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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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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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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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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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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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Isn't there any news on?

Posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:43 PM by will
It's 6PM in the US. I've just run a cycle of the cable news channels in the US. Here is what was on: CNN (American domestic service): Larry King Live Headline News: Glenn Beck on "Girls Gone Wild" Fox News: Hannity and Colmes CNBC: Deal or No Deal I can Read More...
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Something to worry the Darfur activists

Posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:15 PM by will
Imagethief just dragged his weary self off of the eleven hour flight from Beijing to San Francisco, where he is spending a couple of hours before connecting on to San Diego. Having been following the what's been following around the Olympic Torch Relay Read More...
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Shouldn't China be the number one Internet nation on Earth by now?

Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 5:06 AM by will
In January, CNNIC, the organization that administers the Chinese portion of the Internet, released its 21st Statistical Survery Report . This was a big deal because it included the startling fact that at the end of 2007 China had a whopping 210 million Read More...
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Tom Lantos, Yahoo's antagonist on China issues, dies

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:17 PM by will
From CNET : Tom Lantos, the Democratic congressman and Holocaust survivor who used his moral authority to pressure Yahoo and other American Internet companies about their behavior in China, has died. Lantos famously --and perhaps a bit unfairly-- referred Read More...
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China Mobile knows where you are -- should you care?

Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 5:19 AM by will
One of the hallmarks of bad China journalism is reacting hysterically when China is found to be doing things that everyone else is doing. Unfortunately, it happens rather a lot, presumably because hysteria shifts more units than thoughtful, reasonable Read More...
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Body language and PR: It's not just what comes out of your mouth

Posted Sunday, January 06, 2008 12:55 AM by will
When we train spokespeople how to do interviews we have a section on body language. In it we often show a clip of a well known Hong Kong CEO chuckling as he announces a round of layoffs, as well as some of the headlines and comment that were generated Read More...
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A few stories to start the new year

Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 5:56 AM by will
I am ringing in 2008 by being officially too lazy to write anything original. But here are a few interesting stories from the past few days that are worth a read: And I thought Aussies were relaxed Controversy in Australia, which has announced the implementation Read More...
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China buys into Morgan Stanley, cue ominous rumbling

Posted Thursday, December 20, 2007 6:13 AM by will
Oh no! The Japanese Chinese are buying up all of America's property investment banks! Is this the end of the American way of life? Probably not. From the New York Times , which reports on Morgan Stanley's mortgage-induced financial woes and subsequent Read More...
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Is that a flood of evildoers sneaking across America's borders?

Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 3:12 AM by will
Imagethief enjoys "consuming" media, even though that phrase is obnoxious and makes me think of eating a newspaper. However, I note that the media's understandable search for newsworthy angles often leads to reinforcement of the climate of anxiety that Read More...
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