Comments on: Yang Rui, Writing In Global Times, Says He Called Melissa Chan A “Shrew” (Not Bitch) [UPDATE]

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Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:02:44 +0000

[...] Rui felt it necessary to apologize to Melissa Chan yesterday, even though this apology comes about five months late, not to mention totally out of the blue. Via Shanghaiist: Yang Rui’s post at 12:09 on 16th [...]

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Sun, 27 May 2012 15:59:17 +0000

[...] Rui says he called Melissa Chan a “shrew,” not bitch, and Chen Guangcheng is in New York. Finally, we’d like to remind everyone [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:11:23 +0000

So as per the GT editor’s note, newspapers now need consent if they want to mention anyone? WTF?

Obviously the first sentence of the note is farcical, but the second is just bizarre.

By: The Tao

The Tao — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:30:54 +0000

Not saying I disagree with you, but… what happened? According to the timestamps on the respective articles, the Wall Street Journal beat Global Times by a minute, and that’s with a lengthier intro.

By: Ash

Ash — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:24:43 +0000

You are wrong on one fact. yang Rui did sent his email to the Global Times first and wrote specifically that he wanted the Global Times to publish his letter first. He later send the letter the WSJ.

By: A

Tue, 22 May 2012 06:12:54 +0000

This very nicely sums up what I think of Yang Rui:
http://www.rectified.name/2012/05/22/pofu-or-no-pofu-yang-rui-is-just-an-idiot/