Magazines

New Weekly: Do Chinese kids know anything about traditonal Chinese culture?

NEW_WEEKLY0608S.jpg
New Weekly's June 1 cover article asks the question: "How much Chinese flavor is left?" The feature includes a survey about knowledge of Chinese traditional culture among children born in the 1990s who live in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei.

Here are some of the results:

Q: Do you know what China's four great inventions are?
Paper, printing, the compass and gunpowder
49.3% know all four, 37.3% get one or more wrong, 13.3% don't know at all

Q: Do you think that there is any bad and bitter period in China's history that we should remember?
66.7% said the Nanjing Massacre, 29.3% answered 'various', 4% said they hadn't heard of any such period.

Q: Can you use a calligraphy pen?
40% yes, 38.7% a little, 21.3% no.


There is also a survey about brand awareness, designed to contrast foreign brands with Chinese ones.


Q: What brands have made the deepest impression on you?

Sports: Nike, Adidas, Li Ning

Food and drink: Coca Cola, Walls icecream, Yili milk

Clothing: Channel, Gucci, Bennetton

Cosmetics & toiletries: Olay, Rejoice, Libai

Electronics: Sony, Panasonic, Lenovo, Nokia

Service industry: Carrefour, Cathay Pacific, EMI (huh? - ed.)

Fast food: KFC, McDonald's, Pizza Hut

Cars: Honda, Mazda, Lotus, Rolls-Royce, Mercedes-Benz, Cherry QQ

Stationery: Mickey Mouse, Zhonghua pencils, Congming Gou

Games: Gameboy, PS2, Blue Flag

Bicycles: Giant, Flying Pigeon, Forever

Cigarettes and alcohol: Marlboro, Hong Ta Shan, Louis XIII (Remy Martin)

Medicine: Gaitianli, Nutrilite (Amway)

 
Danwei Model Workers
laomo2008fpA.jpg
Recommended blogs and new media
China Media Timeline
Major media events over the last three decades
Books on China
ALpostcardsfromtomorrow.jpg
Postcards from Tomorrow Square by James Fallows: James Fallows, China writer for The Atlantic magazine and popular blogger published his book Postcards from Tomorrow Square. Danwei runs an excerpt from his book of tales from China.
Raymond Zhou's X-Ray: Book excerpt: X-Ray: Examining the China Enigma by Raymond Zhou (周黎明). Zhou is a well-known Chinese film critic and culture writer, who has published many books in Chinese. The book, in English, is a collection of 99 essays written for the China Daily.
The best and worst China books of 2008: Access Asia rounds up the best and worst books published about China in 2008.
Front Page of the Day
A different newspaper every weekday
From the Vault
Classic Danwei posts
+ Asimov Published, Interviewed in Beijing (2005.03): Cover story from this week's Book Review section of The Beijing News announces the publication of a Chinese translation of Isaac Asimov's complete Foundation series. Yup, the Beijing News has scored a fictional interview with "I, Asimov". They've been taking similar liberties recently in their entertainment sections, captioning photographs of celebrities with made-up quotes.
+ Korean history doesn't fly on Chinese TV screens (2007.09): SARFT puts the kibbosh on Korean historical dramas.
+ Barmé on Ba Jin (2005.11): Geremie R. Barmé dissents from Ba Jin.
Danwei Archives
Danwei Feeds
Via Feedsky rsschiclet2.png (on the mainland)
or Feedburner rsschiclet.gif (blocked in China)
rsschiclet2.png rsschiclet.gif Main posts: All main page posts
rsschiclet2.png rsschiclet.gif Top Links: Links from the top bar
rsschiclet2.png rsschiclet.gif Danwei Jobs: Want ads
rsschiclet2.png rsschiclet.gif Danwei Digest: Updated daily, 19:30