Comments on: Woman Of The Hour, Andrea Yu, Is Actually Andrea Hodgkinson, Magazine Cover Girl [UPDATE]

By: Blonde Ambition: How Xinhua Used A International “Reporter” To Intercourse Up Its Propaganda | That's Beijing - Beijing and China News

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 03:27:04 +0000

[...] That said, it is not without precedent: at last year’s Two Sessions in November, Andrea Yu, a credentialed Australian reporter for something called the Global CAMG Media Group caused a minor sensation with her apparent ability to consistently get the attention of Chinese politicians at press conferences. In fact, Yu was a Party shill, planted by a company with a majority shareholding in Beijing, to ask pre-scripted softball questions. The ensuing controversy saw Yu being dragged through the grinder before ending up down an absolute wormhole of soft-power failure. [...]

By: Alinear

Alinear — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 03:13:22 +0000

It doesn’t seem to be only Australia that gets its own CRI-influenced station. Check out “GBTimes” in Finland, which recently received a visit from the CRI President:
http://gbtimes.com/focus/news/cri-president-visits-gbtimes-finland

By: Hong Konger

Hong Konger — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 21:34:24 +0000

Well, she might be a nice lady. But she did not do a fantastic job. She did a terrible job.
And even worse, she did an unethical job of posing as a state-controlled fake reporter, who took the opportunity away from real journalists who could have asked real questions in an important event.
What she did was dishonest. And no pretty face or name change will alter that.

By: King Baeksu

King Baeksu — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 10:53:40 +0000

“Please get your facts right before making sensible comments.”

Hey, I was only going by the name that appears on the above magazine cover. I had considered that she might have married a Chinese-named man, but CAMG and “Oriental BQ” are not helping clear things up, are they?

Par for the course, in other words.

By: Jianguo

Jianguo — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 10:48:28 +0000

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By: Jianguo

Jianguo — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 10:26:06 +0000

Andi changed her surname because she has recently married a Chinese Australian man whose surname is Yu, so her actual name is Andrea Yu and her maiden name is Hodgkinson. Please get your facts right before making sensible comments. She is a nice lady and has done a fantastic job on her first mission to China as a first-time journalist. I believe she will do an even better job as a journalist next time.

By: Jim Henderson

Jim Henderson — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 06:52:12 +0000

My surname is “Henderson”. When in China, I list it as “He”, just because a lot of Chinese systems can’t handle non-standard surnames.

Having a Chinese name, that can be expressed with Chinese characters, and a western name (that is used outside of China) is absolutely standard practice.

In China, and in his Chinese writings, Kevin Rudd (Australia’s former Prime Minister) is “Lu Kewen”. If he can Sinofy his name, then I’m sure it’s not an illegitimate practice.

By: Sea_Horse_Mirror

Sea_Horse_Mirror — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:18:51 +0000

Not working in China.

My comment is not about young white women. My comment is about Chinese society and their use of young white women as eye candy which as the article above states devalues all female reporters in China.

And that is also not racist towards Chinese, seeing as I am a young Chinese woman who has studied in China as a foreigner. Ask any young white professional woman in China about their lives being devalued by sexism and racist notions of the presence of white people supposedly improves you social standing. You can seriously get invited to a wedding in China just because you’re white, I know by experience.

Xinhua the national state controlled newspaper itself is a dishrag but is even worst when it comes to reporting about foreign celebrities. They have most beautiful celebrities in the world list, and they might as well be a list of pictures of scantily dressed white women we are totally devaluing as people.

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Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:10:24 +0000

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By: Andrea Yu: flack, hack, discuss « Death Noodle

Andrea Yu: flack, hack, discuss « Death Noodle — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:08:18 +0000

[...] event and with employers who expected a certain line of enquiry from her. And then I found out from Beijing Cream that her real name is actually Andrea Hodgkinson. How do we know? Because she is referred to thus [...]

By: King Baeksu

King Baeksu — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:00:56 +0000

Since you are “not working in China,” please try and think inside the box, occasionally. For example, the popular book “Foreign Babes in Beijing” pretty much confirms the phenomenon that Sea_Horse_Mirror identifies.

By: Young White Woman

Young White Woman — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:19:35 +0000

As a young white woman (not working in China) I find your comments sexist and offensive. Please try and think outside the box, occasionally.

By: King Baeksu

King Baeksu — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:03:24 +0000

If I had to guess, I’d say that it was changed to make the name easier to grasp for Chinese folks since that seems to be, somewhat ironically, the target market of this “foreign journalist.”

By: KopyKatKiller

KopyKatKiller — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:35:15 +0000

The new face of “evil”?

By: Alfred Kumal

Alfred Kumal — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:16:54 +0000

Possible reasons for a name change:
1. To lead a double life as a Chinese Australian
2. To make an awesome news story
3. She got married

Clearly one of the first two!