Jonathan Ansfield reports for Newsweek magazine from Beijing, where he has lived for over eight years. His freelance work has also appeared in The Asian Wall Street Journal, Wallpaper, and The News York Times. From 2001 to 2004, he served as a general news correspondent for Reuters. His main area of interest is the Chinese media and its political and market roles in democratic change.
After just 15 months in office, top press regulator Long Xinmin was abruptly reassigned last week. Nobody’s quite certain why. But the General administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) suffered no shortage of embarrassments during Long’s abbreviated tenure, the last a bungled ban attempt on eight books. It triggered unprecedented outrage over censorship from Netizens, […]
Read MoreIn China’s widening portal wars, a dark horse to watch right now is Hexun ÔºàÂíåËÆØÔºâ. The site acquired a license to carry news at the end of last year, and since then has brought on-board four fallen soldiers who once figured in the rise (and demise) of Southern Metropolis Daily ÔºàÂçóÊñπÈÉΩÂ∏ÇÊä•Ôºâ and The Beijing News […]
Read MoreThere is a possibility that in recent weeks, a few particularly bold Southern Metropolis Daily editorials, for instance, or hot China Business News scoops, have not gotten quite the Web play that they naturally should. If so, there is a reason for that. At the outset of the National People’s Congress session last month, a […]
Read MoreWord has trickled into the papers this past week that GAPP plans to issue new rules forcing online magazines (ÁΩëÁªúÊùÇÂøó, aka ÁîµÂ≠êÊùÇÂøó, Êï∞Â≠óÊùÇÂøó) to acquire licenses prior to publishing – just like their print equivalents. A few reports have squinted peevishly at Big Government. “The Web magazine suddenly has discovered that she has a new […]
Read MoreYet another gay online talk show is coming out. Sina.com has announced it will carry the program and “Sixth Generation” screenwriter/director Cheng Qingsong (Electric Shadows, Silent Mountains) will produce and present it. The show is scheduled to debut on his blog in mid-May and run weekly. Its tentative title is Tongzhi Reng Xu Nuli„ÄäÂêåÂøó‰ªçÈúÄÂä™Âäõ„Äã, or […]
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