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Beijing Bestsellers: Nutrition, history, and a codeless Dan Brown

Posted on 2006-06-20 by Joel Martinsen

Overall bestsellers for June 2-8 and June 9-15, 2006.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Celebrity authors, fantasy, and Wang Meng’s father

Posted on 2006-06-03 by Joel Martinsen

Overall bestsellers for April 28 – May 11, May 19-25, and May 26-June 1, 2006.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Marx makes a comeback

Posted on 2006-05-04 by Joel Martinsen

Overall bestsellers for April 14-20 and 21-27, 2006.

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Gnawing at language, biting the ankles of Chinese media

Posted on 2006-05-04 by Joel Martinsen

A look at the Chinese magazine ‘Correct Language’ (咬文嚼字 – ‘Yaowen Jiaozi’) and language pedantry.

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For better government, read fewer books

Posted on 2006-04-23 by Joel Martinsen

For World Book and Copyright Day, Chinese science fiction author and journalist Han Song writes that Chinese officials need to read less.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Bloggers’ books and an inflated translation

Posted on 2006-04-17 by Joel Martinsen

Overall bestsellers for 06.03.31-06.04.6 and 06.04.07-03.04.13. Also commentary on bloggers writing books.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Brothers, CCTV 10, and expensive books

Posted on 2006-04-06 by Joel Martinsen

Overall bestsellers for 06.03.24-06.03.30.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Duku, bookstore rankings, and even more about Lei Feng

Posted on 2006-04-01 by Joel Martinsen

Overall bestsellers and general non-fiction for 06.03.17-06.03.23, with special attention paid to a new essay collection, sales ranks from various Beijing bookstores, and a chart of Lei Feng propaganda.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Zhang Zhongxing’s philosophy, a taste of Yu Hua, and more Dan Brown

Posted on 2006-03-20 by Joel Martinsen

Beijing Bestsellers this week features a leak of Yu Hua’s second volume of Brothers, and several work of philosophy by the late Zhang Zhongxing.

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A Lei Feng two-fer

Posted on 2006-03-19 by Joel Martinsen

Why are there so many photos of Lei Feng? What is he doing these days?

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