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I've been looking at this message for the past four years: "You are liable for any misuse of the contents of the advice". Some of you may recognize this as the warning that all Chinese ATMs give you if you have the temerity to ask for a printed transaction...
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In a fairly wide ranging interview conducted with a Bloomberg reporter and published the on Journalism.sg , Singapore's Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew, has offered his advice for the Chinese government on dealing with foreign media. Much of it is pretty...
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Imagethief was interested to see an article discussing the security problems of Chinese counterfeits of networking equipment on the breathlessly named "Law and Justice" section of the ABC television network's website. What I found interesting was not...
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That's a good question, and it was posed in an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal by Geoffrey Fowler. As the article notes, the answer is "yes", depending on who you ask: Was China's Olympic-torch relay around the world a miserable failure...
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First of all, a quick apology. My posts this month have been about zilch as a result of work and parenting demands. There are some things I'd like to write, as always, and with any luck in the next week or so I'll get one or two things up. Also, I've...
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Facebook communication has been in something of a precipitous decline over the past couple of months. This hasn't bothered me much, since it cut down on the number of invitations to naff applications. Barring those from the occasional late adopter, stumbling...
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Nationalist outrage succumbs to low, low prices. And lowering of the control rods by the government. From the New York Times : On Thursday, the first day of a planned boycott against Carrefour, a French department store chain here, there were a few low-key...
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This advisory was just sent to us by CITS, the local travel service: 民航总局严格手提行李规定 New Regulation of Carry-on Luggage 根据中国民航总局的规定，５月１日开始，在国内航班上持头等舱客票的旅客，每人可随身携带两件物品；持公务舱或经济舱客票的旅，每人只能随身携带1件物品。每件物品的体积均不得超过20×40×55厘米，上述两项总重量均不得超过5公斤。 According to CAAC , new...
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My colleague was downstairs at the Olympic souvenir stand in the mall when she spotted this notebook and bookmark set featuring Jing Jing, one of the five "Fuwa" mascots of the Beijing Olympics. Shooting is an Olympic sport (and several of the Olympic...
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Here's an unusual case of supply-chain risk. From the BBC : 'Free Tibet' flags made in China Police in southern China have discovered a factory manufacturing Free Tibet flags, media reports say. The factory in Guangdong had been completing overseas orders...
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From ESWN, a translation of a China Business story (中) that gets under the hood of Carrefour's crisis management in China following the calls for a boycott. The story is very critical of Carrefour's management of the issue, and its worth a read for anyone...
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From a report on attacks on the Green Zone in Baghdad. I remember this term being thrown about by the President earlier in the GWOT, but I hadn't seen it for a while: The violence is a continuation of hostilities between American and Iraqi troops and...
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Imagethief is aware that this blog is at risk of becoming "all Olympics, all the time". This isn't intentional, but when you write about PR, communication and China its rather hard to ignore the symbolism, conflict and dueling narratives swirling around...
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From CNN.com, a report that the Chinese government will meet with a representative of the Dalai Lama. This strikes Imagethief as something that be the result of a piece of external advice. You know, it would really look good if you would at least sit...
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Back when he lived in Singapore many of Imagethief's friends used to run with the Hash House Harriers, the "drinking club with a running problem". Imagethief, being a solitary, sober runner used to give that miss. But it did sound like a sloshing good...
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I am trying to figure out if "Mr. Fred J.M. Slot" (who's English is just slightly suspect) is taking the piss in this letter to Shanghai Daily : ON behalf of myself and many of my friends I would like to apologize to the Chinese people for the way the...
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Update : See Shanghaiist's update on this situation . Less serious than it first appeared, although not benign. A couple of years ago a good friend of Imagethief's was accosted on Gongti Beilu by a drunk Chinese man who was looking to pick a fight with...
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When you're in a hole the first thing to do is stop digging, suggests a timeless adage. Unfortunately in discussing how torch relay security would be handled in Nepal, a security ministry spokesman put forth a nugget of information that was guaranteed...
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The interesting top banner from Sina's page dedicated to the perfidy of western media : Click on the image or the web page link above for the (large) full size version. The Chinese reads (as best I can translate it): Rise up! Angrily resist the demonization...
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Imagethief wants to take a moment and apologize to several people who have sent him e-mails using the blog's "e-mail" link at upper left. For a few weeks it seems GMail has treated all such mail from that form as spam, and redirected it straight into...
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Imagethief likes to keep at least one bottle of good Scotch whiskey in the house at all times, in case of emergency. Like friends coming over. My last bottle, which I received for my 40th, way back last October, is finally down to the dregs (I don't drink...
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If I work for Company A and I tell you that Company A's new product is the best thing ever you will probably discount the credibility of my statement. That is, if you are not three years old or terminally gullible. You'll do this because you'll correctly...
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It has been widely reported recently that China is seeking PR advice from an International agency. I first saw this reported in the Financial Times (countless people mailed it to me), but Arun Sudhaman of Media Asia pointed out to me that his publication...
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The inflight magazine of a major regional airline is seeking a freelance writer who is either based in South China or who has spent time there who can write up Dongguan's South China Mall for a feature they are preparing. If you're an experienced writer...
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CNN hasn't had a good go of things in China recently. Roundly pilloried for allegedly "biased" coverage of the riots in Tibet, they found themselves the subject of a popular website, " Anti-CNN ", and featured in a critical video that went viral in China...
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