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Corrupt officials have things

A Southern Metropolis Journalist journalist Zhang Jun makes a video at a primary school in Guangzhou at the beginning of the school year. He interviews one girl about what she’d like to be when she grows up. She replies that she’d like to be a corrupt official because they have a lot of things.

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Journalism at the Global Times

Global Times as a hotbed of nationalism? Whoda thunk it?

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The girl who sat with her back to the Premier

Chinese BBS are talking about the girl who sat with her back to Premier Wen, Chongqing and the Guinness Book of Records, Mao’s birthday, and propaganda official versus real estate bureau chief.

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Xidian “credit card gate” scandal

Publicity department head of Xidian university who threatened to take over Tianya now is in tears.

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What should be condemned?

Excerpt from a Drunkenpiano post about Tibet and Western media.

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Danwei Picks: 2007-11-26

Beijing Newspeak on the Guangzhou flight interruptions, ESWN with a SMD article on poor-quality translation, and the Financial Times with a look at how TV broadcasts avoid sensitive topics.

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Danwei Picks: 2007-11-23

ESWN translates an article about a religious huckster in Guangdong, CMP has a letter about Minjian magazine, and Dan Washburn writes about professional golf in China.

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Danwei Picks: 2007-11-19

ESWN writes on Eileen Chang’s copyrights, Lonely Planet is banned, and ex-cons make for interesting politicians, writes Laowiseass.

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Danwei Picks: 2007-11-14

Yahoo settles with the family of Shi Tao; the iPhone may come to China; Ang Lee is a traitor and ‘Lust, Caution’ ought to be banned.

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Translation and its discontents

Translation errors. Jiang Zhihui (姜志辉).

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