May 2009 - Danwei - Chinglishfriend.com

Geithner looks to secure purchasing

From China Daily : Visiting US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to reassure China of the safety of its investments in the US and resist the temptation of trade protectionism -- crucial to woo further Chinese lending to the world's largest...

Published Sun, May 05 2009 11:27 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

NDRC refutes rumors, raises the price of oil anyway

Detail of The Beijing News front page, May 28 The National Development and Reform Commission announced yesterday that China will raise oil prices by 400 yuan per tonne, starting today. Sina's repost of the short announcement has already received 5...

Published Sun, May 05 2009 8:18 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Government

Innovative government buildings: "rebellious"?

Innovative government architecture Art and Design magazine (CN11-3909/J) is the recognized "high-end" erudite magazine which deals with innovations in the eponymous field as well as art-related photography, books and information. The May issue...

Published Sun, May 05 2009 7:13 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Architecture

WWII veterans return from Burma after 67 years

Modern Express May 31, 2009 Nine former soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma who chose to stay in Burma after the Second World War embarked on a tour to China yesterday, their first visit home for 67 years, today's Modern Express reports...

Published Sun, May 05 2009 5:23 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Front Page of the Day

The cult of a Super Girl

I believe in Brother Chun Super Girl Li Yuchun is at the center of a peculiar online meme perpetuated by a vocal group of fans. The singer, whose androgynous style was the focus of countless mainstream media features on the behavior and attitudes of today's...

Published Sun, May 05 2009 4:53 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Trends and Buzz

Launch issue of China National Geography English edition

China National Geography , Chinese edition, was started in 1949 and has been regarded as China's response to the American National Geographic , with the font and the theme matching the American magazine. But there is a Chinese edition of National...

Published Sun, May 05 2009 3:12 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Magazines

Someone's got to give a urine sample

The current issue of Oriental Outlook (2009.05.28) contains a reader letter about extra tests required for a hospital stay: Rules for a Hospital Stay by Chen Duo / OO My nephew had been coughing for days, and upon going to the hospital for a diagnosis...

Published Sat, May 05 2009 11:59 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Health care and pharmaceuticals

30 dead in Chongqing coal mine accident

From China Daily : Death toll rose to 30 after five more bodies were recovered in a colliery gas burst Saturday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, according to local coal mine safety authorities. The accident happened around 11 a.m. at Tonghua...

Published Sat, May 05 2009 11:47 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

What "the people" really means

The New York Times features an essay by Yu Hua on the 1989 demonstrations: In China today, it seems only officials have "the people" on their lips. New vocabulary has sprouted up -- netizens, stock traders, fund holders, celebrity fans, migrant...

Published Sat, May 05 2009 11:38 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

An interview with Scarlett Li

Shot by Eric Mu, this is an interview with Scarlett Li (李岱) former News Corp executive, founder of R2G and Rainbow Media , and organizer of the recent Chengdu Zebra Music Festival that raised money for quake victims. Tags : Chengdu , earthquake , media...

Published Sat, May 05 2009 8:22 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Featured Video

Escalator pile-up at Beijing West Rail Station

At CNReviews, Mollie Kirk translates an Beijing Times report about an escalator malfunction that sent three people to the hospital. Link picked by Danwei.org

Published Sat, May 05 2009 4:49 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Yu Jianrong on social stability

At China Digital Times, David Kelly translates a presentation given by Yu Jianrong, a CASS researcher into rural issues, that addresses China's current social situation: My view is: a number of social conflicts are going on in China today, but there...

Published Sat, May 05 2009 3:56 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

The right to refuse to "chat": Liu Xiaoyuan on Ai Weiwei's police visit

Friendly officers mean no harm Ai Weiwei has been publishing data from an investigation into student deaths in last year's Beichuan Earthquake, as well as the difficulties that investigators have encountered at the hands of police and local authorities...

Published Fri, May 05 2009 3:29 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Law

Breaking on Twitter: thugs harrass and detain Deng Yujiao journalist

From an earlier Danwei post: Yesterday saw new developments in the case of Deng Yujiao, an employee of a leisure center in Hubei who stabbed a government official to death. According to Deng, she was acting in self-defense against a man who was sexually...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 5:34 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Internet

Viral video disaster: stay away from locals

From Darkside , a Hong Kong blog, comes this advert entitled "dirty locals" on the blog, made by a hotel which has now (allegedly) taken down the advertising campaign. More here, Hotel Marketing Strategies . Tags : ad , hotel , viral video This...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 2:15 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China