Tag Archives: Global Times

Qaddafi’s imminent fall – some views from China

The news coming out of Libya this morning has been reported without much commentary by Xinhua News Agency and most newspapers and websites in China. That has not stopped editors from using the news to sell papers; see for example … Continue reading

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A national strategic language for China

An opinion piece from the Global Times (环球时报) argues for the importance of naming China’s national language correctly to preserve national unity.

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Global Times says Egypt’s future debated by the West

The Chinese edition of today’s Global Times declares that the West is trying to decide which direction Egypt is going in!

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Explosions in military facility injures 20

The Beijing News reports an explosion in Fengtai district (丰台) on the outskirts of Beijing

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A volunteer’s shuttered blog: follow-up

Global Times reports on Eckart Loewe; New Weekly says he turned down an interview because of government criticism.

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Global Times, China World, South Beauty and Zhang Ziyi

Scandal sheet The Global Times recently offended and delighted different groups of people in Beijing with an advice column by the pseudonymous Alessandro, who answered a question from a “reader” named S. Natch: “If unused for a long time, can … Continue reading

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Global Times declares victory over color revolutions

The Global Times’ Chinese edition enjoys the defeat of Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution”.

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The State of the Union in the Global Times

Global Times focuses on the China content of US President Barack Obama’s 2010 state of the union address.

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Earth-shattering news and a faked interview

Chengdu Business News and Global Times pair the devastation of the Google pullout with the Haiti earthquake.

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UFOs in the Global Times

A story on international UFO research in the Chinese edition, and a few recent oddities from the English edition.

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