(May 9, 2008)  The Olympic Torch Relay Inside China  The crowds were enthusiastic as shown in these photos, which also exposed the poor civic quality of some Chinese citizens.

(May 7, 2008)  The Duke University Witchhunt  Scott Savitt publishes an opinion piece in the Duke University Chronicle about the matter of Chinese student Grace Wang, and promptly gets tripped up in a minor detail over who picked up Grace Wang when she first arrived.

(May 1, 2008)  Huangfu Ping On Tibet  The 9,000 plus word essay by Huangfu Ping is translated here in full.  This essay is represents the position of one section of the establishment.

(April 30, 2008)  How The Western Media And The Tibetan Elite Hijacked The Tibet Issue  A Chinese blogger reacts to the New York Times article about Chinese students in the United States.

(April 28, 2008)  Crisis Management At Carrefour  Translation of a China Business report on the thirteen days of public relations crisis management at Carrefour.

(April 26, 2008)  Carrefour in Hefei: A Photo Play  Photos of the demonstration outside the Carrefour store in Hefei city (Anhui province) on April 19, 2008.

(April 25, 2008)  Why Is CNN Patriotic?  Chinese blogger Yang Hengjun analyzes the background, history and strategies over Jack Cafferty's gaffe at CNN about the Chinese 'goons and thugs.'

(April 24, 2008)  Unexpected 'Readers' of Free Newspapers in Hong Kong  Free market in operation: In Hong Kong, senior citizens earn extra money by picking up the free newspapers and selling them for recycling.

(April 23, 2008)  Grace Wang's Essay in Washington Post  A Chinese blogger gives a detailed reading of the essay by Duke University student Grace Wang published in the Washington Post.

(April 15, 2008)  Kitty Shelley versus France  Translation of a Southern Metropolis Daily story on the brewing boycott of Carrefour.

(April 10, 2008)  The Olympic Torch Tour As Public Relations Disaster  A public relations disaster for whom?  Read the story about Olympic torch bearer Jin Jing in Paris.

(April 8, 2008)  Interview with Frank Sieren  Translation of an interview of German writer/film producer Frank Sieren by Freitag magazine.  The title of the interview is "The West has ceased to impress China a long time ago."

(April 7, 2008)  The Bilingual Eileen Chang, Part 1: A Return To The Frontier  This is the story about the publication of the newly discovered Eileen Chang travelogue about her visit to Taiwan and Hong Kong in 1961.  Previously, this was published in English but now an expanded Chinese version has just been published.

(April 6, 2008)  How To Find The Truth About Lhasa?  An opinion column about Tibet in Southern Metropolis Daily drew condemnations from nationalistic populists about high treason.

(April 5, 2008)  The Enemy of My Enemy  A Chinese blogger declines to equate the Tibet uprising with the struggle for freedom and democracy.

(April 4, 2008)  Even Jogging Is A Crime Post-March 14   Western media reported more disturbances in Lhasa, but there is the local report by a Han blogger.

(April 3, 2008)  Encounters With A German   A Chinese overseas student reports on an encounter with a German co-worker.

(March 30, 2008)  A Photograph From Lhasa, March 14  Was the rioter wielding a knife in a famous iconic photograph actually a Chinese policeman playing a role for the camera?

(March 26, 2008)  Chinese Netizens versus Western Media  The Chinese netizens rise up against the western media for their coverage of the events in Tibet through a slideshow on YouTube.  What do I think?

(March 23, 2008)  How Can I Forget Lhasa, March 14?  A Han woman from Shenzhen working at a Lhasa eyeglass store blogs about her experiences on March 14.

(March 22, 2008)  Most Wanted In Tibet  The Lhasa public security bureau issued photos of the most wanted criminal suspects taken from surveillance videos.  Should websites publish those photos and should civilian photographers publish their photos?

(March 22, 2008)  Phoenix TV Reporter In Lhasa  Phoenix TV reporter Chen Lin was dispatched to Lhasa after the March 14 disturbance and she blogged about what she saw and heard.

(March 21, 2008)  Give Us A Politician  Translation of an article by Lung Ying-tai about the kind of president that the Taiwan people want.

(March 21, 2008)  Right Time, Right Place, Wrong Reporter?  This page collects the works by The Economist's James Miles.  For ten days, Miles was the king of the journalists by being the lone foreign reporter in Lhasa during the disturbances.  This page also contains an analysis of a Miles report by a Chinese blogger.

(September 29, 2007)  The Wild Man of Translation  Translation of a yWeekend article about Fudan University's associate professor Jiang Zhihui's translation of works of western philosophy which apparently contain numerous mistakes.  This leads to a discussion of the structural problems in the publishing industry in mainland China.

(September 22, 2007)  The Siege of Foshan  Thousands of villagers laid siege to the village government office and used Mao Zedong portraits to prevent the removal of the account books which could be evidence of corruption.

(September 21, 2007)  Angry Chinese Soccer Fans  Is the anti-Japanese hostility displayed at the FIFA Women's World Cup in Hangzhou a preview of what will happen at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

(September 19, 2007)  The Hong Kong District Council Elections  A collection of translated blog posts that covered the Hong Kong District Council elections this year.

(September 15, 2007)  Lung Ying-tai on <Lust, Caution>  Lung Ying-tai reviews her reading of the Nanjing city file archives about the case of Ding Mocun, who was executed by the Republic of China government even though he had been a spy for them inside the collaborationst government.

(September 11, 2007)  CCTV Reporter Assaulted By Security Guards At Xi'an International Studies University  A CCTV reporter goes how to do a positive report on how the state is helping impoverished university students.  Instead, he gets the crap beaten out of him.  So his revenge is through a popular blog post of a friend.

(September 10, 2007)  Who Is In Charge Here?  A Chinese citizen makes a diary of his effort to figure out which government agency is in charge of the harmful and annoying junk SMS.

(September 9, 2007)  The Truth About The Shanxi Traffic Police Corruption Scandal  The Beijing News reporter tells about how he got the information about how a Shanxi coal truck fleet owner bribed traffic policemen to allow overloaded trucks to pass inspection.

(September 8, 2007)  張愛玲寫blog  這裡也有六個張愛玲的'blog'。這幾小段的生活雜感來自張愛玲尚沒公開親筆寫的手稿。

(September 7, 2007)  The Suicide Comics Committed Suicide  The graphic artist Zhang Yuanying drew up a series of suicide-themed comic strips, for the purpose of teaching people about the value of life.  But when a 12-year-old boy said that he had tried hanging himself in imitation, the author killed the series immediately.

(September 6, 2007)  The Origins of <Lust, Caution> <色.戒> 故事  As Ang Lee's movie <Lust, Caution> gets ready to for public release, questions abound about the origins of the Eileen Chang story.  This page carries two popular Chinese-language articles on the subject.  The ESWN blogger, who is the administrator of the Eileen Chang literary estate, can neither confirm nor deny those assertions, but is simply posting them for your information.

(September 5, 2007)  The Most Awesome Security Guard in Chongqing  A sequence of photographs taken of a security guard assaulting a porter in the city of Chongqing.

(September 5, 2007)  The Most Awesome Fake Reporter In History  In Yuncheng (Shanxi), a fake reporter was caught because he sold a letter of introduction to a van driver who was hoping to avoid highway toll charges.

(September 2, 2007)  20 Mazda 6's PK Hummer  A couple of dozen Mazda 6 owners went on an excursion during which they harassed a Hummer on the expressway by surrounding the latter and then slowing down together.  The Mazda 6 people uploaded a DV of the incident on the Internet, but drew a spontaneously organized Internet counter-harassment campaign against them.

(September 1, 2007)  Faked Newspaper Page Won Top Chinese Journalism Award  Yangzhou Evening News won a Chinese Journalism Award for photojournalism.  But netizens found out that the page submitted for the competition was compltetely different from the actual physically printed page that was distributed to the public!

(August 31, 2007)  The eMule List of Banned Items  Chinese netizens claim that a Chinese version of the P2P file uploading software eMule contains a list of filtered keywords.  Read the list of banned keywords and weep (or laugh).

(August 30, 2007)  The Social Reporter's Internal Notes  A Southern Metropolis Daily reporter describes his general experience in dealing with the police, migrant workers, security guards and village officials in Shenzhen.

(August 29, 2007)  The Female Bronze Mustache Affair  A female netizen accuses another woman of seducing her husband.  The evidence included a chat session transcript and some explicit photographs.  But the lie was quickly exposed because the accused and the accuser both originate from the same IP address.

(August 28, 2007)  White Collar Photo Gate  Electrolux became one of the most searched terms recently on account of the nude photographs of one of its female employees.  Is this any way to increase brand awareness?

(August 27, 2007)  Violent Actions On The Internet: Tit-For-Tat  A female worker from Shanxi pleads on the Internet for donations to have a tumor removed.  Afterwards, a self-appointed netizens investigated her case and decided that she was a swindler.  Is this Internet violence?

(August 26, 2007)  The Black Rain in Shenzhen  A Southern Weekend investigative journalist determines the long-term and immediate causes of the black acid rain that fell in Shenzhen in middle August.

(August 22, 2007)  The Internet Is Subverting Local Government Power  Two cases studies in Taiwan (the Yilan children's festival and the Shanyuan beach development project) show that Internet users can become self-organized pressure groups.

(August 21, 2007)  Strange Encounters between Young Master Tu and the Apple Daily Reporter  A Taiwan Apple Daily reporter blogs about his two encounters with the son of the Taiwan Minister of Education.

(August 20, 2007)  Five Reporters Got Assaulted For Fenghuang Bridge Collapse Coverage  Translation of reports about the five reporters who were assaulted by local Department of Agriculture workers for interviewing the families of the victims of the Fenghuang bridge collapse.

(August 18, 2007)  Hong Kong Polls On Political Reform  This is about how to read an essay about how to read public opinion polls on political reform in Hong Kong.

(August 14, 2007)  The Hong Kong Youth Association Survey On Queen's Pier  The Hong Kong Youth Association ran a public opinion poll whose results apparently showed support for the demolition/relocation of Queen's Pier, but a Hong Kong blogger disagreed with the survey methodology and inferences.

(August 13, 2007)  Tabloid Magazine Readership in Hong Kong  Blogger Erica Yuen posits three theories about why tabloid magazines are so popular in Hong Kong.  These theories are tested via magazine readership data.

(August 12, 2007)  China Daily Messed Up Copy-and-Paste Job  China Daily lifted from a Reuters article that mentioned "Tiananmen Square, where troops crushed pro-democracy demonstrations in 1989 with huge loss of life."

(August 10, 2007)  "The Nude Town Party Secretary Dropped Dead While On Duty"  Some netizens have named the Hangzhou Information Net as the most humorous media for its deadpan reporting on the case of the town party secretary and the women's association female cadre both dropping dead while discussing public business in the nude inside a car.

(August 8, 2007)  The Patriotic Bar Busters of China  At the world's largest Chinese-language forum at Baidu, armies known as the Burning Crusaders, Ah Cool's Army, the Blue Cats and the Little White Rabbit Battle Troops have been overwhelming certain forums such as the fan sites for Rainie Yang with spam posts all in the name of patriotism.

(August 6, 2007)  The Personal Affairs of 6,000 Chinese Citizens  yWeekend interviews the Renmin University professor who led a survey of 6,010 Chinese citizens about their personal affairs (such as sexual activities and partners).

(August 6, 2007)  The Letters of Eileen Chang - Part 4  張愛玲的書信: 有關"羊毛出在羊身上——談《色·戒》"  The largest archive of correspondence with Eileen Chang belongs to Stephen and Mae Soong.  Here are some scanned images of the letters (in Chinese) between Eileen Chang and Stephen Soong on the essay "On <Lust, Caution>."  This should give some insight about the writer at work.

(August 3, 2007)  Michelangelo Antonioni and Chung Kuo  The late Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni once made a documentary in China, which became the subject of a long critique in People's Daily.  Furthermore, citizens had to particpate in study sessions to criticize a movie that none of them ever saw.

(August 1, 2007)  China's Me Generation  A TIME essay by Simon Elegant about young people in China drew comments from two Chinese jorno-bloggers, Wang Xiaofeng and Rose Luqiu.

(July 31, 2007)  The Corporate Policy for Yahoo! China  What could Yahoo! China have done with in the situation of Shi Tao's case?  Actually, this is largely irrelevant to Chinese Internet users, because they are fighting for their own space of freedom and western brands are largely irrelevant.

(July 28, 2007)  Self-Organized Citizen Translations of Harry Potter 7  The final book on the Harry Potter series was released on July 21 simultaneously across the world . By July 23, a spontaneously organized translation team of Chinese high school and university students had produced a full but unauthorized Chinese-language translation through division of labor.

(July 25, 2007)  Hong Kong Reporter Transgresses Against A God And Gets Lynched  A Hong Kong newspaper columnist dared to challenge Nike (also known as the God of Adult Videos) and drew a lynch mob of Internet users.

(July 22, 2007)  The Morals of Political Figures  Translation of an essay by commentator Leung Man-tao about the true mistake of RTHK Director Chu Pui-hing and the implications for moral standards among political figures and government officials.

(July 21, 2007)  A Small Shareholder Protest Against Winfoong (榮豐)  A Hong Kong blogger/commentator launches a blog campaign against a company listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange through links and referrals.

(July 20, 2007)  Why Do People Think That A Fake News Story Is Real?  A couple of reasons why some netizens still think that the Beijing cardboard buns were real.

(July 19, 2007)  The Cardboard Buns Story  Beijing TV's news reports about breakfast buns with waste cardboard paper mixed in the fillings is now shown to have been faked by the reporter.  Kudos go to the netizens who raised doubts from the beginning.

(July 18, 2007)  The History of Chinese Journalism Since 1949  A listing of some examples in which typographic mistakes in news reporting had major political consequences.

(July 15, 2007)  Tales From The Martial Law Era  Books and songs that were banned during the martial law era in Taiwan.  For example, Mark Twain and Max Weber were banned because their names sounded like Marx.

(July 13, 2007)  She Started The Storm Over The Shanxi Illegal Brick Kilns  Southern Weekend interviews Xin Yanhua, the woman whose Internet forum post triggered the storm of the Shanxi illegal brick kilns.  She said that she only did it out of gratitude and conscience, but she chose to hide herself because she should not be the prinicipal player.

(July 8, 2007)  The Absence of De-Colonization in Hong Kong  Translation of a Leung Man-tao essay about the difficulties of de-colonization under "one country, two systems."

(July 7, 2007)  A Reporter Can Lose Independent Judgment At Press Conferences  A Xinhua newsroom story about the coverage of the blue algae explosion at Dianchi lake in Kunming, Yunnan.

(July 6, 2007)  The Shanxi Officials In The Eye Of The Storm  Translation about a Southern Weekend report in which government officials at various levels were interviewed about how they handled the affair of slave laborers at the illegal brick kilns.

(July 5, 2007)  The Most Awesome Chinese Female Reporter Ever  A China Times (mainland) female reporter blogs about how she got into a physical fight with a colleague during an editorial meeting.  The reason had to do with plagiarism on a grand scale.

(July 4, 2007)  750,000 a year killed by Chinese pollution  A World Bank report omits an estimate that 750,000 Chinese die each year from pollution.

(July 3, 2007)  Hong Kong's Self-Knowledge  Translation of an article by Chen Guanzhong on some mistakes in the self-knowledge of the Hong Kong people.

(July 2, 2007)  The Hong Kong 7/1 March: Media Coverage  Newspaper front page stories and crowd estimates for the July 1st march in Hong Kong.

(July 2, 2007)  The Interview with Oiwan Lam  Oiwan Lam published an essay that included a photograph from flickr for the purpose of showing the absurdity of the censorship system in Hong Kong.  She has just been informed that that photograph has been classified as Category II: Indecent by Hong Kong's Obscene Articles Tribunal and she now faces a maximum penalty of HK$400,000 and 12 months in prison.

(July 1, 2007)  The Story of Chen Chenggong  Translation of the Yanzhao Metropolis Daily interview with 16-year-old Chen Chenggong, who was one of the slave workers at the illegal brick kiln worker in Shanxi.

(July 1, 2007)  The Hong Kong That You May Not Know About  Translation of Zhang Rui's piece in Southern Weekend on the occasion of the tenth anniversay of the return of Hong Kong to China.

(June 30, 2007)  Commemorating the Return, Commemorating Lu Xun  On the tenth anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to China, it is time to remember Lu Xun's words about de-colonization is more than the departure of the colonizers.

(June 27, 2007)  Editing News and Misreporting News  Media worker/blogger Luqiu Luwei comments on the draft media law against manufacturing and/or communicating false information about suddenly breaking incidents.

(June 25, 2007)  The Tengzhou City Government Office Building  A netizen posted photographs of the luxurious government office building in Tengzhou and was arrested.  Or it may be a completely different story altogether.

(June 23, 2007)  The History of the Illegal Brick Kiln in Hongdong  Translation of a Southern Weekend piece about illegal brick mine owner Wang Bingbing's path to wealth that ended with "a hell on earth."

(June 22, 2007)  How The Reporter Found The Shanxi Brick Kiln Slaves  Henan TV Metro Channel reporter Fu Zhenzhong tells yWeekend about how he got involved in the story about the slave laborers in Shanxi brick kilns.

(June 18, 2007)  "I Felt It Was A Fairly Small Thing"  When the foreman of the illegal brick kiln in Shanxi was arrested, he described beating slave laborers as a "fairly small thing."  Translations of reports from CCTV, Southern Weekend and Southern Metropolis Daily.

(June 18, 2007)  The Kaohsiung Court Decision  Translation of an opinion piece by Nan Fangshuo about the Kaohsiung District Court annulling the election of mayor Chen Chu.

(June 17, 2007)  The Milk Weekly Plagiarism Case  A Hong Kong blogger recounts his conversation with the Milk magazine editor over the plagiarization of a blog post.

(June 17, 2007)  Sweeping The Yellow (扫黄)  A collection of photographs of Chinese police sweeping through establishments of ill-repute.  Apart from pruriency, these photos usually provoke discussions about social standards, moral turpitude, humanitarianism, human rights, authoritarianism, privacy, rights for sex workers, gender/class exploitation, underground economy, etc.

(June 16, 2007)  The Thirteen Word Advertisement In Chengdu Evening News  A Chengdu Evening News veteran explains how a thirteen word advertisement that is the size of a cigarette could have slipped through the system.

(June 14, 2007)  The Seven Waves of Immigration in Taiwan  Full translation of Taiwan Kuomintang presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou's essay in China Times about the history of immigration in Taiwan and the implications on current politics.

(June 12, 2007)  Jia Zhangke And His Denouncer  Chinese sixth-generation film director Jia Zhangke recalled how he found out that he was banned from making films due to a denunciation from an individual known as "XX."  Meanwhile, the most obvious candidate for "XX" fights back to defend his own reputation.

(June 11, 2007)  The Haidian "Teacher Abuse Gate" Scandal  The complete story about the student video taken at the Haidian Art Vocational School and the resultant Internet manhunt.

(June 6, 2007)  The Letters of Eileen Chang - Part 3  Why was Eileen Chang's novela <The Classmates> held back from publication until almost a decade after her death?  It was about literary flaws and 'outside pressures'?  This essay provides some insight into those 'outside pressures' based upon correspondence with Eileen Chang.  (Roland Soong @ ESWN Culture)

(June 4, 2007)  The Du Daozheng Interview  Du Daozheng is the publisher of the magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu, which has been publishing politically provocative articles without receving any crackdowns.  The secret is that the editorial staff as well as the 60,000 plus readers are mostly Communist Party veterans with senior standing.  Du Daozheng is interviewed by Asia Weekly (Yazhou Zhoukan).

(June 3, 2007)  The Zhao Yufen Story  The Xiamen PX project came into public awareness when Chinese Academy of Sciences member Zhao Yufen brought the subject up at the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

(June 2, 2007)  Luxurious Government Office Buildings in China  Details about the four construction projects that were personally named by Hu Jintao to be disciplined for extravagant spending in contravention of the rules.

(June 1, 2007)  The Xiamen PX Project  Translation of a Southern Weekend article about the history of the PX project in Xiamen, in which industrial development runs into environmental protection.

(May 31, 2007)  Hong Kong: Ten Years After The Return To China  Next Media chairman Jimmy Lai review the ten years after Hong Kong was returned to China.

(May 30, 2007)  The Next Weekly Interview with Choi Chi-sum  This interview is certainly stylistically different from standard journalistic practice as it was more like a confrontation.  Well, an all-out war is more like it!

(May 29, 2007)  A Conversation With A TELA Bureaucrat  An InMediaHK editor tells about her conversation with an official from the Hong Kong Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority concerning the photograph in an Internet essay.

(May 28, 2007)  How Did The Obscene Articles Tribunal Get Hijacked?  How did a small group of people exploit the flaws of the system in the Obscene Articles Tribunal of Hong Kong to promote their agenda?

(May 27, 2007)  The Bagman of Hong Kong (05/27/2007)  The man who threatened to set himself on fire at the offices of Sing Tao in Hong Kong somehow reminds me of prisoners of war in Iraq.

(May 25, 2007)  The Ming Pao Category II Indecent Material  Full translation of the Ming Pao article that was rated as Category II Indecent Material by the Hong Kong Obscene Articles Tribunal.  You can decide for yourself whether this should incur a maxium penalty of HKD 400,000 in fines and 12 months in jail.

(May 24, 2007)  Chinese Speech [中國話]  In Taiwan, the female music trio S.H.E. recorded a song entitlted 'Chinese speech.'  They are promptly criticized by Liberty Times for misleading and corrupting the next generation in Taiwan into thinking that they also use 'Chinese speech.'  However, the lyric writer has struck back on his blog.

(May 23, 2007)  Star Ferry, Queens Pier and Erotica  Ma Ngok writes about the relationship between Star Ferry, Queens Pier, the Chinese University Student Press and the generational gap in values in Hong Kong.

(May 22, 2007)  The <Far and Wide Weekly> Interview of Lung Ying-tai  Lung Ying-tai was interviewed by Chinese blogger Michael Anti after her speech at Cambridge University (UK).

(May 21, 2007)  The Bobai Mass Incidents  Enforcement of family planning policies in this impoverished county in Guangxi province led to public disturbances in many towns.  Photographs included.

(May 21, 2007)  The Very Public Adjudicators of the Hong Kong Obscene Articles Tribunal  Why are two adjudicators on the Hong Kong Obscene Articles Tribunal receiving more media exposure than the principals in the case that they don't even participate in classifying?  Is this judicial independence with a special Hong Kong characteristic?

(May 20, 2007)  The Media Story Behind The Shenzhen Court Fengshui Case  The Shenzhen court and the reporters had diametrically claims about whether building renovations had anything to do with fengshui.  yWeekend contacted both sides to elicit more information.

(May 19, 2007)  Superstition Among Chinese Government Officials  This Southern Weekend report looks at how local Chinese government officials looks towards fengshui to ensure their promotions.

(May 18, 2007)  If You Want Peace, You Must Not Keep Hurting Taiwan  Translation of Lung Ying-tai's speech at Cambridge University.

(May 18, 2007)  Hong Kong Politician PK Reporters  Translation of three Hong Kong newspaper opinion columns in which a politician and political news reporters reflect on their roles and relationships.

(May 17, 2007)  Ma Lik's Comments on June Fourth  Two Hong Kong jorno-bloggers tell about the fateful meeting with DAB chairman Ma Lik during which he used several thousand words to explain that there was no massacre in Tiananmen Square on June 4th, 1989.  "I wish I had never gone there ..." they said but they had to do their job.

(May 15, 2007)  The Chinese University Student Press Incident In Perspective  Translation of an essay by Ivan Choy, current senior lecturer and former student association president at CUHK.

(May 14, 2007)  The Girl With The Blue Hair  Did a photographer save a girl with blue hair from throwing herself in front of an oncoming train?  Or did he take advantage of her disadvantage and violated her sexually afterwards?  On the Chinese Internet, who can you trust nowadays?

(May 13, 2007)  A Girl Wants To Sell Her Braid To Save Her Mother  A young girl wants to sell her 1.6 meter long braid in order to raise money for her mother's surgery.  Instead, she got abuses and insults heaped upon her for being a potential fraudster.

(May 12, 2007)  Lung Ying-tai on International Vista  Interview with Lung Ying-tai on the occasion of an international forum run by students from five Taiwan universities.

(May 12, 2007)  Hyperlinking in Hong Kong  A Hong Kong netizen hyperlinks to eight overseas pornographic pictures at a discussion forum and is fined HK$5,000.  Meanwhile Google.com.hk links to a much larger number of overseas pornographic pictures and nobody cares.  What gives? 

(May 11, 2007)  The Gurao (Shantou) Mass Incidents  Comparison of western media, Hong Kong media and unofficial mainland Chinese media coverage of the mass incidents in Gurao town, Shantou city, Guangdong province.  Which is more informative and/or credible?

(May 10, 2007)  Internet Not Too Expensive For The Chinese?  Newspaper articles and a blog post about whether Internet access fees are expensive in China.

(May 8, 2007)  SETTV's Documentary On 228  SETTV got a government grant to make a documentary of the 2/28 anniversary.  United Daily News went ballistic over the use of a 20-second film segment showing street executions that it claimed was from Shanghai instead of Keelung.

(May 7, 2007)  Q&A with Zeng Jinyan about the TIME 100 List  Zeng Jinyan was chosen among the 'heroes and pioneers' section of TIME magazine's 100 most influential persons in the world.  Here are her responses to the generic questions that have been thrown at her.

(May 6, 2007)  The Student Bloggers Down In The Coal Mine  Five university students conducted an investigative study of the psychological sense of safety among coal mine workers.  Their blog posts drew national attention.

(May 4, 2007)  The Dalian Police Murder  In Dalian, a police officer fired five shots to kill three civilians in a locked room.  Since then, the local and national media have been forbidden to publish anything about this case.

(May 3, 2007)  Why Did The Macau Disturbance Occur?  There were six demands listed by the May 1st marchers in Macau.  But how to satisfy those demands without disturbing others?  This is a nearly-zero-sum game.

(May 2, 2007)  The Macau Disturbance  This clash between police and demonstrators has been officially categorized as a "disturbance."  A standard news report and a conspiracy-laden report are included.  Or you can look at the photographs and decide for yourself. 

(April 30, 2007 )  The Death of the Judge  Southern Weekend updates the case about the mysterious death of the judge in Guilin at a detention center.  The judge was being investigated for taking bribes, but the circumstances of his death were highly suspicious.

(April 29, 2007)  The Modern Version of "Human Blood Steam Bun"  In Foshan, a family made soup with meat from a dead human infant in the hope that it may heal an ailing child.

(April 28, 2007)  "You Will Have To Die For Killing The Puppy!"  In Nanjing, apartment residents set a nest of stray dogs on fire because the barking disturbed their sleep.  In return, they received the full force of Internet public opinion fury.

(April 27, 2007)  China Top Brand and Nazi SS Logos  Southern Metropolis Daily follows up on Austin Ramzy's observation about the resemblance between the China Top Brand and Nazi Waffen-SS logos.

(April 23, 2007)  The Most Awesome Scavengers in History  In Foshan, a neighborhood is in the process of being relocated and several hundred 'scavengers' appeared conveniently to loot and vandalize the homes in order to assist the householders' decisions.

(April 22, 2007)  A Reporter's Conscience  A China Youth Daily reporter conducted an investigation of counterfeit medicine in Shandong but his report was spiked.  Here are his reflections posted at an Internet forum.

(April 22, 2007)  Red-Letter-Titled Official Document Approved "Grand Dragon"  yWeekend follows up on the case of the 21-kilometer concrete dragon and examines just who authorized the project.

(April 18, 2007)  Why Did They Say That The Virginia Tech Shooter Was Chinese?  Chinese blogger Luqiu Luwei analyzed the media coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting.

(April 16, 2007)  You Won't Understand My Sorrow  Southern Weekend's Yuan Lei runs in in-depth investigative report on the case of Andy Lau fan Yang Lijuan.

(April 14, 2007)  Fifteen Days in Chongqing  Southern Weekend obtained exclusive interviews with the district party secretary, the court's chief judge and "nail house" owner Wu Ping for the first time after the "nail house" case was settled.

(April 13, 2007)  CCTV Reporter Forced To Hand Over Her Video Tape  The CCTV reporter whose report caused such grief among the Hong Kong tourism industy recalls her experience during this undercover assignment.

(April 13, 2007)  The Crocodile Photographs  At the Shaoshan Zoo in Kaohsiung (Taiwan), a Nile crocodile bit off the arm of a veterinarian.  On the next day, some of the newspapers showed the photographs of the severed arm in the crocodile's mouth on the front page.  It took TVBS to come to deliver the lecture on the lack of media self-discipline.

(April 12, 2007)  "The Ten Years of How I Cast Off The Influence of Wang Xiaobo"  Translation of Michael Anti's commemorative essay on the tenth anniversary of the death of Wang Xiaobo.

(April 12, 2007)  After Everybody Becomes Pro-Democracy  Translation of a Leung Man-tao essay about what happens to the 'democrat' tag after everybody agrees with democracy and universal suffrage.

(April 10, 2007)  The Political Incorrectness of the Media Fascist  The battle between the environmental protection Red Guards and the media fascist has only just begun.  The outcome will depend on whether you can avoid the brainwashing (or counter-brainwashing) of the major media and learn to become an intelligent reader who uses reasoning to make a choice that is not influenced by the specious arguments from the lunatics on both sides.

(April 9, 2007)  Netizen Arrested For Re-posting A Report  A Chinese netizen re-posted an article onto two Internet forums and was detained for more than nine months on suspicion of damaging the reputation of a pharmaceutical company.  That company is now out of business for bribery and collusion with officials from the State Food and Drug Administration.

(April 8, 2007)  The Invasion of Underground Lottery  Southern Weekend traces the spread of underground lottery betting from Guangdong to Hunan and then westwards to Yunnan and Guizhou.

(April 7, 2007)  McWages in China  A Guangzhou newspaper sent in undercover investigators to examine labor wages at McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut.

(April 6, 2007)  I Blog, Therefore I Am  Ming Pao features three Hong Kong bloggers: moliuOLOGY, Dukedom of Aberdeen and Sidekick.

(April 4, 2007)  The Chinese People Are Talking, But Is The World Listening?  Chinese writer Yang Hengjun describes his two chance encounters with the co-founder and Chinese-langauge editor of Global Voices Online.

(April 3, 2007)  Criticizing <Dream of Red Mansion> Study  Translation of a Yuan Ying essay in which he explained how he came to write the People's Daily editorial to criticize Yu Pingbo's scholarly works about the novel Dream of Red Mansion for their capitalist idealism and subjectivism.

(April 1, 2007)  Southern Weekend's Investigative Report on the Chongqing Nail House  Details about the Yang Wu/Wu Ping family, the land developer and their previous negotiations.

(March 31, 2007)  The Nailhouse Case and the Birth of Citizen Journalism  For the first time ever, netizens at various major portals (Tianya, MOP, Sina.com, NetEase.com, KDNet) began reporting live from the same news scene at the same time.

(March 28, 2007)  Netizens Should Be Tolerant  The 'anti-intellectual' scholar Xue Yong explains the roots of his anti-intellectualism as well as defends uncivility on the Internet.  This is accompanied by a series of other blog posts that fills out a complete story.

(March 25, 2007)  A Sociological Analysis of the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election  Analyses of public polling data lead to the conclusion that the system is rigged against any pan-democratic candidate because they will never have the adminstrative experience that people are looking for in a Chief Executive.

(March 24, 2007)  The Killing Field  Translation of an excerpt from the book A Narrow Escape from Death: My Journey as a 'Rightist' by Dai Huang.

(March 23, 2007)  "China Blog" Commentators Influenced American Reporters  Translation of a yWeekend article based upon an interview with TIME's Beijing bureau chief Simon Elegant about The China Blog (TIME).

(March 23, 2007)  How Foreign Correspondents Covered the Two Congresses  Translation of a Southern Weekend article on the experiences of the foreign correspondents during the period of the two Congresses.

(March 22, 2007)  Local Action in Hong Kong  The group known as Local Action took a detour during the march for universal suffrage in Hong Kong.

(March 21, 2007)  The Case of Professor Zhang Ming  Renmin University of China School of International Studies professor Zhang Ming was dismissed as department head but the squabble continues through Zhang Ming's personal blog and the School Dean's open letters on the official university websites.

(March 20, 2007)  The Secret Tibetan Lubricant  A television commercial brought up issues of media retaliation against non-compliant artistes, false advertising under existing regulations in China and the responsibility and liability of celebrity product endorsers.

(March 19, 2007)  Translated Excerpts from Lung Ying-tai's Melbourne Speech  After the Taiwan shooting incident in 2004, Lung Ying-tai wrote an essay in defense of Taiwan democracy.  Here, she reviews some of the reactions from readers in mainland China and Taiwan.

(March 18, 2007)  How To Get One Million Internet Hits  Did an alternative historian hire people to pump up the hit rate on his Internet posts?  By the way, this case brings up many innovative techniques, such as stopping people from reading an unfavorable post through posting numerous photographs of traffic accident deaths in the comment section.

(March 17, 2007)  Taiwan Bloggers Organize To Save Losheng Sanatorium  Hundreds of bloggers responded to an Internet campaign to raise money in order to take out an advertisement in Apple Daily about the Losheng Sanatorium.

(March 16, 2007)  The Second Hong Kong Chief Executive Election Debate  Headlines and polls results from the second ever Chief Executive election debate in Hong Kong.

(March 14, 2007)  Shinzo Abe's 'Apology'  Translation of two Hong Kong opinion columns about Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's comment on the 'comfort women' issue.

(March 12, 2007)  The Yongzhou Mass Incident  A mass incident was ignited by a bus company jacking up its price from 5 RMB to 9 RMB in addition to charging 5 RMB for each additional carry-on lugguage (such as a blanket or a plastic bucket).

(March 10, 2007)  Finding A Husband For "Chinese Traitor" He Zhili  When a Chinese writer wrote about how hard it was for former world table tennis champion He Zhili to find a husband, his blog post drew millions of hits and tens of thousands of curses.

(March 9, 2007)  Who Painted the Mountain Green?  A mountainside in Yunnan was painted green.  But why should three reporters come up with three different stories?  yWeekend let those three reporters explain how and why they wrote their stories.

(March 7, 2007)  The Anonymous SMS message from Pingdingshan  An anonymous SMS message was sent to denounce the city party secretary and more than one hundred people are under investigtion even as citizens applaud the crackdown.

(March 2, 2007)  The First Hong Kong Chief Executive Election Debate  Headlines and poll results from the first ever Chief Executive election debate in Hong Kong.

(March 1, 2007)  The Lung Ying-tai That You May Not Know  Translation of a blog post about why Lung Ying-tai ended up being criticized by reds, blues and greens.

(February 27, 2007)  Zhang Yihe on the Hong Kong edition of Ruyan  Translation of the foreword by Zhang Yihe to the Hong Kong edition of Wu Fayun's novel Ruyan@SARS.com.  This is a meditation of love, marriage, cancer, death and censorship.

(February 24, 2007)  China People Misread The World, Especially Japan  A well-known old essay brings up the question of why anti-Japanese rumors have such a huge market in China.

(February 23, 2007)  My Publisher -- The Internet  Translation of writer Yang Hengjun's speech to members of the Independent Chinese PEN.  Yang is the first to write a political espionage novel that dared to assert that the National Security Ministry is an espionage agency which sends spies overseas.

(February 21, 2007)  A Female Vegetable Vendor Went To Prison  A Chengdu female vegetable vendor served eight months in prison for splashing urine on a municipal administrator.  That was the official court trial, but the Internet court trial had a different opinion.

(February 19, 2007)  The Inevitable Decline of the Spring Festival Gala  In an increasingly divided, diversified and stratified society, a conservative television program with propaganda functions will inevitably decline. 

(Feburary 19, 2007)  The Beginning of Freedom of Press  In 1945, the war was over and the Nationalists announced that wartime press censorship would end.  What happened next?

(February 18, 2007)  The Chinese People News Angle  Hong Kong reporter Suzanna Cheung Chuiyung finds that Hong Kong editors often demand that there must be angle about Chinese people in her overseas reports.

(February 17, 2007)  How The Media Were Conned By An Internet Promoter  yWeekend has a long essay about Ai Qingqing who wanted to trade a paper clip for a villa and her alleged backstage manager who scripted the entire process.  Ai Qingqing and her manager had a fallout and the manager is going public.

(February 14, 2007)  Behind The Reporting On The Case of Chen Liangyu  A 21st Century Business Herald reporter explained the background of the reporting on the Shanghai social security fund case.

(February 13, 2007)  History Education and the Nanking Massacre  What does the Taiwan history school teacher say about the fact that the new textbook does not mention the Nanking massacre anymore?

(February 12, 2007)  Who Was First?  Ten years ago, Deng Xiaoping passed away.  Today, reporter/blogger Zhao Shilong challenged who was the first to report on his death.  This is less about priority than how the news rooms worked.

(February 12, 2007)  The Open Letter to Sina.com from the Lawyer-Bloggers  Translation of the open letter from four lawyer-bloggers to Sina.com in protest against the censorhip of their blogs.

(February 11, 2007)  The Big Soccer Brawl - Part 2  Translation of a blog post by Chinese sport reporter Xiao Liangzhi who also witnessed the brawl between the Chinese Olympic team and the Queens Park Rangers reserves.

(Feburary 11, 2007)  Yuan Ying PK Wu Shulin  When Yuan Ying found out that his book The Other Stories of History was 'banned,' he wrote a letter to GAPP deputy director Wu Shulin.  The following are the minutes that Yuan Ying took when Wh Shulin visited him in person to explain.

(February 10, 2007)  The Big Soccer Brawl - Part 1  Translation of a blog post by Chinese sport reporter Ma Dexin who witnessed the brawl between the Chinese Olympic team and the Queens Park Rangers reserves.

(February 9, 2007)  The Sub-Contractor Knelt Down In Front Of Us  A happy Lunar New Year story from a Southern Weekend reporter about how half a dozen media outlets worked on behalf of migrant laborers for their back wages.

(February 8, 2007)  The Letters of Eileen Chang - Part 2  Presentation of one letter between Chinese writer Eileen Chang and her friends Stephen and Mae Soong, which brings up many issues such as censorship, openness, confidentiality, etc.

(February 6, 2007)  Ye Xiaowen On The War In Iraq  The essay by State Bureau of Religious Affairs director Ye Xiaowen on the war in Iraq was removed from state-backed websites.  A translation is provided here.

(February 5, 2007)  Lung Ying-Tai Confesses To Her Crime  Translation of Lung Ying-tai's essay on the possible indictment of KMT chairman/Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou for graft and its consequences.

(February 5, 2007)  The Other Stories of History  Qian Gang reviews former People's Daily deputy chief editor Yuan Ying's 'banned' book.

(February 4, 2007)  Past Stories of Peking Opera Stars  Translation of an excerpt from the 'banned' book Past Stories of Peking Opera Stars by Zhang Yihe.

(February 4, 2007)  Fake Reporters In Datong, Shanxi  Translation of a Beijing News article about the phenomenon of fake reporters in Datong that underlies the case of Lan Chengzhang.

(February 3, 2007)  Eras of History  Translation of some excerpts from the 'banned' books Our 1970's and Our 1980's.

(February 3, 2007)  Ruyan@SARS.com  Translation of an excerpt from the 'banned' Chinese novel Ruyan@SARS.com about a female Internet forum master during the SARS crisis.

(Feburary 3, 2007)  Foreign Journalists React To New Regulations  Translation of a Southern Weekend article with the reactions of CNN, Reuters and Ming Pao reporters about the new regulations on reporting activities by non-mainland journalists.

(February 2, 2007)  The yWeekend Report On The Lan Chengzhang Case  Interviews with the Southern Metropolis Daily reporter and the two China Economic Times reporter who did the best reporting work on the case.

(February 1, 2007)  Alan Leong's Choice  Translation of a Ming Pao opinion piece by Leung Man-tao about the Hong Kong Chief Executive election.

(January 31, 2007)  The Press  Translation of an excerpt from the 'banned' Chinese novel The Press about newspaper workers in a hypothetical Chinese city.

(January 30, 2007)  I Object  Translation of an excerpt from the 'banned' Chinese book I Object about former Hubei province People's Congress representative Yao Lifa.

(January 29, 2007)  Portrait Of A Chinese Internet Promoter  A story about the Internet promoter who introduced the enormously popular Tianxin MM and Extraordinary Real People.

(January 27, 2007)  The Three Little Pigs  The question is whether The Three Little Pigs is a Chinese-language idiom (Chengyu).

(January 27, 2007)  The ParknShop PR Campaign  The codfish/oilfish incident is analyzed in terms of PR crisis management.

(January 25, 2007)  Ming Pao Interviews Huangfu Ping  Translation of a two-part interview with Huangfu Ping, who wrote some seminal essays in support of reform.  The interview covered topics such as political reform, elections, press control and the Cultural Revolution.

(January 25, 2007)  The China Economic Times Report on the Lan Chengzhang Case  Translation of a very, very long (13,000+ Chinese words) article by Wang Keqin in China Economic Times about the Lan Chengzhang case.  This is the most extensive treatment so far.

(January 23, 2007)  A Question of Press Impartiality in Hong Kong  The Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority issued a strong advice against a RTHK television program about its pro-homosexuality bias.  Did the Hong Kong newspapers cover this event in an impartial way?

(January 22, 2007)  Rui Chenggang On Japan  CCTV anchorman Rui Chenggang drew international attention through his blog post about the Starbucks shop inside the Forbidden City.  Here is the translation of his earlier blog post on Sino-Japanese relationship.

(January 21, 2007)  CCTV on Lan Chengzhang  CCTV's program segment on the case of the death of Shanxi media worker Lan Chengzhang.

(January 20, 2007)  Zhang Yihe's Statement and Position  Zhang Yihe's book Past Stories of Peking Opera Stars was banned not because of any content, but because of the author.  This is her statement in reaction to the ban.

(January 19, 2007)  The Mass Incident in Dazhu County  Finally, here is a mass incident that deserves the name.  You can compare the official version versus the unofficial versions on blogs and forums (more precisely, as found in the Baidu and Google blogs because the subject is banned).

(January 18, 2007)  Historical Site Residents Speak Out  EastWeek magazine interviews residents of historical preservation sites in Hong Kong.

(January 17, 2007)  A Reporter's First-hand Report at a Shanxi Mine  This is a different case in which a reporter was assaulted during an investigation of an illegal mine.  This is a first-person report done in a matter-of-fact tone. 

(January 16, 2007)  The Death of a Shanxi Journalist  China Trade News reporter Lan Chengzhang went to a coal line to conduct interviews and was beaten to death by unidentified thugs.  But was Lang Chengzhang a real reporter or an extortionist?

(January 15, 2007)  The Shenzhen Mistress  A blogger posts about the experiences of a Shenzhen mistress along with some nude photographs, but is met with a great deal of skepticism.

(January 14, 2007)  The Search For Toothache MM  The victim of an Internet arrest warrant sues Tianya forum for its delayed deletion of the offending posts and refusal to divulge the whereabouts of the offender named Toothache MM.

(January 13, 2007)  How I Educated The Hong Kong Tourist Guide  Xinhua worker Sun Zhenjun recalls his mistreatment by a Hong Kong tour guide and how he exacted revenge.  The Internet storm somehow manages to miss a crucial pointer in this essay.  You can read this and see if you can guess what this was really about.

(January 10, 2007)  Historical Preservation Sites in Hong Kong  Apple Daily investigates one of the designated historical sites in Hong Kong and finds a massage parlor/brothel.

(January 9, 2007)  A Minibus Tragedy in Hong Kong  A traffic accident down the street where I live makes the front pages of Hong Kong newspapers today.

(January 9, 2007)  Democracy Is A Good Thing  Translation of the much-talked about essay written by Yu Keping, who is said to be a member of the Hu-Wen adminstration thinktank. 

(January 8, 2007)  Was The CCTV Reporter A Police Informant?  A fugitive calls a CCTV reporter about the possibility of turning himself in.  When he came in to talk, the police had been called by the CCTV reporter and waiting.  Was the CCTV reporter a rat fink?

(January 7, 2007)  Why Gao Qinrong Was Not Vindicated  In this interview with yWeekend, Gao Qinrong dealt with the specifics of the charges of pimping, embezzlement and fraud that landed him with eight years in prison.  All this is happening at a time when the name "Gao Qinrong" is a banned keyword at Chinese search engines, forums and news portals.nthly media monitoring report, and China Times and Liberty Times go to war.

(January 7, 2007)  The False Science Debate on Phoenix TV - Part 2  In this second part, the Phoenix TV host Hu Yifu is interviewed by yWeekend about the three episodes of his program on false science.

(January 6, 2007)  Prevention and Control of Public Harm from the Press  The Foundation for the Prevention and Control of Public Harm from the Press issues its latest bi-mo

(January 5, 2007)  The False Science Debate on Phoenix TV - Part 1  A televised forum on the false science debate almost resulted with fights among guests and audience members.  This first part deals with the perspectives of one guest and several audience members.

(January 4, 2007)  The Taxi Crime Fighters  A fascinating story about how two radio stations mobilized citizens to hunt down three car hijackers.

(January 2, 2007)  "Someone Got Knocked Out By The Chocolate!"  At the flag raising ceremony on New Year's Day morning in Taipei, a woman shouted "Down with Ah Bian" and was removed from the scene.  This incident may actually have an impact on the military budget. 

(December 30, 2006)  A Chinese Reporter And His Source  Southern Weekend reporter Fu Jianfeng recalls his working relationship with an unknown whistleblower in the Shenzhen medical fraud case.

(December 29, 2006)  Yu Shyi-kun PK China Times  The Democratic Progressive Party central will not be taking questions from China Times reporters in the future.

(December 29, 2006)  The Dawn of Taiwan  Apple Daily boss Jimmy Lai conversed with an unnamed senior member of a Taiwan political party.  Who is that person?

(December 28, 2006)  The List of Banned Terms in Xinhua News Reporting  This is a purported list of rules at the Xinhua news agency about what to say and what not to say.

(December 26, 2006)  Top Ten Sex-related Incidents In China During 2006  A Chinese netizen publishes his personal selection at Tianya Club.  This is translated here with photographs being added.

(December 26, 2006)  Clashes Without Direct Conflict of Interest  Most mass incidents involve direct conflict of interests between social groups.  There are also some mass incidents in which most of the participants hold no direct interest, but they do so in order to vent frustration accumulated over a long period of time.

(December 25, 2006)  The Inflatable Doll Prostitutes  In Huluniao city, a business rents out inflatable dolls for customers to make to in private rooms.  In the absence of any explicit law against this, the local police cannot do a thing about it.  Oh, the whole thing was a hoax ...

(December 24, 2006)  Beijing News versus TOM.com  Beijing News sued TOM.com for republishing 25,000 of its news reports and photographs without authorization.  This is one of many aspects of the relationship between traditional and new media in China.

(December 23, 2006)  The Gao Qinrong Interview in yWeekend  Gao Qinrong's interview with yWeekend, and this was published after his name was banned from Internet portals and search engines.

(December 22, 2006)  Star Ferry: The Beginning of a New Social Movement?  How is the Hong Kong Star Ferry affair different qualititatively from the traditional demonstrations in Hong Kong?  Has there been a paradigm shift?

(December 18, 2006)  The Gao Qinrong Interview in Southern Weekend  Gao Qinrong's interview with Southern Weekend was published on the same day as the one in Southern Metropolis Daily.

(December 17, 2006)  The Gao Qinrong Interview in Southern Metropolis Daily  Gao Qinrong went to prison for eight years after exposing the Yuncheng fake irrigation project.  Southern Metropolis Daily interviewed him after he got out of prison.

(December 16, 2006)  Star Ferry  I explain why I am not demonstrating at the Hong Kong Star Ferry site.

(December 14, 2006)  The Vote Buying Case in Taiwan  Fantastical stories from the principals in the vote-buying case on the eye of the Kaohsiung mayoral election.

(December 14, 2006)  Wolfgang Kubin on Contemporary Chinese Literature  A German Sinologist is interviewed by Deutsche Welle to discuss contemporary Chinese literature, a Chongqinq newspaper takes his quotes out of context and all hell breaks loose on the Chinese Internet. (Roland Soong @ ESWN Culture)

(December 13, 2006)  The Death of Liao Mengjun  A middle school student dies under mysterious circumstances and his father begins his personal blog in order to break through the mainstream media blackout.

(December 12, 2006)  China and Pinochet  Some thoughts about the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, China and Ludvig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

(December 11, 2006)  What Is The Net?  Translation of an InMediaHK article about the alternative media in the age of new capitalism.

(December 9, 2006)  Public Opinion Polls and Election Outcomes in Taiwan  Final scorecard for the public opinion polls and gambling syndicate odds versus the actual outcomes.

(December 8, 2006)  Chinese Blogs Have Unique Chinese Characteristics  Celebrity media blogger Rose Garden from Phoenix TV writes about her views on the unique characteristics of Chinese bloggers.

(December 8, 2006)  Chinese Workers Are Forbidden To Have Sexual Intercourse In Australia  A Chinese editor makes a translation mistake from an English-language article, and the Chinese Internet goes ballistic.

(December 7, 2006)  The Gold Medal Weightlifter  When Chinese female weightlifter Wang Mingjun went up to receive her gold medal, her leader said she had problems with her will and character.  

(December 6, 2006)  CCTV Consumer Gets Naomi Klein  A Chinese netizen recorded a CCTV television program and read a document in detail to hilarious effect.

(December 6, 2006)  When The RMB Dissolves Your Sense of Superiority  Many Shenzhen businesses are no longer accepting the Hong Kong dollar.  This is the translation of the reaction of a Hong Kong blogger.

(December 6, 2006)  Top Ten Chinese Media Events of 2006  Translation of the annual list of top ten Chinese media events selected by blogger Xiaode.

(December 4, 2006)  The Taiwanese Want Independence  Some public opinion poll results from the Election Study Center, National Chengchi University, show how sensitive results can be to questionnaire design.

(December 4, 2006)  The Counterfeit Merchandise Hunter  Translation of a Youth Weekend article in which counterfeit merchandise hunter Lin Feng was interviewed about his alleged extortion of a Xian pharmacy in return for no media exposure of the selling of counterfeit medicines.

(December 3, 2006)  The Monks and the Reporters  When reporters attempted to cover a traffic dispute in Chongqing, they were attacked by a group of monks.  Vivid photographs are included.

(December 1, 2006)  The Faithful Mistress  When the president of a state enterprise was placed under detention for economic crimes, his mistress arranged his escape.  Now this woman has become a symbol of love and loyalty among some Chinese netizens.

(November 30, 2006)  The Chinese Sparrow War of 1958  Translation of an essay that compared sparrows with intellectuals in China.  Both have been subjected to persecution, even though both are really beneficial to humankind.

(Novmeber 28, 2006)  The Rise of Nations  Chinese netizens comment on the CCTV documentary series comparing the rise of nations such as America, England, Japan, Germany and Russia.

(Novmeber 27, 2006)  Open versus Hidden Shamelessness  Translation of the Southern Weekend interview with actress Zhang Yu, who has been posting videos of her trading sexual favors with directors and producers in return for film roles.

(November 26, 2006)  The Media Story of the Soccer Commentator  When CCTV commentator Huang Jianxiang resigned, the public proclaimed this to be "a blow to the system," "defense of freedom" and "pursuit of individuality."  Here are translations of the famous Southern Weekend interview, Huang's acerbic rebuttal and the reporter's counterattack.

(November 25, 2006)  Tom Friedman In China  Translation of an article about New York Times columnist Tom Friedman in China.

(November 25, 2006)  Media Control and Self-Censorship in Hong Kong  Translation of a Trend Magazine article about the whys and hows of media control and self-censorship in Hong Kong.

(November 24, 2006)  Three Rules for Foreign Tourists at Three Gorge Dam  You must not meet, mention or take photos of the 1 million people displaced by the Three Gorge Dam project.

(November 23, 2006)  Chinese Photographs  Examples from the collection of photographs that will go on auction in China.

(November 22, 2006)  The Mystery Of Air Force One  Did President's Chen Shui-bian's special plane Air Force One with the national flag take the APEC delegation between Taiwan and Vietnam?

(November 21, 2006)  The Business of Cable Television  Translation of an Apple Daily opinion column by Sung Hon Sang on mass personalization in print, television and websites.

(November 20, 2006)  Ten Thousand Data Points  You do not need more strange and unusual factoids from this blog.  At some point, the more information you have, the less you know.  You need narratives and interpretations instead.

(November 20, 2006)  Clean Government Is Not A Core Value For Democracy  Translation of an opinion column by Cao Changqing on the true core value of democracy being the right to choose.

(November 19, 2006)  Trading Places  A pretty young Chinese girl named Ai Qingqing wants to trade a paper clip for a house, and she records her travails on her blog.

(November 18, 2006)  The Prison Break Ads  Wentworth Miller is the star of the Fox television drama series Prison Break.  Of all the advertisements, the most striking one came from China.  Photos included.

(November 18, 2006)  The Cultural Gap in Hong Kong Journalism  A case study of the problems that Chinese-language and English-language journalists face in a bilingual and multicultural society.

(November 17, 2006)  Deborah Fallows, Lung Ying-Tai and I  Case studies about how an outsider can sometimes bring new perceptions: the EastSouthWestNorth blogger, Deborah Fallows' Shanghai diaries and Lung Ying-tai's Hong Kong Notebooks.

(November 16, 2006)  The Putian Incident  Does this minor incident involving just a few dozen people qualify as a mass incident?  It does because there are some ghastly photographs of the people beaten up by the police.

(November 15, 2006)  Statistics of Mass Incidents  Do you know what is the difference between a mass incident and a public order disturbance in China?

(November 14, 2006)  The Professional Attitude of a Journalist Under Pressure  Translation of Southern Weekend reporter Fu Jianfeng's essay on the Journalist's Day.

(November 13, 2006)  The Terrorist Blogger of Taiwan  Blogger Vinta (who is a 19-year-old university student) came to the attention of the 'national apparatus' and was invited for a 'chat' with the Criminal Investigation Bureau.  He may well be charged with incitement of others to commit crime soon.

(November 12, 2006)  Dog Day Afternoon  Coverage of the Beijing demonstration by dog lovers against the city's restrictions on dog-raising.

(November 12, 2006)  The Hunan Traffic Police Officer  Mainstream media use distributed processing to cover sensitive cases.  Translation of a Southern Weekend article about how a country party secretary ordered the beating of a traffic officer who dared to stop his car, and a Youth Weekend interview with that reporter.

(November 11, 2006)  The H5N1 Influenza Variant In China  The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture deplored an article by HKU professor Guan Yi on the emergence and predominance of an H5N1 influenza variant in China.

(November 11, 2006)  Chen Shui-bian, Wang Dan and the Overseas Chinese Democracy Movement  Repercussions from Chen Shui-bian's funding of the Chinese overseas democracy movement (specifically in the person of Wang Dan).

(November 11, 2006)  The Man Who 'Shot' Andy Lau  A Youth Weekend reporter did an investigation of the gang that sold tabloid newspapers in the Beijing subway and train stations with fabricated sensationalistic news headlines such as Andy Lau being killed, Faye Wong committing suicide and so on.  This is MBA material on how to run a successful business.

(November 10, 2006)  The Eric Chen Interview  Translation of an interview with prosecutor Eric Chen about how he worked on the state affairs fund case that led to the indictment of the First Lady for embezzlement.

(November 10, 2006)  Lee Yuan-tseh's Open Letter  Translation of the open letter by Nobel prize winner and President of the Academia Sinica about the current political crisis in Taiwan. 

(November 9, 2006)  The China Youth Daily Reporter Was Surrounded By Seventy Screaming People  Translation of a Youth Weekend article of China Youth Daily reporter Liu Wanrong's investigative report about a retired high official in Liaoning and a howling mob surrounded him when he attended the subsequent court trial.

(November 8, 2006)  An Incident in Shenzhen  A traffic incident in Shenzhen was captured on close-circuit television.  Screen captures are included to show how municipal administrators drove a van over an old scavenger with depraved indifference.

(November 7, 2006)  The Case of Zhao Xinjian  Zhao Xinjian spent eight years in prison for murder/necrophilia which he did not commit.  Why did the police, prosecutor and court fail him?

(November 7, 2006)  Roots - Part 3  This is about an uncle that I only knew from the stories that my father told me about.  (Roland Soong @ ESWN Culture)

(November 6, 2006)  The Real-Name Blogger Registration System  Translation of a Southern Weekend article about how the Ministry of Information Industry moved the real-name blogger registration system along. 

(November 5, 2006)  The Taxi Driver Hit The School Girl In The Head With A Hammer  A comparison of Chinese- versus English-language coverage of a street crime in Hong Kong.

(November 5, 2006)  The Porsche Spokeswoman Who Wasn't  On the basis of a set of nude photographs taken on a sport scar, actress E Yanyan was described as the spokesperson for Porsche (China).  However, it does not seem as if either E Yanyan or Porsche mind the beautiful misunderstanding.

(November 4, 2006)  Chen Shui-bian, Mister A and Mister B  Translation of three United Daily News article about the perjury case against Chen Shui-bian and the associated evidence.  As sitting president, Chen Shui-bian cannot be indicted.

(November 2, 2006)  The Story of Yang Dan  Translation of a photo-illustrated encounter with a 7-year-old Chinese girl who would soon die of a congenital heart disease.

(November 2, 2006)  Three Shifts: The Story of a Cleaning Woman in Hong Kong  Translation of a Next Weekly article about the work routine of a cleaning woman in Hong Kong.  She works three shifts a day -- 0700-1130, 1300-1630 and 1930-2330 every day of the year with no vacation and she receives HK$6,000 dollars a month.

(November 2, 2006)  An Investigative Report about The Incest Story  A spoof tale about how mainstream media can track down an Internet forum poster and drag him through mud for expressing ideas that others may not like.

(November 1, 2006)  Money To Burn  News reports about a Shanghai blogger who writes about his own conspicuous consumption.

(October 31, 2006)  Open Up The Radio Airwaves in Hong Kong  Translation of a Ming Pao opinion piece by Hong Kong Legco member Audrey Eu on opening up the radio airwaves in Hong Kong.  A discussion of the number of radio stations, channels and frequencies in Hong Kong is appended.

(October 30, 2006)  The Case of Jia Jia  Mainland Chinese tourist Jia Jia skips his tour group in Taiwan, asks for political asylum but is quickly expelled to Hong Kong.

(October 30, 2006)  The Story of Luoxi Bridge  Translation of a blog post by veteran reporter Zhao Shilong about the connection between the Luoxi toll bridge and the late Hong Kong businessman Henry Fok.

(October 29, 2006)  A Lifetime Away  Translation of a post by celebrity blogger Li Yapeng about his maternal grandparents (and the future of mainland China and Taiwan).

(October 28, 2006)  The Jiangxi Student Demonstrations  Students at the Clothing Vocational College rioted after finding out that the value of their diplomas had been misrepresented to them.  Lots of photographs.

(October 27, 2006)  A Foreign Lady in Beijing  Today's top story in Nanfang Daily is a blog post about a foreign lady trying to block a car from the bicycle lane in Beijing.

(October 27, 2006)  Roots - Part 2  My grandfather T.F. Soong had a house by West Lake (Hangzhou) which served as the unofficial hostel for visiting Peking University professors and their families.  (Roland Soong @ ESWN Culture)

(October 26, 2006)  The Public Security Flower  A woman with only elementary school education rose rapidly through the public security, court and government systems in Anhui province.  She must have traded sex for power, and media reports support that.  Or maybe not ...

(October 25, 2006)  Eileen Chang's Photograph With Kim Il-sung  Here are some possibly unknown facts about Chinese writer Eileen Chang based upon archival materials in my possession.  (Roland Soong @ ESWN Culture)

(October 24, 2006)  The Renmin University Graduates  The graduate photographs of a group of Renmin University female students drew a storm of Internet criticisms.  A blogger gets his say in Southern Metropolis Daily.

(October 23, 2006)  From Famine To Excess  Using an Apple Daily story on a 12-year-old blogger for illustration, Hong Kong blogger Sidekick calls for the media to protect bloggers.

(October 22, 2006)  The Zhengzhou University Town  Zhengzhou city officials illegally expropriated land for a university town.  The project was undone when the farmers petitioned and the National Land Resources Department analyzed satellite photographs of the site.

(October 21, 2006)  Qin Hui on Democratic Government and Civic Society&nb