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University diploma scandal in Jinan

Posted on 2012-06-04 by Allison Carol Goldman

The Jinan Times is a daily newspaper based in Shandong province. Today’s front page features a picture of a distressed student along with a phony university admissions letter. The headline reads: “68 ‘university students’ realize on the eve of their graduation that … Continue reading →

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Dancing cigarettes tell Wenzhou people not to smoke

Posted on 2012-06-01 by Allison Carol Goldman

The Wenzhou Business Daily is a commercial daily published in Zhejiang province, under the umbrella of the Wenzhou Daily Newspaper Group. Today’s front page features a picture of dancing cigarettes. In honor of international no tobacco day, they’re acting out the negative … Continue reading →

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Food safety and fingerprint registration

Posted on 2012-05-31 by Allison Carol Goldman

The Beijing Daily Messenger, formerly known as the Star Daily, is a weekday newspaper distributed on the Beijing subway. Today’s front page features the headline, “a generation of ID cards will be retired next year.” According to the article, the Vice Minister … Continue reading →

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Beijing kindergartens to receive new “Spirit of Beijing” readers

Posted on 2012-05-30 by Allison Carol Goldman

The Beijing Morning Post is a commercial daily under the Beijing Daily Press Group, controlled by municipal authorities. Today’s top headline reads, “City to encourage the moral development of minors.” The article says the Beijing municipal government yesterday launched a new action plan: … Continue reading →

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Cannibal serial killer arrested in Yunnan

Posted on 2012-05-26 by Robert Foyle Hunwick

Yesterday AFP reported that ‘Police have detained a man suspected of murdering more than a dozen boys and young men, chopping up their bodies and selling the flesh to unsuspecting consumers’. There had previously been a trickle of reports about … Continue reading →

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Is the U.S. causing trouble for Confucius?

Posted on 2012-05-25 by Allison Carol Goldman

The Southern Metropolis Daily is a Guangdong-based newspaper with a circulation of several hundred thousand print copies in its home province, and a wide national audience online. The front page today features a cartoon of Confucius next to an American flag. The … Continue reading →

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17 young people disappear in Yunnan, police fear a serial killer

Posted on 2012-05-24 by Allison Carol Goldman

The Chonqing Economic Times is a newspaper under the Chongqing Daily Press Group with a circulation of around 630,000 copies per day. Today the front page announces a new round of economic stimuli to promote stable growth in China. According to the … Continue reading →

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Businesswoman Wu Ying gets 2-year reprieve on death penalty

Posted on 2012-05-22 by Allison Carol Goldman

The China Youth Daily is a commercial daily run by the Communist Youth League. The front page today features a story on Wu Ying, the 31-year-old Zhejiang-based entrepreneur who was sentenced to death in 2009 for illegal fundraising, and cheating investors out … Continue reading →

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Chinese media seduced into wrongdoing by Western concepts

Posted on 2012-05-18 by Allison Carol Goldman

The Beijing Daily is a commercial daily controlled by city authorities and usually considered a Party paper. Today the top headline is that 70 million square meters worth of residential housing in Beijing will be reinsulated and fitted with energy-saving technology. This … Continue reading →

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Xie Yan and the fight against bad conservation laws

Posted on 2012-05-17 by Hudson Lockett

When ecologist Xie Yan heard about the Natural Heritage Conservation Act, she knew she had to kill it. So she wrote a letter. The open letter, posted on February 5 to Xie’s blog, became the focus of a story the … Continue reading →

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