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What's on TV?

Posted Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:36 AM by will
Imagethief has a theory that at any given time, any given American cable TV system will be broadcasting an episode of "Seinfeld." Admittedly, I tend to cruise the channels late, but that's what I see. Recent travels have given me an opportunity to surf Read More...
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Agents of SLAP

Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:15 PM by will
Longtime readers will know that although Imagethief is affectionate for his long-term adopted home of Singapore, but that I have a few pet peeves. One is the country's infatuation with the use of the dated-since-1996 "@" symbol in brands. For whatever Read More...
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The challenge for the "Chinese CNN"

Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 7:04 AM by will
Last week the Christian Science Monitor 's Peter Ford reported on China's plans to revamp its international media presence , including launching a "Chinese CNN" (that presumably won't commit any of the sins of the actual CNN): As officials plan to launch Read More...
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Symbolism of the new presidential uber-limo

Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 9:46 PM by will
Everything politicians do in public sends a message, and is part of the great of the, galumphing ballet of political communication. And that, in turn, is an important part of how a nation communicates about itself. There was, no doubt, much good transmitted Read More...
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China to spend RMB 45 billion beefing up its international media

Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 5:50 AM by will
And if you ask Imagethief, that money would be better spent on advertising. This first emerged in a South China Morning Post story, but since SCMP is totally paywalled (which is annoying but means they'll probably be in business long after the New York Read More...
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Heaven help YouTube...

Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 12:39 AM by will
Singapore's PAP has discovered its value as a political marketing tool: Said PM Lee [Hsien Loong]: “(This) is how this generation communicates — through YouTube, through images, through sounds — and we have to get our message across in a serious way, Read More...
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Pardon me, but who gives a damn about Gong Li anyway?

Posted Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:43 AM by will
Imagethief was not in the least surprised to hear that Chinese netizens were outraged that movie actress Gong Li has taken Singapore citizenship. But then, Imagethief is not in the least surprised by anything that outrages Chinese netizens. Chinese netizens Read More...
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Illegal baby part 1a: The Singapore embassy sends a fruit basket

Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 11:58 PM by will
About a month ago I wrote about the long time it was taking the Singapore embassy in Beijing to produce our son's Singaporean passport. Reflecting my frustrations about various aspects of Singaporean citizenship policy, and what I see as the conflict Read More...
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I am the guy that everybody in line hates, plus the decline of America's airlines

Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:32 AM by will
Imagethief has been leading a glamorous life of international travel this week. If you've never done it, you should know that by-and-large it sucks. Last week I flew to the US for a series of media training sessions with a client. They generously sprang Read More...
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Illegal baby part 1: The strange case of the sluggish passport

Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 12:09 AM by will
Anyone within earshot will know that Imagethief welcomed his son, Zachary, into the world last March 9th. The nearly four months since have been one long sleepless adventure. Despite my fatigue induced delirium, however, the experience has been a happy Read More...
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Lee Kuan Yew's foreign media management advice for China

Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:02 AM by will
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 Read More...
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2007 best-of-Imagethief and statistics

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:01 PM by will
There is no such thing as a dull year in China. 2008 is well underway and already looks like another whopper. We're only a month in and we've already had the biggest storms in half a century. The Olympics, the mother of all China events, is now a scant seven months off. God only knows what will happen in between. Read More...
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Ching Cheong free

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 4:20 AM by will
The wires report that he has been freed , in time for Chinese New Year. Read More...
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Notorious MDA: The Singapore government raps

Posted Sunday, November 25, 2007 3:35 AM by will
From time to time someone will ask me why I left Singapore for China. This is a fair question. I lived there for nearly a decade, Mrs. Imagethief is Singaporean, and I have great affection for the place. Usually I give some longish explanation about various Read More...
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China launches successful anti-piracy program against movie pirate

Posted Sunday, June 17, 2007 9:10 PM by will
Imagethief and Mrs. Imagethief took themselves round to the splendid, new Wanda cinema in Beijing this weekend to catch the latest installment of Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. Imagethief was, in particular, looking forward to the "Singapore" Read More...
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