Posted by Will on April 20th, 2010
I recently finished listening to a podcast of a long interview of writer Peter Hessler by Ken Pomeranz, China Beat contributor and UC Irvine history professor. It’s nearly an hour and a half long, and a few weeks old, but well worth a listen if you like Hessler’s writing or China journalism in general. Particularly [...]
Posted by Will on April 20th, 2010
From time to time Imagethief gets a note from an American or English student who thinks that a career in PR in China would be just the ticket and wants some advice as to how to get into the field. This week I had two such inquiries. The first got a carefully written note answering [...]
Posted by Will on April 17th, 2010
The third Sinica podcast is online now. Hosted once again by Kaiser Kuo, this installment features me and Time correspondent Austin Ramzy (@austinramzy), with guest comments from Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei, Forbes Beijing bureau chief Gady Epstein (@gadyepstein) and Chinageeks blogger Charlie Custer. The blurb:
This week, Kaiser Kuo hosts a discussion all about China’s best-known [...]
Posted by Will on April 14th, 2010
You may recall that I made something of an ill-starred trip to Hawaii last month to speak on a panel at the ThinkTech Hawaii NewsMorphosis event. I had previously posted video of all the panels at the event. Jay Fidell, who organized the event, has posted on Vimeo a video of just the panel I [...]
Posted by Will on April 9th, 2010
The latest Sinica podcast is online now:
This week: how should we interpret signs that China may be preparing for an about-turn on Iranian sanctions? Have recent Israeli visits hardened Beijing’s position, or are we seeing quid pro quo linked to American pressure on currency manipulation and upcoming nuclear disarmament talks? And what is going on [...]
Posted by Will on April 8th, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I squeezed a meager few yucks out of a toy Chinese police car that someone gave my son that happened to a) be a BMW and b) feature the seal of the Raccoon City police department from the “Resident Evil” series of zombie movies. “BMW!”, I thought. In China. “As [...]