Tag Archives: GAPP

Tudou: online video problems

A rumor about Tudou.com being shut down by SARFT.

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Danwei Picks: Ramadan in China

Regulating scrap; tradition in Tibet; Ramadan in Xinjiang; Australian hostages; film ratings get the thumbs down.

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High taxes are the enemy of good literature

Er Yue He (二月河), aka Ling Jiefang (凌解放), calls for the government to exempt writers from the income tax.

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Will anyone dare to take this district mayor’s photo now?

Wang Lili (王力利) fired from Tongzhou Newsletter (通州时讯) after publishing a photo of Tongzhou district head Deng Naiping (邓乃平) with his eyes closed.

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Taiwan statehood and the plight of local newspapers

Taizhou Evening News (台州晚报) calls Taiwan a country.

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Please step away from the horror film

Liaoshen Daily (辽沈晚报) features police tape over a horror film poster illustrating an article about GAPP’s latest notice.

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The top Chinese books in 2007

China Reading Journal (中华读书报), Yazhou Zhoukan (亚洲周刊), and City Pictorial (城市画报) choose mainland China’s top books for 2007.

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Free residential workshop for literary translators

This March, British Book publishing giant Penguin is offering a free residential workshop to early- and mid-career literary translators who work in both English and Chinese. From their press release: Workshop sessions will be led by renowned sinologists and translators … Continue reading

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Danwei Picks: 2007-12-20

China bails out Morgan Stanley, Hu urges soft power, and China junks its annoying quarantine forms.

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Watchdog journalism vs. shady land deals

Liu Wanyong (刘万永) writes about illegal land sales in Jiaxian, Henan (河南, 郏县), the frustrated efforts of local residents to combat the government, and his own encounter with media-averse bureaucracy.

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