Jeremy Goldkorn (;

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: ''Jīn Yùmí''; born in

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) is a South African-American editor who lives in

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, United States. He is the editor-in-chief o
The China Project
and co-hosts the Sinica Podcast with

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. He was the founder of Danwei, a China-focused blog and media research firm. He is notable for his publications being blocked from viewing in China and for being banned from entering the country. Three consecutive publications Goldkorn launched after receiving US private funding have been blocked; 'Danwei' (2009), 'Sup China' (2019) and 'The China Project' (2022). He graduated from the

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with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Literature.Mark Godfrey
"Making a blog pay"
February 2007, ''Enterprise China''. Retrieved 14 May 2012. Prior to founding Danwei, he worked for several Beijing-based magazines, including ''Beijing Scene'', ''TimeOut'' and technology magazine ''ReDegg'', and as business development manager for Beijing design firm Standards Group. ANU Australian Centre China World

Danwei, which is named after the Chinese term for a

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, is considered to be a well-read China-focused "bridge blog" that translates Chinese language media articles into English.

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has written that "Danwei gives a range of sources, news and opinions on China that no mainstream news organisation can match." Danwei has collaborated with the Australian Centre on China in the World at the

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to archive China media articles for research purposes since 2010. Danwei was blocked in mainland China in 2009. In early 2013, Goldkorn sold Danwei to the ''Financial Times''. Goldkorn has spoken frequently about Chinese media and Internet culture, including at the

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and

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, and in interviews with ''

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and the

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.Asia Society (2011)
Video: Behind China's Great Firewall, Subversive Content in Cartoon Form
Retrieved 3 June 2012. He also regularly co-hosts the Sinica current affairs podcast with

References

External links

Danwei websitePersonal website and blog
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Columns by Jeremy Goldkorn
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