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Whitening toothpaste safety scare

Posted on 2013-05-10 by Barry van Wyk

This post is an extract from the Danwei Bulletin, a briefing of company and market news collected from the Chinese news and social media before the information appears in English language reporting and sent to premium subscribers of the FT’s China Confidential and … Continue reading →

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Fake sanitary pads: Massive margins driving rampant piracy

Posted on 2013-05-03 by Barry van Wyk

A typical sanitary pad customer will use the product for several decades, so a company with a strong brand and good distribution has a license to print money. And where there is money in China, there are pirates. Southern Metropolis Daily 南方都市报 … Continue reading →

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May Day aftermath: 180 tons of trash left on Gulangyu Island

Posted on 2013-05-02 by Barry van Wyk

Another public holiday in China, another mountain of trash. The front page of the Haixi Morning Post (海西晨报) from Xiamen today is one of a few newspapers around China looking back on a public holiday of gridlocked traffic, congested scenic spots and – … Continue reading →

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Corporate earthquake donations and social media

Posted on 2013-04-26 by Barry van Wyk

Soon after the Sichuan earthquake of 2008, donation fever gripped China as individuals and companies lined up to donate funds for disaster relief. Some of this enthusiasm turned sour: Internet users drew up a spurious list of the top ten … Continue reading →

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Traffic policeman leaves black Audi with fake plates blocking gate

Posted on 2013-04-25 by Barry van Wyk

The black Audi has a reputation in China as the car of choice for the rich and powerful. Or for anyone pretending to be rich and powerful. And sometimes the dividing line between reality and pretense can become blurred. With … Continue reading →

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Weeping over broken pots in Ya’an

Posted on 2013-04-23 by Barry van Wyk

“In the Ya’an earthquake disaster zone I sobbed twice, and both times were by the side of cooking pots”. The Chongqing Times newspaper today has a special section on the earthquake that occurred in the city of Ya’an (雅安) in Sichuan … Continue reading →

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Gold rush in Guangzhou

Posted on 2013-04-18 by Barry van Wyk

The global price of gold has tanked, and Guangzhou’s gold market is booming. The front page of the Guangzhou Daily (广州日报) today has images of long queues that formed the last few weeks in the city of people seeking to part with loads of … Continue reading →

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Chengguan makes video to “clear up misunderstandings” of his profession

Posted on 2013-04-15 by Barry van Wyk

This is probably not going the get the hated chengguan any love, but one of their number has made a short video in the style of a popular recent television advertisement to try and “clear up some misunderstandings” surrounding his profession. His … Continue reading →

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“Don’t let your stomach become an animal graveyard”

Posted on 2013-04-12 by Barry van Wyk

The newspaper Daily Sunshine (晶报) from Shenzhen in Guangdong province today includes a special section entitled “Evil returns from the grave” (恶的还魂) (or perhaps another translation could be “The recycling of evil”) as a “reflection on the relationship between animals and humans”. The largest … Continue reading →

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The Danwei Bulletin

Posted on 2013-04-10 by Danwei

Media intelligence and research services Contact us The Danwei Bulletin by Danwei on April 10, 2013 The Danwei Bulletin is a new weekly report produced by Danwei and published on the FT’s China Confidential website and sent to premium subscribers. The Danwei Bulletin is a briefing … Continue reading →

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