Category Archives: Trends and Buzz

Lei Feng to star in Internet game

A new game, Learning from Comrade Lei Feng, claims that its most distinguishing departure from its peers lies in a theme which encourages players to live a thrifty life.

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Big Brother and the Net Nanny

Two people involved in “sensitive matters” in China have recently disappeared. One of them is AIDS activist Hu Jia. His wife Zeng Jinyan has started a blog, mostly in Chinese, called Looking for Hu Jia. Yesterday she published a post … Continue reading →

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Journalism is about research: Last word on the Massage Milk censorship hoax

Because this website was the first English language source to report the apparent closure of the Massage Milk and Milk Pig blogs, your correspodent has received the following: – Hate mail from a Chinese guy who called me something like … Continue reading →

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Beijing Bestsellers: Narnia and Lei Feng, but no Brokeback for now

This week’s bestselling books in Beijing. Narnia series, foreign scholarship on Mao Zedong, and Lei Feng are included. Also, a discussion of why Brokeback Mountain isn’t coming to China.

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Danwei TV: Big Buildings of Beijing

This page has moved to here: Big Buildings of Beijing. Sorry for the invconvenience.

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Newsweek and Time: a tale of two China cover stories

Indeed While Western commentators, including yours truly, love to get excited about censorship and freedom of expression in China, the future happiness of a fifth of the world’s population is likely to depend on a much more basic right: the … Continue reading →

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An apology for the cat photos

Latest news on the Heilongjiang cat mutilation affair that’s currently gripping China, and an apology letter from one of the people involved.

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Fun and games on the Internet in China

NPR piece on Chinese Internet trends.

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Massage Milk dead?

Massage Milk closes temporarily.

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ESWN + Danwei + phone call = New York Times story

Snark about the mainstream media and blog sourcing.

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