Buzz
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Online video tainted by spoofs
Translation from Qiu Ao, and bits from the Legal Mirror about the SARFT regulations on personal internet video.
Posted in Internet, IP and Law, Media regulation, Trends and Buzz
Tagged @classic, egao, Fu Chong, Mirror, online video, SARFT, Wang Xiaofeng
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Beijing’s Bloody August
by Geremie R. Barmé
Two first person accounts of the beginning of the decade of chaos in the Cultural Revolution, recorded by Sang Ye and translated by Geremie R. Barmé.
Posted in Guest Contributor, Recently on Danwei, Scholarship and education, Trends and Buzz
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by Geremie R. Barmé
by Geremie R. Barmé
Training professional gamblers at PKU
News about Peking University’s Lottery MPA program.
Posted in Media regulation, Scholarship and education, Trends and Buzz
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Cheat sheet for foreign journalists and PR people
Foreign hacks who don’t read Chinese: your life just got a whole lot easier. The beta version of Search Chinese News in English by Adsotrans has launched. It’s a bilingual search engine that allows you to search Chinese language sources … Continue reading
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Where is the party when you need it?
From Oriental Outlook magazine, a recently-graduated party member talks about the difficulty he has in paying his dues to the Communist Party of China.
Posted in Magazines, Trends and Buzz
Tagged Oriental Outlook, party dues
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Trying to give Chinglish a good name
Chinglish.com: you’d think it would be a website that mocks Chinese English in the way that Engrish.com highlights weird Japanese usage. But no. This is what Chinglish.com says it will do (at same unspecified date in the future): What is … Continue reading
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