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A Brief Guide to China’s Media Landscape – May 2014

The table below shows mainland China’s most important websites, newspapers, and broadcast news organizations, together with numbers for website traffic, circulation and audience. The numbers are guesstimates based on media reports, listed companies’ public filings, media advertising rate cards, Alexa.com … Continue reading

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A Brief Guide to China’s Media Landscape – February 2014

The table below shows mainland China’s most important websites, newspapers, and broadcast news organizations, together with numbers for website traffic, circulation and audience. The numbers are guesstimates based on media reports, listed companies’ public filings, media advertising rate cards, Alexa.com … Continue reading

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China’s ten ugliest statues (and the ugly goddess that started it all)

In August 2012, a huge statue of a Buddhist goddess went up in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Without consulting anyone, the local government had erected it right on a busy intersection. 11 days later, however, the statue had disappeared. Again without consulting … Continue reading

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The highest-paid authors in China, 2009 edition

Changjiang Times and Wu Huaiyao find that Zheng Yuanjie passed Guo Jingming to become China’s highest-earning author.

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Who worked for the public good in 2008?

A review of Yang Jisheng’s Tombstone (墓碑) in Window of the South (南风窗). Also, the ‘For the Public Good’ awards

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The best and worst China books of 2008

Access Asia rounds up the best and worst books published about China in 2008.

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Bloggers of the year in Esquire China

For the December Esquire, Lao Luo interviews Lian Yue, and Lian Yue interviews Lao Luo.

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The highest-paid authors in China

Chengdu Business News has released its 2008 ranking of China’s richest authors, and Guo Jingming is in first place for the second year running.

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Time Out picks two sets of Beijing heroes

Time Out magazine names forty Beijing heroes (城市英雄); English and Chinese language editions feature different names.

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Olympic Model Worker updates

More good blogs that were left off the Model Workers list.

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