Posted on Friday, January 07, 2005 7:52 PM
#central kindom #news & review
i bought a CBN, the first business daily newspaper of mainland china, this afternoon at a kiosk of street corner. it is the 40th issue since its debut two months ago. happily enough, i find it has made some improvements - more in-depth news, more data mining, commentaries backed up with facts instead of imaginations, coverage of key events . in short, the contents, the way of presentation, along with its clean and simple appearance, all reflect the style that its chief editor pursues - feed people with sound, fact-based information rather than make them excited.
the kiosk owner tells me that nobody buys it, “people just think it suchs”. the other two business weekly newpapers - the Economic Observer and the 21st Century Economic Report, sell good and run out quickly. the EC has a very strong idealist flavor and 21CER, due to its origin, is a newspaper that many company PR guys want to avoid to meet. these two will make your blood pressure rise, eyes open wide, heartbeat speed up ... all in all, make you excited.
i just wonder, which one sucks - the CBN or people's taste?