Daily Sunshine, January 28, 2011
Li Na has advanced to the finals of the Australia Open and will become the first Chinese player to appear in a Grand Slam final. The Daily Sunshine demonstrates that it is able to find inspiration from even the most tired of online memes with the headline “‘Geili Na’ Makes History.” Geili (给力, rendered into English as “gelivable”) originated as a netspeak term used to describe something impressive or powerful, but it has been run into the ground by the mainstream media in recent months.
The paper’s top headline was also featured in many of today’s newspapers and announces that property taxes will soon launch in Shanghai and Chongqing as part of an effort to curb runaway housing prices.
Links and Sources
- China Daily: China unveils property tax in two cities
- Earlier on Danwei: People’s Daily endorses a new meme