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Danwei Model Workers 2014

Posted on 2014-10-28 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Danwei has been publishing the Model Worker awards – our list of the best websites, blogs, Twitter feeds and podcasts on China since 2005 (there are links to the earlier awards at the bottom of this post). This year, we’ve … Continue reading →

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A Brief Guide to China’s Media Landscape – May 2014

Posted on 2014-05-21 by Rachel Wang

The table below shows mainland China’s most important websites, newspapers, and broadcast news organizations, together with numbers for website traffic, circulation and audience. The numbers are guesstimates based on media reports, listed companies’ public filings, media advertising rate cards, Alexa.com … Continue reading →

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Air pollution policy making and social media in Beijing, 2011-2013

Posted on 2014-04-24 by Johan van de Ven

This article is by Johan van de Ven, whose undergraduate dissertation at Oxford University examined the effects of factors such as environmental movements, diplomacy and social media on air pollution policy-making in China. In a study conducted from June to … Continue reading →

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A Brief Guide to China’s Media Landscape – February 2014

Posted on 2014-02-20 by Rachel Wang

The table below shows mainland China’s most important websites, newspapers, and broadcast news organizations, together with numbers for website traffic, circulation and audience. The numbers are guesstimates based on media reports, listed companies’ public filings, media advertising rate cards, Alexa.com … Continue reading →

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Gree interested in investing in Meizu?

Posted on 2014-02-17 by Eric Mu

Fans of mobile phone brand Meizu were recently allowed a rare glimpse of J. Wong, the reclusive founder of the brand of sleek Android-powered smartphones based in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. In a two-hour speech posted online, Wong announced that he … Continue reading →

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Police bust PR companies for illegal deletion of news and social media postings

Posted on 2013-12-07 by Jeremy Goldkorn

On December 5, the People’s Daily published a report about a police investigation into companies that offer services to delete news items and social media postings from the Internet. The article does not, of course, mention that the biggest deleter of information … Continue reading →

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Internet Poll on changing China’s strange public holiday system

Posted on 2013-11-28 by Hudson Lockett

While much of the world looks forward to official holidays that can be predicted years in advance, China’s annual muddle over the coming year’s holiday schedule has long been a reliable source of confusion. But yesterday the Holiday Office published … Continue reading →

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Hybrid cars: BYD’s new Qin

Posted on 2013-11-28 by Barry van Wyk

In a confident move, BYD is offering 1,000 yuan to any driver that can beat the company’s pre-release Model Qin in 400-meter drag races. The Qin, a hybrid sedan, is being marketed mainly for two new features: a 0 to … Continue reading →

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A Brief Guide to China’s Media Landscape

Posted on 2013-11-21 by Danwei

The table below shows mainland China’s most important websites, newspapers, and broadcast news organizations, together with numbers for website traffic, circulation and audience. The numbers are guesstimates based on media reports, listed companies’ public filings, media advertising rate cards, Alexa.com … Continue reading →

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Li Xiaolai, Bitcoin millionaire

Posted on 2013-11-20 by Eric Mu

Hidden in a pedestrian-only lane in Beijing’s tech district of Zhongguancun, Cheku Café (车库咖啡厅) is not easy to find and appears to be an unassuming eatery like its neighbors. But if you climb up the dark staircase, you’ll blunder into … Continue reading →

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