Tag Archives: Beijing Youth Daily

Courts can mediate, but enforcement is another matter

In one Beijing district, half of all defendants who agree to court mediation don’t follow through, reports the Beijing Youth Daily.

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CCTV launches video sharing website

China’s Central Television made its debut into the online video market with the launch of its new website.

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The highly educated chengguan might be no better than the neighborhood committee auntie

The Beijing Youth Daily reported that the Chengguan (the para-police force who are responsible for “cleaning” the streets in cities) in Hefei, Anhui province, are recruiting university-degree level employees. Yesterday the paper ran a letter-editorial from Anhui province about the move.

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Hebei Youth Daily editor beaten

Paper’s vice editor-in-chief beaten for reporting.

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Those damned English experts

Snarking at ‘expert-approved’ translations.

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China Unicom manages to make the iPhone boring

A newspaper ad announcing the iPhone’s launch in China isn’t particularly eye-catching.

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Two actresses barely survive botox overdose

Beijing Youth Daily: two actresses in Beijing whose experiment with botulinum type A toxin injection in order to get thin legs backfired.

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“What do you think about the Green Dam?” asks HKU admissions

An editor from Henan, Yue Jianguo, wrote in to the Beijing Youth Daily to comment on the questions asked by Hong Kong universities - in this case the University of Hong Kong - to their mainland applicants, which occurred over the weekend.

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Schools disagree on how best to cover a book

It’s the start of a new semester and the debate over book covers is in the news once again.

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Film ratings system “news” is a five-year-old interview

An article quoting Film Bureau director Tong Gang about an upcoming film ratings system is a fake.

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