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From the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: Dai, 79, a retired journalist who worked for Xinhua, appealed to the Beijing No 2 Intermediate People’s Court to overturn a General Administration of Press and Publication (Gapp) order sent to the China Writers’ Association last year urging the Writers Publishing House not to reprint his […]
Read MoreThe Guardian reports on an exhibit in Beijing of contemporary British artists, which coincides with an exhibit in the U.K. of contemporary Chinese artists: Starting today, the newly constructed Capital Museum will host the city’s biggest exhibition of contemporary British art, featuring a well-made bed, a dripping severed head, fidgeting bobbies, Royal Ascot hats and […]
Read MoreThe New York Times reports on a new study that shows the link between early musical training and the ability to learn Mandarin and other tonal languages: Anyone who has tried to learn Chinese can attest to how hard it is to master the tones required to speak and understand it. And anyone who has […]
Read MoreDanwei summarizes an article from the Liaoning Legal News (see original Chinese version) which questions whether the proposed real-name registration system for blogs and other forms of communication have any basis in Chinese law: In other words, local laws, rules enacted by departments under the State Council, and regulations set up by local governments do […]
Read MoreThe China Media Project has translated an editorial from the China Youth Daily titled, “Respecting the rights of the media does not mean making it your footservant” (see original Chinese version). From an introductory note on CMP: Since the 1990s, commercialization has been the primary impetus for change in China’s media landscape, but the public […]
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