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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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"Politics is one thing but the people have to eat..."

Posted Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:54 AM by will
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 Read More...
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Inside Carrefour's crisis management in China

Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:16 AM by will
From ESWN, a translation of a China Business story (δΈ­) 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 Read More...
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Evildoers beware!

Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 10:35 AM by will
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 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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Uh oh...let's hope we don't see much more of this -- Updated

Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:15 AM by will
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 Read More...
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Nepalese spokesman shows how to craft a really bad headline

Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:33 AM by will
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 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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Message force multipliers: Third-party advocates and the Iraq war

Posted Sunday, April 20, 2008 4:15 AM by will
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 Read More...
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Sound PR advice for China from Open Democracy

Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 6:26 AM by will
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 Read More...
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Jack Cafferty brews more trouble for CNN in China

Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:47 AM by will
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 Read More...
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China finds an Olympic hero at last

Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:00 AM by will
For much of the last two weeks its seemed as if China couldn't catch a PR break around the Torch Relay. In fact, the New York Times has even gone so far as to publish an article on how meticulous the PR of the Tibetan exiles has been. But it appears that Read More...
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The New York Times has free PR advice for China

Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 11:54 AM by will
Responding to recent reports that the Chinese government is seeking external counsel, they write : After facing major protests in London and Paris as the Olympic torch made stops on its journey to Beijing, the Chinese government is said to be looking Read More...
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