Chinese Advertising prices slump?

Asia Media reports that CCTV had to cut its expectations on next year's
advertising revenues. "Bidding for the slots realised 5.8 billion yuan,
representing growth of just 10.8 per cent -- down on previous years'
growth. CCTV blamed increased competition from rival television
stations." Full story here:
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=34249

Internet Addiction, part III

The China Youth Net Association has released its first Internet
addiction report. The report says that 13.2% of Chinese teenagers are
addicted to using the Internet, and 13% have a tendency of being
"indulged" on the network. Of the total addicts, about 60% are males and
40% are females. Source:
http://www.chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=3224

Internet Addiction (continued...)

China will air its first "Internet Addiction Television Show", writes
ChineTechNews.com: "Called "Shan Dian Mao De Gu Shi" (The Story of Shan
Dian Mao), the first Internet addiction themed television show in China
will soon be aired to show teenage viewers the horrors of using the
Internet too much. The 38-episode sitcom, shot by the Care for the Next
Generation, China Youth League's Online Movie and TV Center, and the
China Youth Internet Association, reveals ways for youth to avoid
Internet addiction. Chinese media is recently rife with stories about
youngsters who fall ill or die in Asia because they spend too much time
playing games or chatting online."

Is Net Addiction taken seriously, at last?

"Zhang Chunliang, head of the China Economic Herald's Centre for
Prevention of Internet Addiction, said he had been instructed by the
parents of 63 online game addicts to initiate a group action lawsuit
against the industry, Xinhuanet reported." writes the China Morning
Post

Blogging's future in China

Reflections on the future role weblogs may play in China, provided by
Xinhua