Tag Archives: People’s Daily

Botswana’s Chinese weekly, The Oriental Post

Posted on 2009-07-15 by Joel Martinsen

The Oriental Post (华侨周报) launches in Botswana. It’s a weekly, and it’s not the first Chinese-language paper in Africa

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A grand day at the park, enhanced by the People’s Daily

Posted on 2009-07-02 by Joel Martinsen

People’s Daily clones some birds to make a more harmonious image of humanity coexisting with nature in a Guangxi park.

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People’s Daily celebrates with a party wrap-up

Posted on 2009-07-01 by Eric Mu

A special edition of the People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China, marks the party’s 88th birthday with a profusion of red print on its front page, and an abundance of feel-good political buzzwords inside.

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Posted in Front Page of the Day | Tagged CCP, Hu Jintao, People's Daily, Wu Daguan | Comments Off

The People’s Daily, 20 years ago today

Posted on 2009-04-23 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Another 20 year anniversary.

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Posted in Newspapers | Tagged Hu Yaobang, People's Daily | Comments Off

First newspapers of 2009

Posted on 2009-01-01 by Joel Martinsen

An assortment of front pages of Chinese newspapers for January 1, 2009.

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Posted in Front Page of the Day | Tagged Chinese Business View, Hu Jintao, New Express, People's Daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, Strait Herald | Comments Off

GPS toilet maps for Beijing

Posted on 2008-06-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Visas, camera equipment for foreign news crews, tickets to Olympic events: who needs ’em? The People’s Daily rightly puts the focus on the true needs of Olympic visitors: GPS-enabled maps of the capital’s public lavatories.

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