Tag Archives: People’s Daily

People’s Daily lists recent Internet rumors considered crimes

Posted on 2012-04-16 by Danwei

The front page of today’s People’s Daily features the article, “Internet rumors harm people and harm our society. The public must not believe or transmit rumors.” Unlike most of the state media reports on Internet rumors, this one actually lists ten cases … Continue reading →

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People’s Daily covers Hu Jintao’s US trip

Posted on 2011-01-20 by Joel Martinsen

The People’s Daily has photos and news about Hu Jintao’s arrival in the United States.

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People’s Daily endorses a new meme

Posted on 2010-11-10 by Alice Xin Liu

给力 has been used all over the Chinese internet, as a saying that could be literally translated as “giving power” but has more meaning along the lines of 带劲, which means “interesting” or “has force.”

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You won’t see this in the People’s Daily

Posted on 2010-10-23 by Joel Martinsen

A spoof People’s Daily front page containing Thorbjorn Jagland’s op-ed defending Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize.

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Artists and their guides in the government

Posted on 2010-09-10 by Joel Martinsen

Zhao Dan writes for the People’s Daily in 1980 arguing against a strict censorship regime in the arts.

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Newspapers commemorate the Zhouqu landslide

Posted on 2010-08-16 by Joel Martinsen

China’s newspapers go black-and-white for a second day in commemoration of the victims of the landslide disaster in Zhouqu, Gansu Province.

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Party time

Posted on 2010-07-01 by Joel Martinsen

The People’s Daily celebrates the 89th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

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More miners rescued in Shanxi

Posted on 2010-04-06 by Joel Martinsen

Commercial papers announce that 115 miners were saved; the People’s Daily trumpets Hu Jintao’s instructions.

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A bold front-page layout at the People’s Daily

Posted on 2010-03-06 by Joel Martinsen

The paper breaks with six years of March 6 layout tradition.

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All Obama all the time

Posted on 2009-11-18 by Joel Martinsen

Nothin’ but Obama on the front page of the People’s Daily.

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