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The sounds of Beijing

A blog about Beijinghua.

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Best and worst of the China hacks

Access Asia’s yearly awards for the press.

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The death of a foreign-run website in China

Nick Young, an Englishman who used to publish the China Development Brief, faces a Faustian bargain: Then came the offer. Song said he could provide funds to expand our publishing and make it “famous” while helping the world to understand … Continue reading

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Wine and learning blogs

Two new China-related blogs worth following: Ken Carroll’s blog, about “networks, languages, and learning 2.0”. Carroll is one of the founders of the popular language learning podcast series Chinese Pod; his blog so far is an eclectic mix of stuff … Continue reading

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Super-agent Toby Eady on the importance of agents for Chinese authors

Guest contributor Toby Eady is a London-based literary agent who represented Jung Chang (Wild Swans) and Xinran Xue (The Good Women of China). Chinese Authors – beware when fools rush in I have a Chinese author whose work I and … Continue reading

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U.S. vs Chinese Internet users: Who’s in a ghetto?

There has been some discussion on several China blogs recently about a statistic that only six percent of the hyperlinks on the Chinese Internet are to websites outside of China. You can follow the discussion on BlogNation, Shanghaiist and chez … Continue reading

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9,468 magazines in China

Here are some numbers about the magazine business from an article on Xinhua’s website: China reports growing number of magazine titles China published 9,468 magazine titles with the relevant publishing generating about 17 billion yuan (2.29 billion U.S. dollars) in … Continue reading

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