Tag Archives: Wang Xiaofeng

Wang Xiaofeng: How I became Time Person of the Year

Posted on 2007-01-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Raymond Zhou has translated Wang Xiaofeng’s tale ‘How I became Time’s Person of the Year’.

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Wang Xiaofeng is Time magazine Person of the Year

Posted on 2006-12-18 by Jeremy Goldkorn

One of your correspondent’s long time favorite Chinese bloggers, Wang Xiaofeng, has been named Time Person of the Year.

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These films are not yet rated

Posted on 2006-12-02 by Joel Martinsen

Ng See-Yuen (Wu Siyuan, 吴思远) argues that Chinese movies are bland because there’s no rating system in place: they have to be acceptable for everyone, from children to the elderly, and they can’t criticize contemporary society. That’s why there are so many costume dramas.

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Overpackaged CDs and tinned fiction

Posted on 2006-11-16 by Joel Martinsen

Second Hand Roses (二手玫瑰) new CD has lots of packaging. Also, YA novels in metal boxes.

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The paradox of registering bloggers’ real names
by Wang Xiaofeng

Posted on 2006-10-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Wang Xiaofeng on a proposed blogger ID verification system: I don’t believe that you can eliminate the sentence ‘fuck your mother’ for even half a year unless China devotes huge, huge resources to controlling such people.

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by Wang Xiaofeng

Sensitive

Posted on 2006-09-13 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Sensitive issues from Wang Xiaofeng.

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Online video tainted by spoofs

Posted on 2006-08-19 by Joel Martinsen

Translation from Qiu Ao, and bits from the Legal Mirror about the SARFT regulations on personal internet video.

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The General Administration of Anxiety about Radio, Film and TV

Posted on 2006-08-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

‘Sanlian Life Week’ contributing editor Wang Xiaofeng’s short blog essay about the new rules issued by the State Administration of Radio, TV and Film (SARFT) that seek to control online video.

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Cultural Revolution reminders from Chinese bloggers

Posted on 2006-08-09 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Today is August 8. For people superstitious about numbers, it’s a lucky day. But this day 40 years ago was the start of a disaster. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution formally started on this day. And lasted until October of 1976.

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Naked football pensioners run amok;
Huang Jianxiang metal mashup

Posted on 2006-07-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

An elderly Chinese man went on a rampage in Nanjing after Brazil’s defeat to France in the World Cup quarter-finals last weekend.

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Huang Jianxiang metal mashup