March 2009 - Danwei - Chinglishfriend.com

Danwei to be acquired by GAPP

Your correspondent is happy to announce that GAPP has acquired 100% of Danwei Ltd. in a cash transaction. After talks lasting almost two years, the government media regulation agency signed off on the deal in Beijing this morning. Under the terms of the...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2009 11:49 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Business and Finance

The "huge potential" in China-Latin American trade

From the blog about Latin America and China relations, Double Handshake: Zhou Xiaochuan, the head of China's central bank, has been one of the headline-grabbers from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) summit, which is wrapping up today in Medellin...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2009 11:06 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Chinese explorer preparing to cross Sahara

From Chris at Gokunming: Today another Yunnan native - Jin Feibao (金飞豹) - is attempting to resurrect Chinese exploration of the world, which was stifled during centuries of dynastic government, wars and the political climate of the Cold War. In 2007,...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2009 10:58 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Fake pandas in the Taipei Times

The Taipei Times issues a timely report on counterfeit pandas at the Taipei Zoo: Zookeepers discovered at feeding time yesterday that the two pandas are in fact Wenzhou brown forest bears that had been dyed to create the panda's distinctive black...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2009 10:08 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Visible and invisible walls

Alice Poon at Asia Sentinel translates a blog post by Yang Hengjun: Every time I cross over the 'visible wall' of Lowu Bridge to go to Hong Kong, I would usually leave a friends' gathering around 11:00 pm to go back to my hotel, because I...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2009 9:43 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Chinese govt. shopping delegation headed for USA with $$$

The China Daily reports: The Ministry of Commerce is sending a delegation to the United States this month to explore trade and investment opportunities - close on the heels of a similar mission to Europe - according to sources... ...The buying trip comes...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2009 8:10 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Under the influence of Wang Xiaobo

More than a decade on, Wang Xiaobo still manages to irritate China's nationalist-leaning pundits. In Unhappy China , Wang Xiaodong lets fly at what he identifies as "Wang Xiaobo worship," but his criticisms are actually aimed at the author...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2009 4:02 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Get your own charity foundation for peanuts

Beijing Times March 31, 2009 Having a private charity foundation with your name attached is no longer a privilege reserved for the wealthiest. The barrier to entry, for anyone who's interested, is wiring a measly 5 yuan per month to the account of...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2009 3:32 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Front Page of the Day

Training provided for 140,000 prosecutors

From China Daily : China will introduce specialized training courses for about 140,000 prosecutors nationwide in a bid to "strengthen their supervisory skills as well as their ability to handle cases", the Supreme People's Procuratorate...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 11:38 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

It's your turn to strip

ESWN points to an interesting cartoon from the Southern Metropolis Daily based on Wen Jiabao's quote that officials should declare how their wealth is spent. Seagull Reference also posted about this. Link picked by Danwei.org

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 11:23 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Late in Xinjiang

Barbara Demick reports for the Los Angeles Times : Kashgar has two time zones. "So I say to the Chinese guy, come at 4 o'clock, and to the Uighur guy, come at 2 o'clock, and then everybody will be there the same time. No problem." Link...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 11:19 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

China, Tibet and the road to nowhere

Veteran China reporter for The Guardian John Gittings takes a look at recent events and makes some predictions, at The Guardian 's Comment is Free. Link picked by Danwei.org

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 11:08 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

China's morning papers urge you to eat breakfast

Nineteen of China's morning papers launched a campaign on Monday to encourage a healthy morning routine across the country. The Beijing Morning Post splashed a large photo of the launch ceremony on its front page (underneath a banner headline announcing...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 11:13 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Newspapers

Home dialysis cooperative shut down in Beijing's Tongzhou District

Beijing Times March 30, 2009 The government has ordered a group of renal patients to shut down their home dialysis operation, today's Beijing Times reported. The group's operation in Beijing's Tongzhou District has been called illegal, and...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 3:34 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Front Page of the Day

Solar power strictly forbidden

The "flat to slopy" roof project On Saturday night from 8:30pm to 9:30pm the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) urged Beijing to blackout for an hour, to raise awareness and save electricity. On March 27, the day before many businesses and households...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 3:20 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Environmental problems

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