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Xinhua reports: Foxconn reduces claim against journalists to one yuanPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, August 31, 2006 11:48 AM
Danwei Noon Report is a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China from Chinese and English sources.  Wang You and Weng Bao Xinhua's: Foxconn reduces claim against journalists to one yuan The state owned news agency reporting about press freedom issues: This is remarkable. The Xinhua story is here. See ESWN for more details and commentary.
Sex in Shanghai hits the print media
See also yesterday's Guardian story by Jonathan Watts. |
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Comments on Xinhua reports: Foxconn reduces claim against journalists to one yuan
I'm glad to see that Beida's doing something about the showers. Now if they could only see to getting rid of that persistent piss smell that haunts the dorms...
Peking University isn't averse to a little luxury these days - it is also building a driving range on campus.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/30/content_677265.htm
Sample quote: "It's necessary to have a range on campus where students can learn some basic golf skills, as golf is an increasingly popular sport in China," the sports director said.
What next? Helicopters to take them between lectures?
With the claim having been reduced to just one yuan, do you think that increases the likelihood that the suit against them will be successful? And if it is, will that establish a precedent for similar charges in the future?
Regarding Zhang Jiehai in the BT, how balanced was the feature? If they gave prominence to a quote in which he says that he's opposed to online mobs, I'm skeptical. Not only does this man protest too loudly, but he's made a total fool of himself.
The Beijing Times article was roughly chronological, so the backpedaling quotes appear near the end in the midst of his theories on the cultural and economics-influenced sense of inferiority that makes some Chinese women so susceptible to this kind of manipulation by foreign teachers. So it did very little to balance the call for his capture that is in the headline. One of the photos in the article (it's not too clear on the linked page) is from Mop, and is apparently #3 on their list of The Net's Most Wanted. If the good prof was at all aware of how these situations have played out in the past (cat crusher etc), he'd have anticipated the mob reaction to his blog post, so yes, his protestations seem just a wee bit disingenuous.
Chinabounder's blog is now invite only--kinda makes it pointless, I think.
This whole thing never would have happened if China didn't stop blocking blogspot blogs. Conspirator in me says Netnanny had this planned all along...
This whole thing never would have happened if China didn't stop blocking blogspot blogs. Conspirator in me says Netnanny had this planned all along...