February 2010 - Danwei - Chinglishfriend.com

Wang Meng wins third Olympic gold medal

ESPN reports on the short track racer: Wang Meng of China has won her third gold medal at the Olympic short track, holding off American Katherine Reutter in the women's 1,000 meters. Wang will go down as the biggest short track star of the Vancouver...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2010 11:13 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

China Gymnastics bronze from 2000 should be stripped

From the Seattle Times : China should be stripped of its bronze medal from the 2000 Olympics because one member of the squad has been found to be underage, international gymnastics officials said Friday. Dong Fangxiao was 14 during the Sydney Games, according...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2010 10:54 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Fireworks disaster in Puning, Guangdong

ESWN translates an article about a Guangdong fireworks mishap that killed 20, created a 7-meter-wide, 2-meter-deep crater and destroyed 8 luxury cars. Link picked by Danwei.org

Published Sun, Feb 02 2010 10:33 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Du Haibin's earthquake documentary

CNN reports on Du Haibin's new documentary, 14:28>/i>, on the Wenchuan earthquake, edited by Mary Stephen: Little more than a year after the quake, Du Haibin's film "1428" won the Orizzonti prize for Best Documentary at the 2009...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2010 9:20 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Smilence, democrazy, freedamn, and other English words with Chinese characteristics

The China Economy Observations blog covers the bilingual puns that have been exciting China's microbloggers over the past week: Smilence 笑而不语 vi. When you are expecting some answers from your Chinese audience, you may just get a mysterious smile and...

Published Sat, Feb 02 2010 10:03 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Spring Festival at Dong Yue Taoist temple

Spring Festival at Dong Yue Taoist Temple in Beijing, shot by Janek Zdzarski for Danwei partner See China . This article is from Danwei.org . tweet facebook bookmark HaoHao digg Mainland accessible mirror on Danwei.TV Jobs in China: danweijobs.com

Published Fri, Feb 02 2010 5:36 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Featured Video

The return of Bill

Two good new China blogs by one very smart and apparently underemployed blogger: Bill Bishop, known to Twitter users as niubi , is a savvy commentator on American financial woes, and Chinese business, Internet and politics. He is blogging again, and back...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2010 5:17 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Blogs

Beijing's population exceeds 22 million

From The China Daily : Beijing's total population has exceeded 22 million, a mark that is supposed to be surpassed a decade later, the China National Radio reported today. Link picked by Danwei.org

Published Fri, Feb 02 2010 5:02 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Advertising some prime real estate in Fuzhou

Fuzhou Evening News , February 26, 2010 An ad acts as a wrapper of the Fuzhou Evening News . The real estate advert is for a Wanda Plaza in Fuzhou, and the title reads “Quality refurbished SOHO: a new work unit will be launched soon." The news headline...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2010 4:10 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Front Page of the Day

Meet the 64 million dollar media man: writing competition

Masters of the Brand is a private social network for marketing and branding executives. On March 17, they will host a speech by Pon De Dios, the recently departed head of media buying for all of the Procter & Gamble (P&G) brands in China. Pon...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2010 3:43 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Filed under: Advertising and Marketing

Post 80s officials and online reaction

ESWN has written about the 23-year-old female deputy chief, Wang Ran: Recently, an Internet post titled became very popular. According to this post (which included a screen capture of the relevant website page), Xintai city (Shandong province) announced...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2010 1:31 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

A translator's block

Berlin Fang writes about the practice of translation: People judge translation harshly possibly because it is more difficult to pass judgment on writing. It is easier to zoom in on a sentence and pass a judgment and thereby making yourself look smart...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 8:58 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Publish and be deleted: The Global Times on Net censorship

Excerpts from a Global Times article on Internet censorship: "I can't believe contributing entry content can be a crime," Fang said. "Any user can submit information they think is right on a website that relies on user-generated content...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 8:40 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

South Africa seizes North Korean arms bound for Congo

From The Wall Street Journal : South Africa told the United Nations in a confidential report that it seized arms traveling from North Korea by way of China, marking at least the third time a government interdicted North Korean weapons shipments since...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 8:35 PM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

Chongqing police chief gets life sentence

China Daily reports (via People's Daily Online): The former deputy police chief of Chongqing municipality was jailed for life yesterday for protecting gangs, amid an ongoing crime sweep in the city. The sentence also reflects 47-year-old Peng Changjian...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 4:11 AM by Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China

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