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Nationalism in the news: Jon Ansfield on the Global Times

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:56 AM by will
Take some time and read journalist Jonathan Ansfield's post on Newsweek's China blog recounting his participation in a meeting with the editors of the Global Times ( 环球时报 ). The Global Times is the fiery, flag-waving, tabloid companion to the Party's Read More...
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An angry-youth asks who you're calling brainwashed

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:50 AM by will
Two or three weeks ago the New Yorker carried a good article by Evan Osnos on the phenomenon of China's "angry youth" ( fenqing ). Much of the article was a profile of one young man in particular. In truth, he sounds more passionate than angry. It's worth Read More...
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Why child-singing-gate is a PR perfect storm -- Amended

Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:52 AM by will
Amended: Sorry--this wasn't meant to be published. It was a placeholder and a few notes for a possible full-length post. Apologies to all those who thought I'd got lazy and decided to move the tweet format into my regular blog posts. However, for posterity, Read More...
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21 Olympic edicts from the Chinese propaganda department

Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:29 PM by will
As published by the Sydney Morning Herald . No link to a Chinese version, no citation of a source, and no way of confirming if these are genuine. But they look pretty credible and consistent with prior guidelines from the propaganda bureau. Nothing surprising Read More...
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China loves a good spokesman

Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:47 AM by will
Not much I can add to this Xinhua article : Most Chinese pay attention to govt. spokesmen, want more transparency BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Wang Weitao, a PhD candidate at China's University of Science and Technology, said Premier Wen Jiabao's manner Read More...
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Hurting the feelings of the Chinese people

Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 5:42 AM by will
As a PR person you're always alert to formulaic messaging, where talking points or messages are repeated by various spokespeople in various forums. Skillfully executed, this kind of approach can saturate media channels with a message. The Bush administration Read More...
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Introducing the Jinan precision Segway assault squad!

Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 5:45 AM by will
An "anti-terrorism" drill in Jinan: Yeah, these guys won't be difficult to target at all... Also featured in this quite clearly made-for-TV exercise, a demonstration of that most selective and discriminate of urban pacification weapons, the flame thrower Read More...
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5/12, 9/11 and three minutes on Monday afternoon

Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:19 AM by will
On Monday, May 12th, Imagethief was on the 27th floor of the Kerry Center for a meeting at 2:28PM. We all spent a couple of spooky minutes at the window watching Kerry and Fortune Plaza sway alarmingly, not knowing that it was just the faintest echo of Read More...
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Why do Americans like to hate on poor Jing Jing and Cha Cha?

Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:46 PM by will
Another year, another congressional hearing at which American technology and Internet firms are taken to task for propping up the Golden Shield. This time it's Cisco taking it on the chin, thanks to the emergence of an internal presentation in which they Read More...
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The quake changes the game for the Olympics

Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:28 AM by will
Have a read of this article in the Wall Street Journal that looks at the reaction of the activists that have been protesting the Beijing Olympics to China's devastating earthquake: Before the earthquake, China's image abroad had taken a beating. The first Read More...
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Was the torch relay a success or failure?

Posted Sunday, May 11, 2008 8:03 PM by will
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 Read More...
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Weekend Olympic roundup

Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 12:57 AM by will
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 Read More...
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China to meet DL's representative: Spot the difference in language

Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 6:20 AM by will
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 Read More...
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He's not speaking for me...

Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:11 AM by will
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 Read More...
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Sina.com's anti-CNN banner

Posted Monday, April 21, 2008 6:19 AM by will
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 Read More...
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