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Gao Xiaosong on America

Posted on 2012-08-28 by Zach Valenta

Gao Xiaosong (高晓松) is a Chinese media personality known for his music, film work, and perhaps most influentially in his role as a judge on China’s Got Talent (中国达人秀) and Super Girls (超级女声). Despite a drunk driving arrest that ended his position as … Continue reading →

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SARFT goes after online video, again

Posted on 2012-07-10 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A spokesman for the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) announced yesterday that some original drama series and films on video websites like Youku.com and Tudou.com don’t meet government censorship standards and contain unacceptable dirty language, violence and … Continue reading →

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The ruan (zhongruan)

Posted on 2011-09-15 by Danwei

The ruan (阮) or moon guitar is a four-stringed Chinese instrument similar to the pipa. It is also sometimes called the qin pipa (秦琵琶) and ruanxian (阮咸). The most common ruan is the zhongruan (中阮) or tenor ruan. The bass ruan … Continue reading →

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“China on the Way”

Posted on 2011-01-24 by Joel Martinsen

This 17-minute-long “national image film” features a string of uplifting facts and inspiring pronouncements: “Chinese people have never cherished their cultural heritage more than today, nor felt more its lingering charm, which is why, after so many generations, we are still here.”

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Fat China – a chat with Paul French

Posted on 2010-09-07 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Paul French tells Jeremy Goldkorn about Fat China, a book he co-authored with Matthew Crabbe subtitled ‘How expanding waistlines are changing a nation’.

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Spoof video for 7-Up by Hu Ge

Posted on 2010-09-03 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A video commercial for 7-Up by spoof video king Hu Ge.

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Editor of Oxford’s new giant Chinese English dictionary

Posted on 2010-08-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Danwei interview with Julie Kleeman, the English editor of Oxford’s new giant English-Chinese Chinese-English dictionary.

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Transvestites and transsexuals of Beijing, part 2

Posted on 2010-07-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The second installment of Sexy Beijing’s program about transgendered life in the capital. See Part 1.

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Yanqing forced demolition covered in detail

Posted on 2010-04-14 by Alice Xin Liu

Special attention is given to another story on the right hand column (circled in red). A forced demolition in Yanqing (延庆), a suburb in northwest Beijing. Beijing Times devoted an entire page of report inside:

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Jinkela: wacky ads for a miracle fertilizer

Posted on 2009-12-09 by Eric Mu

A screwball video advertisement about a fertilizer supplement called Jinkela, or Golden Clumps, is doing its rounds on the Chinese Internet.

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