A daily look at what we’re reading.
–Six month’s after Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics, a BBC World Service poll across 21 countries finds public opinion towards China is slipping: 39% of respondents expressed positive sentiments towards the country, while 40% now hold a negative view. [World Public Opinion.org]
–The People’s Daily, the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party, trumps Baidu’s dominance over China’s online search market, supplying some implicit official support at a time when the Internet giant faces pressures on a number of fronts. [Baidu News]
–Urban beauty contests: Chinese cities often advertise their charms in television commercials. Now some cities are taking their marketing efforts a step further with celebrity endorsements, theme songs and music videos. [Cfensi]
–Showdown at the Silk Market: The management of Beijing’s famous shopping mecca for knock-off goods has been forcing temporary closures on shops that offer counterfeits, but some sellers are literally fighting back (update included here). [TheBeijinger.com]
–A roundup of the blog and Chinese media reports on the CCTV fire (related story, images and video from WSJ here). [Danwei]
–Sky Canaves
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