Tag Archives: Xinhua

China Daily: Hu Jia sentenced to 3.5 years in jail

Activist Hu Jia gets 3 and a half years of jail time.

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Western media manhunt

Angry Chinese netizens misdirect their frustrations at the Beijing offices of foreign media organizations.

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Normal service will resume soon

The People’s Daily has a slightly different take on Lhåsa from The Guardian.

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Skinhua returns

The return of scantily clad babes to Xinhua.

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What should be condemned?

Excerpt from a Drunkenpiano post about Tibet and Western media.

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Danwei Picks: Construction dust and building materials

Substandard steel used in construction; Beijing to ban construction for the Olympics; Xinhua tiptoes around the Premier; Rule 1: no talking about the South China Tiger case.

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The flag never lowers on the American empire

The Star-Spangled Banner (星条旗歌) vs The Stars and Stripes Forever (星条旗永不落).

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‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Beware the rampageous rooter, my son Xinhua reports: Historic torii damaged in Beijing A historic torii standing on the street in front of Guozijian in Beijing, once the imperial college in China’s olden dynasties, was severely damaged by a rampageous … Continue reading

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Danwei Picks: A propagandist speaks

Philip J. Cunningham on Mia Farrow; Chris O’Brien on Xinhua-speak; stem cell mass production; mystery novel review.

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Danwei Picks: clean attitudes in the mainstream media

Xinhua cleans up a Monitor article; Eliminating officialese; TV shows and mainstream attitudes; Hu Jia, Zeng Jinyan, and international PR.

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