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Comparing surfing habits in the US and China and other worthwhile weekend reading

Posted Sunday, May 24, 2009 2:49 AM by will
A few things spotted over the weekend and worth sharing. Comparing Chinese and US surfing habits Silicon Alley Insider uses Pew and CNNIC data to build a chart showing the differences between the surfing habits of Americans and Chinese . No huge surprises 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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How green was my mountain

Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 7:16 AM by will
Bad PR : Villagers in southwestern China are puzzled by a county government's decision to paint an entire barren mountainside green. Workers who began spraying Laoshou mountain in August told villagers that they were doing so on orders of the county government Read More...
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A funny thing happened to me on the way to political re-education...

Posted Saturday, February 10, 2007 11:44 PM by will
Imagethief was morbidly fascinated to find a Reuters article over the weekend that explains how the Chinese Propaganda Ministry has launched a point-based "demerit" system to try to encourage proper behavior from the print media: CHINA'S Communist Party Read More...
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Saturday PR blog: I'm sorry, the government has killed your story

Posted Saturday, February 03, 2007 4:20 AM by will
Colleagues from American and European offices often ask Imagethief how PR in China is different from PR in the west. Usually I give a two-part answer. First I tell them that were they to step into our offices in China they would see many things that they Read More...
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Localization backlash: Not just for Internet firms any more

Posted Saturday, February 03, 2007 3:19 AM by will
It can happen to foreign retailers as well. Read More...
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WaPo's Ed Cody on media bribery in China

Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 8:14 AM by will
How did I miss this? The Washington Post's Ed Cody has written a fascinating story (via David Wolf's Silicon Hutong ) about a syndrome we in the PR business in China run into regularly: the practice of media extortion in China. I can't comment extensively Read More...
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Chinese Propaganda Posters

Posted Sunday, January 28, 2007 8:28 AM by will
Imagethief likes Chinese propaganda posters. People who have seen me republish images from Stefan Landsberger's great Chinese propaganda poster website will be familiar with this inclination. I like to think that my appreciation of these posters extends Read More...
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Principles are good...what happens when they are tested?

Posted Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:43 AM by will
Longtime readers of this blog will recall I have devoted extensive time to the various woes of foreign (read: American) Internet companies in China, covering both their business and political woes . (Recap of previous posts here .) Now we've reached the Read More...
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CIC's new blog and review

Posted Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:03 AM by will
Periodically journalist friends ask me who can comment on China Internet issues. The list of people I send them to is pretty short. Someone who's always near the top is Sam Flemming of CIC , a company in Shanghai that specializes in watching what is unfolding Read More...
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Once again, Starbucks ain't the problem with the Forbidden City

Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:14 AM by will
As the epitome of the considerate foreign resident, Imagethief is sensitive to the need to preserve China's cultural heritage. That's why I do not deface monuments or ridicule the metropolitan statuary (excessively) and why I did not fart loudly when Read More...
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Confetti

Posted Wednesday, December 20, 2006 8:39 AM by will
When you do a lot of Chinese press events you get used to a certain amount of formula. The corsages for spokespeople, because otherwise the cameras might not know who to focus on. The incredibly literal backdrop inscription translated into ungrammatical Read More...
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Monday PR blog: Chinese consumers zap Apple over battery recall

Posted Monday, December 18, 2006 6:25 AM by will
As the owner of a Powerbook I recently went through Apple's battery recall. One of my two batteries was affected. I filled out the online form and within a week a new battery was delivered with a postage-paid return envelope for the old one. Crisp, clean Read More...
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Saturday PR blog: Olympics mean a softer touch for foreign correspondents, maybe

Posted Saturday, December 02, 2006 2:53 AM by will
Ed Cody of the Washington Post's Beijing bureau has written an interesting story on a new decree from the Chinese government that will grant foreign correspondents in China significantly more freedom in the months before and after the games. The article Read More...
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Staid Scandinavians sore at shameless Xinhua

Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:11 AM by will
Yesterday Imagethief received an e-mail from Paul, a contributor to a Swedish English-language news site called The Local . It seems that, in a fit of a Googling fun, the gang at The Local was surprised to discover that they had become unwitting contributors Read More...
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