Category Archives: Trends and Buzz

Tom Cruise and a desperate Chinese girl’s confession

Furong Jiejie: take this! PRweb.com is a press release distribution and publishing service — the idea behind it is to make it easy for any company or individual to have their press releases seen by the media. Most of the … Continue reading →

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Authors Joan London and Doris Pilkington in China

Australian authors Joan London and Doris Pilkington are visiting China for the Beijing Book Fair (September 1-5) and will be giving talks in Shanghai and Beijing. Doris Pilkington is the author of Rabbit-Proof Fence, the true adventure story of three … Continue reading →

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Beijing Bestsellers: No big names – only pandas

It’s really just an innocuous essay collection. Just a shuffle of titles on the overall bestseller list – nothing new that captures the interest of Chinese readers this week. It’s not that there’s nothing out there – major literary authors … Continue reading →

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China Daily: Iran’s Khamenei remains defiant

Today the the China Daily published an AP story about Iran’s nuke enrichment program, without comment:

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Shooting up on the Silk Road: a diabetic cycles Beijing to London for charity

Cycling is not the easiest way to get from beijing to London, especially if you are a diabetic. Mad dogs and Englishmen… Two Brits headed west from Beijing on August 14 on bicycles. They are cycling all the way to … Continue reading →

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Hoax ha ha: outsourcing blogging to China

Some guys who have spent enough time in Shanghai to take a photo and buy some pirate DVDs have started a fake company and hoax blog, called Blog Oriented. Their fake business model is to train a bunch of Chinese … Continue reading →

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The Chinese Government: It’s OK to be gay

The Pink Republic of China The magazine pictured on the left is the August 1 issue of state-owned Xinhua’s biweekly Globe. The large cover line reads: 30,000,000: the troubles of China’s homosexuals. This a rough translation of the beginning of … Continue reading →

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A magazine and movie scandal: FHM China, Huang Shengyi and Steven Chow

Censorship encourages metaphor: Huang Shengyi’s got milk A dispute has erupted in the Chinese movie industry: Huang Shengyi (黄圣依) is a Shanghai-born actress who starred in Steven Chow’s (周星驰) recent comedy Kung Fu Hustle, and was signed to Chow’s production … Continue reading →

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Beijing Bestsellers: Yu Hua and kids’ adventure

One of the few books about real life on the list this week. The Shanghai Book Fair closed Sunday. Numbers on the book fair as reported in The Beijing News put 300,000 visitors spending more than 25 million yuan in … Continue reading →

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Chinese Subs in Norway

Subs — homegrown Beijing punk rock Chaile.org is an English language website about live music in Beijing and China. This is what they say about Subs: Subs screaming punk rock is the most sought-after live experience in China. Their gigs … Continue reading →

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