October 2008 - Danwei - Chinglishfriend.com

Get a Hong Kong ID for your Beijing baby

Get your kid on Hong Kong Welfare! A website called Beijing Hong Kong Baby (京港宝贝) is currently using Google text ads to promote services: They act as agents to help expecting parents from the Mainland have their babies in Kong. The tagline on their home...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 6:43 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Advertising and Marketing

Beijing and Shanghai: JL McGregor & Company Seeks Editors

This is a recruitment advertisement. Please contact the advertiser directly if you are interested. See all job ads or place a job ad . JL McGregor & Company, a China-focused research and consulting firm, is seeking English-language editors for its...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 4:57 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Jobs available

Did the Chinese Academy of Sciences invent melamine fodder supplement?

Beijing Daily Messenger October 31, 2008 In the wake of a string of melamine-related food safety scares, netizens are pointing their fingers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences for inventing and promoting fodder supplements containing melamine. The evidence...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 2:48 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Front Page of the Day

Did the Chinese Academy of Sciences invent melamine fodder supplement?

Beijing Daily Messenger October 31, 2008 In the wake of a string of melamine-related food safety scares, netizens are pointing their fingers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences for inventing and promoting fodder supplements containing melamine. The evidence...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 2:48 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Front Page of the Day

Avril Lavigne sings in Mandarin

A Youtube user has added subtitles to a video of Avril Lavigne singing 'Hot' with the chorus in Mandarin (see Shanghaiist for more on Lavigne's Asian language songs). This article is from Danwei.org

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 11:52 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Featured Video

Saving China's tigers in South Africa

One hundred years ago there were eight subspecies of tiger. The Bali, Javan andCaspian tigers are now extinct while the Siberian, Bengal, Sumatran, Indo-Chinese and South China tigers are all critically endangered. An organization called Save China's...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 11:50 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Wildlife

Website tracks corrupt cadres under investigation

Double Designated The Chinese government has a special word to describe the status of officials under investigation for corruption or malfeasance. They may be under house arrest or detained, but the word is shuanggui (双规) or 'double designation'...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 11:10 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Corruption

Stabbings in Beijing

From The Shanghai Daily : Man attacks two foreigners in Beijing Police are searching for a suspect who stabbed two foreign men and robbed one of them in two separate attacks yesterday afternoon in downtown Beijing. Doctors said a Russian man was in critical...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 10:27 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Crime

Ou Ning and the post 80s generation

Couscous Global talks to designer, curator and writer Ou Ning about the generation of Chinese born in the 1980s, and about Beijing, with random post 80s soundbites at the beginning. This article is from Danwei.org

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 6:25 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Featured Video

Most bought-off journalists in Shanxi scandal were fakes, says local government

Shanxi Evening News October 30, 2008 After an accident killed a coal miner in Hongdong, Shanxi Province, journalists flocked to the coal mine, not to report, but to be bribed. In exchange, the mine would have their promise not to break the news to the...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 1:58 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Front Page of the Day

Beijing: The European Union Chamber of Commerce seeks a Marketing & Communications Manager

This is a recruitment advertisement. Please contact the advertiser directly if you are interested. See all job ads or place a job ad . Category: Marketing Location: Beijing Job Type: Full-time Job Status: Sourcing Start Date: Immediate Duration: Permanent...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 9:34 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Jobs available

Beijing: The European Union Chamber of Commerce seeks a Webmaster / Graphic Designer

This is a recruitment advertisement. Please contact the advertiser directly if you are interested. See all job ads or place a job ad . Position Title: Webmaster / Graphic Designer Job Type: Permanent (as soon as possible) Number of Vacancies: 1 Position...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 8:58 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Jobs available

Marcopoto and Media Complacency

Steve Marcopoto , Asia president of Turner Broadcasting, describes the changed media habits of digital teenagers. Despite frustrations voiced by teenagers on a panel, TV executives at the CASBAA conference thought media companies are doing a good job...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 6:00 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Featured Video

Abortion mirrors come to a college campus

New Culture View October 29, 2008 A hospital distributed makeup mirrors bearing medical ads to a Changchun university, reports the New Culture View . The mirrors were passed out at the door to the cafeteria to every student who entered from 11:30 am to...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 2:48 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Front Page of the Day

Sprite-for-tax swap leads to 10,000 RMB lawsuit

"But we have to pay lots of tax, too!" It's probably safe to say that few people enjoy paying taxes. Many businesses and individuals actively seek out ways to avoid giving any more money to the government than they absolutely have to. The...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2008 11:37 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Law

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Get a Hong Kong ID for your Beijing baby

Beijing and Shanghai: JL McGregor & Company Seeks Editors

Did the Chinese Academy of Sciences invent melamine fodder supplement?

Did the Chinese Academy of Sciences invent melamine fodder supplement?

Avril Lavigne sings in Mandarin

Saving China's tigers in South Africa

Website tracks corrupt cadres under investigation

Stabbings in Beijing

Ou Ning and the post 80s generation

Most bought-off journalists in Shanxi scandal were fakes, says local government

Beijing: The European Union Chamber of Commerce seeks a Marketing & Communications Manager

Beijing: The European Union Chamber of Commerce seeks a Webmaster / Graphic Designer

Marcopoto and Media Complacency

Abortion mirrors come to a college campus

Sprite-for-tax swap leads to 10,000 RMB lawsuit