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Kim Jong Il – the Great Media Man

A propaganda video about Kim Il Song, media man.

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“Senior Chinese officials learn to deal with media”

That’s the headline of a Xinhua article published today about Party cadres learning to deal with “vexatious questions” from the media: “Skills to deal with the media are part of political competence,” said Gao Xinmin, a veteran professor on Party … Continue reading →

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Beijing babes wrapped in newspapers

Liu Xingyan, 20, Beijing Babe The Beijing News (新京报) has always tried to be a serious newspaper, even though many of the editors who actually dared to be serious all got sacked at the end of 2005. Nonetheless, one feature … Continue reading →

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Letters to the editor

Cranks ask Chinese newspapers to forward their letters to celebrities.

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18,401 websites shut down

Last week Danwei republished some annoyed comments from Chinese bloggers who reported that thousands of websites and servers have been shut down this month, presumably in the run-up to the 17th Party Congress when all netizens should be aware that … Continue reading →

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30 textbooks in one term

Wenzhou Economic Daily (温州商报) reports on a fire in Greece and new textbook assignments for high school students.

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How media regulators learned to stop worrying about food safety and love the baozi

Journalist and blogger Wang Xiaofeng 王小峰 has written a brief response to the Beijing media restructuring.

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Printing the Internet

网事周刊, a new weekly from Southern Workers News that takes its content from the Internet.

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Danwei TV 2: Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

The second episode of Danwei TV, concerning newsstands, magazines, and newspapers in Beijing. Links to lots of media articles follow the video.

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Newsstand sales figures for Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou

Two translations of Century Chinese newspaper retail market reports for Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai.

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