Daily Reading
Jan 20th, 2009 by Lorenz Lorenz-Meyer
- Behind the Chinese blogging boom (Danwei.org, January 19, 2009) - Column by Kato Yoshikazu, originally from Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊), about the significance of blogs in contemporary chinese media culture. Very good
- Li Changchun on the media and China’s “global influence” (CMP, January 19, 2009) - Background by David Bandurski about chinese government’s plans to put 6.6 billion dollars into the expansion of international news TV under the guidance of CCTV, with the translation of a talk by China’s media control czar Li Changchun
- China: Blogging for Change (Global Voices, Jan 14, 2009) - Translation of part of the discussion on Sohu’s Annual Bloggers’ Meeting (Jan 12?). Very interesting contributions on the topics of commentary, criticism and the role of the public intellectual