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The soft power of parody

An essay by Tang Yu (唐虞) in the Ta Kung Pao (大公报) on how historical revisionism harms a country’s soft power.

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China’s kings of destruction

Terrorist Meng Jiangnu and environmental monster Lu Ban stack up against Zhuge Liang, who snarled Yangtze River shipping traffic, and the Foolish Old Man, who launched a premeditated attack on the landscape.

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Valentine’s Day Google logo reads ‘Googe’

Google’s logo for Valentine’s Day is hard to make out.

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2006: The year in spoofs

Southern Metropolis Weekly (南都周刊) runs a year-end issue filled with nothing but spoofs of the major stories of 2006.

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Hu Ge’s new spoof: Action movie dodgy drug infomercial

Hu Ge has a new parody film out.

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Let’s all write poetry! – the Zhao Lihua affair

Zhao Lihua (赵丽华) and her poetry start an online trend of writing nonsense verse. The latest egao phenomenon turns into a discussion of the nature of poetry.

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Harmonious society vs. popular television

SARFT to limit affairs in TV dramas, and also goes after costume comedies.

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Online video tainted by spoofs

Translation from Qiu Ao, and bits from the Legal Mirror about the SARFT regulations on personal internet video.

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Three legal pieces

A student sues her high school because she failed the college entrance exam, renters protest a rent hike, and Huang Jianxiang’s hysterical football commentating may be copyrighted.

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CCTV vs. classic movies

A rundown of several pastiches of Chinese movies appearing online as 大史记 – “The Year That Was”. Some from CCTV, others not. With links to video.

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