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SARFT reminds you to avoid celebrity scandals

Another SARFT ban order: no hyping up celebrity scandals

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Earthquake heroes get remarried

The Beijing News: A prison officer who lost his family to the earthquake got married again, thanks to the newspaper, which wrote a story earlier about him.

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Reluctant support for a nasty gossip’s case against SARFT

SARFT threatens to ‘purge’ notorious rumor-monger Song Zude.

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Celebrities on Sina write fake fan comments

China’s biggest blog sever Sina has recently upgraded its blogging system and a bug has caused some revealing and laughable result.

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China’s most bankable celebrities—magazine edition

Southern Metropolis Weekly (南都周刊) looks at which Chinese stars move the most magazines.

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How to become famous in China

Some celebrities at the end of 2006.

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Leslie’s not dead — he’s become a mountain hermit

Song Zude claims that Leslie Cheung didn’t commit suicide on 1 April. Wen Jiabao boasts about China’s free flow of information.

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Sina’s celebrity strategy to harness the eyeball economy

Wang Xiaofeng (王小峰), formerly of Massage Milk fame, writes about how Sina manipulates celebrities to generate news.

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Making sense of celebrity relationships

A chart linking Faye Wong, Dou Wei, Pu Shu, and Zhou Xun.

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