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Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn

South African-American journalist

Jeremy Goldkorn (Chinese: 金玉米; Pinyin: Jīn Yùmǐ; born in Johannesburg) is a South African-American editor and entrepreneur who lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Literature.[1] He moved to China in 1995 and worked for several Beijing-based magazines, including Beijing Scene,[2] TimeOut (which he founded as Le Magazine) [3] and Chinese-language technology magazine ReDegg.[4] He subsequently co-founded and worked as business development manager for Beijing design firm Standards Group.[1] In 2003, he founded the website and company Danwei. It was initially a blog that translated Chinese language media articles and reported on the media and internet industries in China. The site was blocked in mainland China in 2009.[5][6] The company pivoted to research services was acquired by the Financial Times in 2013.[7]

He co-founded the Sinica Podcast with Kaiser Kuo in 2010. and was the editor-in-chief of news website The China Project until its closure in November 2023.

Goldkorn has spoken frequently about Chinese media and Internet culture, including at Yale University[8] the University of Sydney[9] and Columbia Law School,[10] and in interviews with NPR,[11][12] Frontline,[13] the Australia Network[14] and the Asia Society.[15]

Goldkorn left China in 2015, and in 2016 became editor-in-chief a startup media company called SupChina, which later changed its name to The China Project.

On 6 November 2023, Goldkorn announced the closure of The China Project. He said that the site had "been accused many times in both the US and China "of working for nefarious purposes for the government of the other", and that "defending ourselves has incurred enormous legal costs", contributing to the decision to close.[16]

References

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    Mark Godfrey, "Making a blog pay", February 2007, Enterprise China. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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    Annie Wei, "Lao wai blogger promotes Chinese perspective" Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, 15 May 2006, Beijing Today. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
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    Ralph Jennings, "Why Young Expats Are Heading to China", (2006) chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
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    Anna Sophie Loewenberg, "The Herring Came First, But China Has Just Hatched an Egg" (2001), New York Review of Magazines. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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    Goldkorn, Jeremy (6 October 2009). "So, Comrade, tell me: why did you censor my website?". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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    Peking Duck (2009). Welcome to the club, Danwei. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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    "Financial Times acquires Chinese research service". 5 February 2013.
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    "Journalism and Free Speech: The China Stories". 2 February 2023.
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    University of Sydney (2011). Chaos in the walled garden: China's Great Firewall and thriving internet culture. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
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    Columbia Law School (2008). Defining Chinese Modernity: Information, Economy & Environment. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
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    "China to rein in AI chat". April 11, 2023.
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    "NPR — The World".
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    PBS (2011). The Struggle to Control Information. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
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    Australia Network (2011). China and social media. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
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    Asia Society (2011). Video: Behind China's Great Firewall, Subversive Content in Cartoon Form. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  16. [16]
    Goldkorn, Jeremy (6 November 2023). "Some sad news". The China Project. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
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