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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 were outraged when Gong Li played a Japanese woman in ''Memoirs of Geisha'', alongside ...

These two have been patrolling my housing complex for the past week. I haven't seen them make any collars yet, but I've been surfing much less sm*t than usual, just in case:   Note: Don't know who Jingjing and Chacha are? Click here. Or, to see them in action, here.  

For those who are a bit weary of the whole idea of corporate pavilions, Media magazine has a witty review of the pavilions of all of the Olympic TOP sponsors. Each is helpfully compared to the Olympic athlete or icon that it most resembles. Two examples:China MobileSMS a vote on your favourite Olympic photograph and receive a set of stickers and ...

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 apparently discuss the business opportunities presented by the Great Firewall. I won't get ...

With the possible exception of Disney villains, Imagethief cannot think of a group of people that more richly deserve their miserable fates than Hong Kong celebrity Edison Chen and his cavalcade of cupcakes. If I sound unsympathetic here, that is because I am unsympathetic. Really, how dumb do you need to be? On all sides? Girls, here's a free ...

Yes, it's more fluorescent, green pigs. Details here (AP) and here (Xinhua). It used to be when you saw a green, glowing pig you automatically assumed a nuclear accident nearby. How times have changed. Naturally, this will all yield great benefits for science or agriculture:''This technology promises to breed excellent transgenic pigs and even ...

We PR people have a natural tendency to try to put the best possible face on things. While this is a good skill for any PR pro to master, it can be carried too far. Ultimately, as one of my colleagues likes to say, you can't polish a turd. But that doesn't always stop people from whipping out the turd rag and giving it a try. Those who have been ...