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Celebrating Singles’ day

Posted on 2012-11-15 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. On November 11 – 11/11 – China celebrated ‘Singles’ day’. The origins of the festival … Continue reading →

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“The CPC 18th Party Congress successfully ended yesterday”

Posted on 2012-11-15 by Barry van Wyk

China’s newspapers went to press today before the new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee under Xi Jinping was presented to the media (see Shanghaiist for a recap). Hence, in uniform anticipation of tomorrow’s big news, they all today simply announced that the 18th … Continue reading →

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Ways of reporting the end of the 18th Party Congress

Posted on 2012-11-14 by Barry van Wyk

The 18th Party Congress ended today, and this naturally dominated the front pages of China’s newspapers, who used a small variety of headlines related to the last day of the Congress, the most common of which were “18th Party Congress … Continue reading →

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China’s drones and new aircraft on display at Zhuhai Airshow

Posted on 2012-11-13 by Barry van Wyk

The 18th Party Congress has a more muted presence on the front pages of China’s newspapers today because an event started today that can provide much better visual front page material: the 2012 Zhuhai Airshow. Instead of pictures of Hu Jintao … Continue reading →

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Hotly debated at the 18th Party Congress: “What does a fairer China really mean?”

Posted on 2012-11-12 by Barry van Wyk

Various newspapers in China today published headlines that are supposedly based on hot debates at the ongoing 18th Party Congress on the question of how to create a fairer and more equal China. The debates on this issue have come … Continue reading →

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Out of Tibet

Posted on 2012-11-12 by Alec Ash

Now readable in full on Danwei, and with a new update from the author two years on, “Out of Tibet” by Alec Ash is a chapter in the new book Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land, edited by Angilee … Continue reading →

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Q&A with author David Wolf on Huawei, ZTE and China’s telecoms industry

Posted on 2012-11-12 by Barry van Wyk

Beijing-based business strategist David Wolf is the author of a new book on China’s telecoms industry: Making the Connection: The Peaceful Rise of China’s Telecommunications Giants. The book tells the story of how previously unknown companies have emerged from one of … Continue reading →

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Hu’s the boss

Posted on 2012-11-09 by Barry van Wyk

The Weibo user Media Man Old Wang (传媒老王) posted a selection of newspaper front pages from November 9, the day after the 18th Party Congress started. He notes that all of these papers are commercial metropolis papers that do not usually carry … Continue reading →

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The 18th Party Congress opens

Posted on 2012-11-08 by Barry van Wyk

Its finally here, the day we’ve all been waiting for so long, and there really is not much else that can be found on China’s front pages today. The Beijing Morning Post (北京晨报) is indicative of the kind of headline that is … Continue reading →

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“Hold the people dearest in our hearts”

Posted on 2012-11-06 by Barry van Wyk

The front page of the  Shanghai Youth Daily today leads with a big headline reading “Hold the people dearest in our hearts” (or foremost in mind, if you will – 把人民放在心中最高位置) (The Shanghai Youth Daily was established in 1949 and is closely tied to the Chinese Communist … Continue reading →

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