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My name is Will Moss. I've been living in Beijing and writing Imagethief since 2004. I am currently Director of Communications, Asia-Pacific, for Motorola Mobility. This is a personal blog. The opinions here are my own and not necessarily those of my employer. For more information see About Imagethief or contact me at will [at] imagethief [dot] com.
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Monthly Archives: June 2010
What if the BP spill had happened in China?
I read many things and enjoy them. I don’t read many things and say, man, I wish I had written that. Man, I wish I had written this. Forbes Beijing Bureau chief (and fellow Sinica repeat-offender) Gady Epstein with a … Continue reading
Tagged China, Crisis Management, Humor, Public Relations
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The lost apartment of Qin Shihuang: China-friendly version
What is it with YouKu this week? It’s like Kaiser leaves and the whole thing goes to pot. I tried three times to upload “Imagethief and the lost apartment of Qin Shihuang” to YouKu, which I’ve used in the past … Continue reading
Tagged China, Internet, Resident Alien, Travel, Weird
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Imagethief and the lost apartment of Qin Shihuang
Recently Imagethief and family went to Xi’an for a weekend. As everyone does, we went to see the terracotta warriors. That was fine, but the real highlight of the trip was the apartment we stayed in, which was decorated top-to-bottom … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, China, Resident Alien, Travel, Video
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An unpaid endorsement: CCSweets cupcakes
Imagethief has had a gnawing emptiness in his soul since homespun donut-maker Beijing Guilt packed it in a year or two ago. Our friend Maya brought a box of those donuts to us in the hospital when Zach was born, … Continue reading
We were zombie hunters once… And young
Let Imagethief escort you into the wayback machine and take you back nearly three decades to the tumultuous and magical year of 1983… A first-term Ronald Reagan is staring down the Evil Empire. M*A*S*H is coming to the end of … Continue reading
Tagged Memory Lane, Pop Culture, Whatever
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Sinica 13: The great China book round-up
After a few weeks out of the studio I rejoined Kaiser Kuo for the latest installment of the Sinica podcast. This week’s topic was a discussion of the best English language China books, and should be a good listen for … Continue reading
Tagged Books, China, Pop Culture, Sinica
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Poorly thought out adventures in commuting
In the grip of my darkest and most bourgeois moments I actually considered buying a car and hiring a driver. So, it’s come to this… I thought, as I hovered over a digital map of Beijing. I have to get … Continue reading
Tagged Beijing, Best of Imagethief, Rants, Resident Alien, Whatever
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China’s soft-power push: Where’s the Internet?
A good post from Bill Bishop, aka @niubi, arguably the most indispensable China-Twitterer (who I hope forgives me for pigeonholing him this way). Bill points out that much of the recent discussion of China’s soft power strategy has focused on … Continue reading
Imagethief movie minute: Wolverines, oil wells and balls of marine brass
For sheer surreality you gotta love Hollywood. And I’m not even talking about the films. Two PR-worthy Hollywood moments to remark upon today. First, the imminent arrival of the needless remake of cold war teen action flick Red Dawn has … Continue reading
Tagged China, Crisis Management, Pop Culture, Propaganda, Technology, Whatever
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Chinese Internet celebrities, forums and other lurid scandals
Two interesting articles today, both having to do with Chinese Internet culture, and both leading into an ethical question that came up in a conversation recently. The question was this: Is it OK to put out “viral” videos that embed … Continue reading
Tagged Business, China, Ethics, Internet, Media, Pop Culture, Public Relations
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