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With everyone else on the planet weighing in on Obama's visit to China last week, I didn't want to miss the party. I wrote a brief article for the website of the magazine Foreign Policy comparing Chinese and American press coverage of the visit. The title Read More...
From the strange PR files comes this article in today's Shanghai Daily about the Guizhou provincial pavilion at the Shanghai Expo. The theme is apparently liquor and girls. This seems like a winner on many levels (after all, it worked for the NFL), but Read More...
An outstanding video from photojournalist Dan Chung, who was in the stands for yesterday's National Day parade and has produced a three-and-a-half minute version with a mix of time-lapse and slow motion. Much more watchable the tedious CCTV version (which, Read More...
We interrupt this hiatus, as we threatened we would from time to time, to bring you some video from this evening's dress rehearsal for the upcoming military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. As it happens, the Read More...
To have one ethnic minority erupt in angry rioting looks like misfortune. To have two erupt in angry rioting suggests that a rethink of the overall approach might be a good idea. Urumqi has been in chaos for the last 72 hours, and reports suggest that Read More...
A few days ago ESWN published a translation of an opinion piece from the China Youth Daily in which the author asserted that the entire movie is an advertisement for the United States Military. Originally I was going to mock the opinion piece out of hand, Read More...
This article is a couple of weeks old now, but I still suggest taking a moment to read Gady Epstein's recent Forbes piece on the challenges facing China's successful video sharing sites. More than any other article I've read recently, this article lays Read More...
Brings all new meaning to the phrase "dirty bomb". And what on earth is that guy on the right holding? The latest installment in our unfolding series of strange photos from Chinese anti-terrorism drills. From this series of photos of China's "Great Wall-6" Read More...
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ESWN translates a good essay on proposed reforms of CCTV's "Network News", the nightly news broadcast that is something of a televised version of the People's Daily : A protocol driven recitation of government messages. Since inception, the "Network News" Read More...
MCNAMARA I believe the President made it clear that there would be no firing on ships without his express permission. ADMIRAL ANDERSON With all due respect, Mr. Secretary, we were not firing on the ship. Firing on a ship means attacking the ship. We were Read More...
Alright, I confess I made up the "heinous fabrications" bit. But the "sheer lies" sound bite comes straight from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has clearly worked hard to make sure that its representatives around the world are working from Read More...
Imagethief was interested to have a look at the BBC World Service's recent poll (PDF) on public views of several major countries and the EU. I came across this via the blog of former China journalist John Pomfret, who called out China's extremely positive Read More...
Imagethief had a lot of time for Richard Spencer's blog when Spencer was the Daily Telegraph's man in Beijing. Richard was rather ahead of the blogging journalist wave. He has recently moved on to a new posting in Dubai (where I presume he is now covering Read More...
Pop by the blog of Peter Ford, the Christian Science Monitor's man in Beijing and read his post on the People's Daily's approach to covering the National People's Congress , which has apparently remained the same since time immemorial. Or at least since Read More...
There was an interesting profile of CCTV personality Rui Chenggang by journalist Dave Barboza in yesterday's New York Times . Or, at least as interesting as a 1,200 word profile can be. With all respect to Mr. Barboza, who has done some great stories, Read More...
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