At a meeting with hundreds of writers, directors and other literature and art practitioners held last week, Xi warned that creation of literature and art works should not be enslaved by the market. Xi’ speech raised great attention of Zhao Benshan,…
Yearly Archives: 2014
Peter Hessler: A Chinese in His Previous Life?
I’ve been planning to write something about Peter Hessler (何伟) for a long time, but always don’t know what to write. Actually I wrote a Chinese post on him this January, but just a casual note. I read his Country…
Apple Has Great Products But Terrible Translations
Apple’s iPhones, iPads and Macs have conquered the world, and its official website is stunning with delicate design and creative wording. However, its Chinese website is far from satisfactory. Actually, Chinese translations on the official website of Apple have been…
Never Criticize Someone or Some Group Publicly in China
To criticize someone in China publicly can be very risky, and you always cannot imagine the way in which you would be retorted. Last week, philosophy professor from Tsinghua University Xiao Ying released an article on Han Han, defining him…
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The Big Mess of Translation Market in China
Today’s Chinese translation market is more chaotic than ever, the biggest problem is that it’s really hard to distinguish qualified translators or translation companies from bad ones, and to find the right person could be much harder, especially for customers who don’t…
Nanjing Aims To Be A New Polar Of Mobile Games In China, Can It Succeed?
In the past two years, at least two parks for game industry have been founded in Nanjing – China (Nanjing) Games Valley and China Games & Digital Harbor; besides, an organization called “China Mobile Games Federation” was also established in…
ChinaJoy: So Superficial, So Deep
ChinaJoy 2014 has just ended. The largest annual games exhibition in Asia again attracted game personnel and stay-at-home young men from all over China and related reports are still filling first pages of all media sites. I was deeply impressed by popularity of…
Ejaculation Occurs Finally and Flood Comes Along
Various rumored crimes (not only corruption and promiscuity, but murders) of Kangshifu (康师傅 a common alias of Zhou Yongkang on the Internet) have been discussed at Weibo.com and forums in China for more than a year, encouraged by successive reports…
The Paper: Fighting Back of Chinese Traditional Media
Recently, a new Chinese media platform – The Paper (澎湃新闻 thepaper.cn) with more than 300 million yuan initial investment was launched, provoking much discussion in China. The Paper’s prospectus My Heart Goes on As It Did, also a nostalgic essay…
Great Mysteries of the Most Talked-about Chinese Writer – Han Han
Today (July 24th) is the premiere day of a closely watched Chinese film – 后会无期 (literally means Never Meet Again but officially The Continent), which will inevitably cause a lot of controversy, just like the great disputes on its 32-year…
I’m a blogger, editor and translator from China, now chief editor of a mobile gaming media site.
"Internet in China" refers to the special internet environment in China blocking foreign services and creating unique phenomena.