Tag Archives: Reference News

A centenarian monk reads the newspaper

Benhuan (本焕), a 103-year-old monk at Hongfa Temple in Shenzhen, reads Cankao Xiaoxi.

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Daily Telegraph hoaxed by spoof “character of the year” story

Telegraph suggests that intellectuals chose ‘chaos’ as China’s word of the year.

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Cankao Xiaoxi hoaxed by spoof migrant banker story

Reference News messes up its acronyms and reprints an article from the wrong German source.

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China’s Silk Road legacy and image management
by Bruce Humes

The Silk Road, re-packaged for you by politically correct editors of Cankao Xiaoxi (参考消息).

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Little Africa in Downtown Guangzhou

Bruce Humes on a Cankao Xiaoxi (参考消息) edited translation of an SMCP article by Brandon Zatt.

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Tibet travel piece revamped for Chinese eyes
by Bruce Humes

Bruce Humes dissects a Reference News (参考消息) edit-job on a New York Times article about travel in Tibet.

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The World according to Cankao Xiaoxi
by Bruce Humes

Bruce Humes dissects a Reference News (参考消息) edit-job of a New York Times article on travel in Korla, Xinjiang.

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