From Xinhua News Agency: A monument depicting two of China’s “Super Girl” pop singers, in a style similar to those of revolutionary heroes, at a Beijing art festival has caused wide public debate. The four-meter-high monument featuring Li Yuchun and Zhou Bichang, champion and runner-up of perhaps the country’s most successful all-girl singing contest “Super […]
Read MoreFrom Youth Times, translated by Danwei: In his Resurrection, Leo Tolstoy once said, through the character Nekhludoff, “On Easter eve, the most secret of moments has nothing to do with the living.” N years ago Brother Monk read that line without understanding it, but N days ago he had a sudden realization. 16 news reporters, […]
Read MoreFans of Super Girls in Changsha, Hunan province; by redredpei, via Flickr.
Read More“Super Voice Girls” generated huge participation from TV audiences, from sina.com.
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth blog: The televised event Super Girls from Hunan Satellite Television is finally over after many weeks. The final show garnered a rating of better than 10%, which is astonishing for a regional television...
Read MoreAt Tea Leaf Nation, Gloria Wang surveys Chinese reactions to Leslie T. Chang’s Factory Girls, recently released in simplified characters five years after its original English-language publication. The book follows two...
Read MoreFrom Xin Jing Bao (Beijing News), partial translation by CDT (the original Chinese version is here): The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued the “Notice of Further Enforcing the Management of the Involvement, Sponsor or Broadcast of National or Inter-province (inter-city or inter-district) TV Contests of Radio or TV Organizations” on Mar. 15, […]
Read MoreFrom the Standard: It may not be the way Mao intended for his legacy to be played out but a wildly popular TV program seems to prove that the Great Helmsman, in some form, marches on. Of course, if Chairman Mao could tune in, log on, or send a text message on his mobile phone, […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: The second season of Super Girls, a TV pop star contest, came to a close on Friday night, but, after generating massive ratings and similarly huge earnings, organizers could be forgiven for not paying too much attention to who actually won. The Hunan Satellite Television show’s ratings have reportedly overtaken the benchmark […]
Read MoreFrom The China Daily: Previously regarded as outdated entertainment, a TV singing contest featuring songs of the revolution has proved a massive hit. East China’s Jiangxi Province is a place deeply connected to the country’s revolution. The Nanchang Uprising in 1927, which is regarded as the founding day for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), began […]
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